Federal Grant Award Summary

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), through its Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, awarded Mercy Housing Lakefront a $305,456 Project Grant under the Continuum of Care (CoC) Program (CFDA 14.267) for the period May 1, 2026 through April 30, 2027. The CoC Program funds comprehensive homelessness interventions, and Mercy Housing Lakefront—a Chicago-based nonprofit with a parent organization relationship to Mercy Housing Inc.—will use this award to support permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, and supportive services including case management, housing counseling, job training, and mental health and substance abuse treatment for homeless individuals and families in the Chicago area.

This award represents one component of Mercy Housing Lakefront's ongoing CoC portfolio, which has generated cumulative HUD funding exceeding $10 million since 2019. The organization has established a track record of managing multiple concurrent CoC grants, with representative awards ranging from approximately $250,000 to nearly $1 million annually. Eligible uses of CoC funds under this award include real property acquisition and rehabilitation, new construction, leasing and rental assistance, operating costs, and Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS) deployment—all designed to achieve the program's dual goals of quickly housing homeless populations while promoting self-sufficiency.