Solutions That Empower People, Inc.
Rocky Mount, VA Doing business as Step, Inc.
- UEI
- K7ELG3CTBGZ8
- CAGE
- 43X45
- Primary NAICS
- 624110 Child and Youth Services
- SAM.gov registration
- Active through
Company facts
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Tax Exempt)
- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 200 Dent St, Rocky Mount, VA 24151, USA
- Website
- stepincva.com
- Founded
- 1966
- Employees
- 1-10
- Estimated annual revenue
- $0-$1M
- Industry
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- Consumer Discretionary
- Diversified Consumer Services
- Family Services
- SIC code
- 83 Social Services
Registration and certifications come from SAM.gov and the SBA; company details from public web sources. Updated .
Grant awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Grant subawards
| Prime recipient | Prime award | Amount | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| VA State Board Of Health | 251VA399N1099 | $138,562 | |
| Virginia Department Of Social Services | 2501VACOSR | $164,160 | |
| Not on record | VA-2024-008 | $88,000 | |
| Virginia Department Of Social Services | 2401VACOSR | $169,073 | |
| Virginia Department Of Social Services | 2301VACOSR | $168,767 |
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About the company
Solutions That Empower People, Inc., doing business as Step, Inc., is a tax-exempt nonprofit organization based in Rocky Mount, Virginia, that operates as a federal grant recipient delivering community tax assistance and early childhood education services to underserved populations. The vendor holds primary recipient status on federal grants (80% of recent awards) and acts as a sub-recipient on state and local grant programs (20% of awards), with no federal prime contracting experience.
Step's customer base concentrates on human services and tax administration agencies. The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service, the Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service, and the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families account for 80% of recent awards. Step currently holds two active prime federal grants: a Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) matching grant from the Internal Revenue Service running through September 2026, and a Head Start and Early Head Start project grant from the Office of Head Start running through December 2029. Both grants support extension of services to underserved populations, including low-to-moderate-income individuals, persons with disabilities, non-English speakers, Native Americans, rural residents, military families, and the elderly. The VITA grant specifically requires Step to ensure at least 90% of returns prepared serve individuals at or below maximum Earned Income Tax Credit thresholds, file all eligible returns electronically, achieve 100% of return production goals, and demonstrate year-over-year incremental increases in return preparation capacity. Step also receives sub-recipient funding through Virginia state agencies — the Virginia Department of Social Services (Community Services Block Grant projects, Oct 2024–Sep 2025 and prior years) and the Virginia State Board of Health (Child and Adult Care Program Food funding, Oct 2024 forward) — and has received sub-recipient support from the Federal Transit Administration for paratransit vehicle acquisition.
Award activity has been episodic over the past five years — two awards in 2021, one each in 2022 and 2023, three in 2024, and two in 2025 — with combined obligated dollars across all twenty-five awards totaling $76.7 million. Only one award faces ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal near-term recompete exposure. Step's federal grant footprint does not extend to contracting vehicles (GWACs, IDIQs, BPAs, or GSA Schedules) and carries no subcontracting relationships to prime contractors; the organization's federal engagement is exclusively as a recipient of grants administered by human services and tax administration agencies.
Quick answers
Is Solutions That Empower People, Inc. registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. Solutions That Empower People, Inc.'s SAM.gov registration is active through June 17, 2027.
What is Solutions That Empower People, Inc.'s most recent federal award?
Solutions That Empower People, Inc.'s most recent federal grant award is The volunteer income tax assistance (vita) grant was established as a matching grant program to provide funding for… (26VITA0313), from Internal Revenue Service, on October 1, 2025.
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