Joy Child Development Center

Joy Child Development Center, a nonprofit organization based in Eagle River, Alaska, operates exclusively as a sub-recipient of federal Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) grants flowing through the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development, with no prime contract or grant work and no federal contract vehicles.

The vendor's entire federal footprint comprises 38 sub-recipient awards from a single customer agency, the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service, all routed through the prime grantee Education and Early Development Alaska DEP. These awards fund meal provision and cash-in-lieu reimbursements under CACFP. The vendor received six sub-awards in 2023 (starting August 24), twenty in 2024, four in 2025, and eight in 2026 (most recently on April 17). The combined dollars obligated across all awards total $26 thousand, indicating that the source data captures award notices rather than full obligated or invoiced values; the actual financial footprint on CACFP is likely substantially larger but not reflected in the aggregated figure. Activity has been episodic — awards cluster around specific dates (multiple awards on single dates in 2024 and 2025) and show no consistent quarterly or monthly pattern, suggesting monthly or bimonthly reimbursement processing rather than discrete project awards.

Joy Child Development Center's role in the federal funding stream is narrow and specialized: it participates in USDA's CACFP as a child care facility sub-recipient, fulfilling meal service requirements and claiming reimbursements for meals provided and eligible cash-in-lieu allowances. The vendor has no teaming relationships, no parent contract vehicles, and no position in any government-wide acquisition vehicles. As a nonprofit child development facility, the organization is not positioned for federal contract competition or to serve as a subcontractor on defense or civilian IT, logistics, or professional-services contracts. Federal engagement is administrative and program-operational only, centered on compliance with CACFP meal and documentation requirements and reimbursement claim processing.