Stars Early Learning Center, LLC

Stars Early Learning Center, LLC, a Washington-based woman-owned small business and self-certified small disadvantaged business, operates exclusively as a sub-recipient on federal grant awards related to child nutrition programs, with no prime contracting footprint or contract vehicle participation. The vendor is structured as a limited liability partnership and holds multiple SBA designations including woman-owned small business (WOSB), Hispanic American owned, and minority-owned business status. Located in Wapato, Washington, Stars Early Learning Center operates in the child nutrition and early learning space but has not secured direct federal contract prime awards or seats on government-wide acquisition vehicles.

Stars Early Learning Center's federal footprint consists entirely of sub-grant awards under child nutrition programs. The vendor receives reimbursement and administrative support funding through the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service, with all eight recorded awards flowing through the Washington State Superintendent of Public Instruction as the prime grantee. Seven awards date to September 2024, with one prior award from September 2023. The combined dollar value across all eight awards is $36 thousand obligated, reflecting a small grant-receipt profile typical of local child nutrition program participants rather than a strategic federal services supplier.

Activity has accelerated from one award in 2023 to seven in 2024, but the magnitude and scope remain modest. All eight awards carry identical program descriptions — reimbursement and administrative support for child nutrition programs — indicating participation in a recurring federal nutrition initiative, likely serving the organization's early learning center operations. The vendor concentrates entirely on a single customer agency (the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service, 100% of awards) through a single prime intermediary (the Washington State Superintendent of Public Instruction). Stars Early Learning Center has not pursued federal contracting prime awards, does not hold membership on GWACs, BPAs, or agency-wide IDIQs, and functions in the federal ecosystem exclusively as a sub-recipient receiving nutrition program pass-through funding rather than as a service provider competing for federal procurement dollars. For competitive intelligence or partnership purposes, the vendor is not positioned as a federal contractor or contractor sub.