Federal contractor · TOPEKA, KS

KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES received $10.5M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 5 awards (−32% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $81.1M. Its largest customer was Department of the Army ($10.5M). It also received $831.2M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$10.5M
New awards
5
Sole-source
61%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
LRVCRNFJA1U6
Parent company
KANSAS STATE OF
Other than small businessGovernment entity
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 6.1MFY2017
  2. 4.5MFY2018
  3. 5.7MFY2019
  4. 8MFY2020
  5. 5MFY2021
  6. 7.2MFY2022
  7. 7.7MFY2023
  8. 10.8MFY2024
  9. 15.4MFY2025
  10. 10.5MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Army$10.5M100%
    5 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Facilities & utilities$10.5M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Geary County, KS$6.5M61%
  2. Leavenworth County, KS$4.1M39%

Integrity signals

Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.

  • Low competition61%
    US 39% · $6.5M
  • Sole-source awards61%
    US 30% · $6.5M
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.7% · $0
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Agencies awarding it sole-source contracts

  1. Department of the Army$6.5M
    Department of Defense · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. DINING FACILITY ATTENDANT SERVICES$5.1M
    Department of the Army· Geary County, KS· Facilities & utilities· Sep 2, 2025 – Mar 19, 2026· W911RX25FA119
  2. COOK AUGMENTATION$3.4M
    Department of the Army· Geary County, KS· Facilities & utilities· May 15, 2023 – Jan 16, 2026· W911RX23P0014
  3. FY26 ACB FFS DFAC 10-MONTH TASK ORDER$3.4M
    Department of the Army· Leavenworth County, KS· Facilities & utilities· May 28, 2026 – May 28, 2026· W91QF426FA110
  4. FULL FOOD SERVICE FOR FORT LEAVENWORTH DFAC PER PWS$3.2M
    Department of the Army· Leavenworth County, KS· Facilities & utilities· Jan 29, 2025 – Nov 25, 2025· W91QF425FA001
  5. AUGMENTEE COOK SUPPORT$2.3M
    Department of the Army· Geary County, KS· Facilities & utilities· Nov 19, 2025 – Mar 19, 2026· W911RX26FA016

Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES received $831.2M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 155 actions (43 new awards), +8.3% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 10.551 · Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ($329.4M).

Assistance · FY2026
$831.2M
New awards
43
Actions
155
Since FY2021
$5.9B

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 1.4BFY2021
  2. 988.7MFY2022
  3. 993.8MFY2023
  4. 822.7MFY2024
  5. 767.3MFY2025
  6. 831.2MFY2026
  7. 25.4MFY2027

By type

  1. Grants$501.8M60%
  2. Direct payments$329.4M40%

Top programs

  1. 10.551 · Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program$329.4M40%
  2. 93.558 · Temporary Assistance for Needy Families$101.5M12%
  3. 93.575 · Child Care and Development Block Grant$78M9.4%
  4. 93.658 · Foster Care Title Iv-E$62.3M7.5%
  5. 84.126 · Rehabilitation Services Vocational Rehabilitation Grants to States$38.8M4.7%
  6. 93.659 · Adoption Assistance$38.8M4.7%
  7. 93.568 · Low-Income Home Energy Assistance$37.6M4.5%
  8. 10.561 · State Administrative Matching Grants for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program$31.2M3.8%

Awarding agencies

  1. Administration for Children and Families$413.8M50%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  2. Food and Nutrition Service$377.7M45%
    Department of Agriculture
  3. Department of Education$38.8M4.7%
  4. Administration for Community Living$883K0.1%
    Department of Health and Human Services

Largest awards

  1. SNAP EBT BENEFITS$329.4M
    10.551 · Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program· Food and Nutrition Service· Direct payment for specified use· Oct 1, 2025 – Aug 1, 2026· 26KS35052092701
  2. 2026 TANF$101.5M
    93.558 · Temporary Assistance for Needy Families· Administration for Children and Families· Block grant· Dec 16, 2025 – Jul 1, 2026· 2601KSTANF
  3. CCDD-2026 - CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT DISCRETIONARY$78M
    93.575 · Child Care and Development Block Grant· Administration for Children and Families· Block grant· Nov 20, 2025 – Jul 18, 2026· 2601KSCCDD
  4. FOSTER-2026 - FOSTER CARE$47.3M
    93.658 · Foster Care Title Iv-E· Administration for Children and Families· Block grant· Oct 7, 2025 – Jul 1, 2026· 2602KSFOST
  5. LIHEAP-2024$39.1M
    93.568 · Low-Income Home Energy Assistance· Administration for Children and Families· Formula grant· Oct 23, 2023 – May 28, 2026· 2402KSLIEA
  6. STATE VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES (VR)$38.8M
    84.126 · Rehabilitation Services Vocational Rehabilitation Grants to States· Department of Education· Formula grant· Nov 24, 2025 – Mar 4, 2026· H126A260022

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2021–FY2027.

Subawards

Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.

As a prime: who it pays · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $126.1M (192 subawards)

106 sub-recipients

  1. KVC BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, INC.$10.8M8.5%
    OLATHE, KS · 11 subawards
  2. EMBERHOPE INC.$9.2M7.3%
    NEWTON, KS · 8 subawards
  3. SAINT FRANCIS COMMUNITY AND RESIDENTIAL SERVICES, INC$8.8M7.0%
    SALINA, KS · 14 subawards
  4. TFI FAMILY SERVICES INC$8.7M6.9%
    EMPORIA, KS · 17 subawards
  5. KANSAS ALLIANCE OF BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS, INC$7M5.5%
    MANHATTAN, KS · 1 subaward
  6. KANSAS ASSOCIATION OF CHILD CARE RESOURCE AND REFERRAL AGENCIES$6.6M5.2%
    SALINA, KS · 2 subawards
  7. KANSAS CHILD CARE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES, INC$6.2M4.9%
    MANHATTAN, KS · 2 subawards
  8. JOBS FOR AMERICA'S GRADUATES$5.8M4.6%
    TOPEKA, KS · 1 subaward
  9. CORNERSTONES OF CARE$5.6M4.4%
    KANSAS CITY, MO · 12 subawards
  10. KANSAS CHILDRENS SERVICE LEAGUE$5.5M4.4%
    WICHITA, KS · 6 subawards

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $1.5M (1 subaward)

1 prime

  1. KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & ENVIRONMENT$1.5M100%
    TOPEKA, KS · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $70M paid out · $792.2K received
  • FY2022: $376.5M paid out · $572K received
  • FY2023: $138.8M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2024: $142.1M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2025: $109.6M paid out · $24.8K received
  • FY2026: $126.1M paid out · $1.5M received

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.

Companies it pays

151 companies · $963.2M reported

  1. KANSAS ASSOCIATION OF CHILD CARE RESOURCE AND REFERRAL AGENCIES$319.6M
    SALINA, KS · 18 subawards
  2. KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & ENVIRONMENT$81.8M
    TOPEKA, KS · 10 subawards
  3. KVC BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, INC.$51.9M
    OLATHE, KS · 71 subawards

Primes that pay it

4 companies · $2.8M reported

  1. KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & ENVIRONMENT$1.5M
    TOPEKA, KS · 1 subaward
  2. KANSAS STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION$1.3M
    TOPEKA, KS · 3 subawards
  3. EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE STATE OF KANSAS$103.5K
    TOPEKA, KS · 1 subaward

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Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · Subawards loaded from 2021.

Competitors

Companies that win from the same buyers in the same markets: obligations by agency and industry compared over the last three fiscal years.

Compared on 1 market (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. SARDIS CATERING INC.$36.8M+975% in FY2026
    COLLEGE PARK, MD · 99.9% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Special food services
  2. DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY ARIZONA$29.1M−33% in FY2026
    PHOENIX, AZ · 79% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Special food services
  3. DEPARTMENT OF VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION$48.2M−7.8% in FY2026
    FRANKFORT, KY · 100% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Special food services

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Who sells to the same buyers in the same markets, not who wins against whom on a given contract. Prime contract obligations by the agency and NAICS code of each award; subawards are never added. A company is a family of legal entities, joined by parent UEI or, in part, by an AI reading of names.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.