First Step Learning Center Inc.

First Step Learning Center Inc., doing business as First Steps Learning Center, is a woman-owned small business based in Nebraska City, Nebraska, that operates exclusively as a sub-recipient on federal education grants rather than as a prime contractor. The vendor holds no prime federal contract vehicles and no prime grant awards; all seven recent awards are sub-grant arrangements flowing through the Department of Education Nebraska as the prime grantee.

First Step Learning Center is structured as a for-profit limited liability company and holds a woman-owned small business (WOSB) designation. The vendor's federal footprint is narrow and recent: it has received seven sub-grant awards since August 2024, all funded by the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service through the Department of Education Nebraska as the administering pass-through entity. Combined obligated dollars across all awards total $83 thousand. The source does not specify the grant program names, CFDA numbers, or concrete performance descriptions for any of the seven awards; all award records carry only a generic descriptor ("BLOCK" or "CNP_BLOCK") with no detail on scope, deliverables, or dollar magnitude per sub-award.

Activity shows growth from two awards in 2024 to five awards in 2025. The most recent award is dated November 1, 2025. Since all work flows through a single pass-through grantee (Department of Education Nebraska), customer concentration is total — 100% of awards originate from the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service. The vendor's federal grant role is confined to sub-recipient status on what appears to be recurring monthly or periodic disbursements rather than multi-year task or performance contracts. The source contains no information on concrete capabilities, prior experience, staffing, or capability rationale that would support inference beyond the sub-grant administrative relationship itself.