Rock-Walworth Comprehensive Family Services, Inc.

Rock-Walworth Comprehensive Family Services, Inc., doing business as Head Start, operates as a non-profit, tax-exempt organization based in Beloit, Wisconsin that serves as a prime recipient of federal Head Start and Early Head Start grants and as a sub-recipient of child nutrition funding through the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families and the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service. The organization delivers educational, health, nutritional, social, and developmental services to low-income children and families in Wisconsin, with recent prime work dominated by Head Start preschool programs serving 3- and 4-year-old children and Early Head Start programs serving infants, toddlers, and pregnant women.

Rock-Walworth's federal footprint is heavily weighted toward sub-recipient work: 42 of 49 total awards (86%) are sub-awards, predominantly monthly sub-awards flowing from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction under the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) and the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), with prime awards representing 14% of the portfolio. The organization's primary customer concentration sits with the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service, which accounts for 42 awards in the source data. The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families contributed seven awards across Head Start prime grants and related sub-awards. Rock-Walworth received a $3.173 million Head Start and Early Heart Start project grant from the HHS Administration for Children and Families on July 1, 2026, funding services through December 31, 2026; this is the organization's most recent and largest single prime award in the source data.

Sub-recipient activity reflects sustained monthly nutrition funding. The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction issued Rock-Walworth recurring two-award tranches each month from August 2024 through June 2026 (one CACFP sub-award and one NSLP sub-award per month), establishing a pattern of predictable operational funding tied to child nutrition eligibility across Head Start classrooms. Combined obligated dollars across all awards total $185.8 million, reflecting accumulated Head Start and nutrition service delivery over the data period. Awards-per-year volume grew sharply in 2024 and 2025 (12 and 22 awards respectively) before moderating to 9 awards in 2026 through July; this pattern reflects the monthly cadence of nutrition sub-awards. Two awards carry ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months, presenting limited recompete exposure in the near term. Rock-Walworth's federal role is narrowly specialized: the organization does not hold federal contracts or compete under contract vehicles; it operates exclusively as a grant recipient delivering Head Start services and participating in federally funded child nutrition programs for qualifying low-income families in the Beloit region.