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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-103067"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AVAH"
cik: "0001832332"
company_name: "Aveanna Healthcare Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-03-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T13:49:24.743455+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Aveanna to acquire Family First Homecare for $175.5M in cash, expands pediatric home care footprint

## Summary
- Purchase price of $175.5 million in cash, subject to working capital and other adjustments.
- Family First Homecare operates 27 locations across 7 states: FL, IL, IA, PA, SD, TX, and NC.
- Transaction funded through cash on hand and existing short-term credit facility.
- Expected to close in Q2 2026; subject to HSR clearance and other customary conditions.
- Family First Homecare was founded in 2012 and received a minority investment from Trivest Partners in 2021.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-103067
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AVAH
- cik: 0001832332
- company_name: Aveanna Healthcare Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-03-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1832332/000119312526103067/0001193125-26-103067-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1832332/000119312526103067/avah-20260309.htm

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