Hebrew Community Services, Inc.

Hebrew Community Services, Inc., a tax-exempt nonprofit based in West Hartford, Connecticut, operates exclusively as a sub-recipient on federal child nutrition and commodity assistance grants, holding no prime federal contracts or grants and no seats on government-wide vehicles. The vendor receives all federal funding indirectly through the Connecticut Department of Education, which administers child nutrition program block grants and cash-in-lieu/commodities funding from the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service.

The vendor's federal footprint is narrow and stable. All nine sub-awards in the source data flow from USDA child nutrition programs — specifically the Child Nutrition Program Block Consolidated and Cash-In-Lieu/Commodities-CCFP initiatives — with awards issued annually on October 1 (2021, 2022, 2023). Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $24 thousand, reflecting the sub-recipient structure and the community-level scale of Hebrew Community Services' participation in the nutrition assistance ecosystem. The vendor serves a single federal customer agency, the Department of Agriculture, exclusively through pass-through funding administered by Connecticut state education infrastructure.

Activity has remained consistent at two awards per year since 2021, following an initial three awards in 2020 — a steady-state participation pattern rather than growth or decline. The most recent award closed in October 2023, placing the vendor's active footprint outside the current federal procurement window. As a tax-exempt nonprofit sub-recipient rather than a federal contractor or prime grantee, Hebrew Community Services operates outside the SBA set-aside landscape and does not compete for federal business directly; the organization's federal role is limited to administering nutrition and food assistance programs on behalf of Connecticut's education department within USDA-funded block allocations.