Project Grant KS0018L7P022518

The Department of Housing and Urban Development Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development awarded $280,845 to Humankind Ministries Wichita Inc. on August 1, 2026, under the Continuum of Care Program (CFDA 14.267), a Project Grant.

Humankind Ministries, a Wichita, Kansas-based nonprofit, receives funding to establish and operate housing and supportive services for homeless individuals and families. The Continuum of Care Program funds eligible costs across five components: permanent housing (including permanent supportive housing and rapid rehousing), transitional housing, supportive services only, homeless management information systems, and in some cases homelessness prevention. Eligible activities include acquisition and rehabilitation of real property, new construction, COC planning activities, and United Funding Agency costs for fiscal control and accounting to subrecipients.

The award period runs from August 1, 2026, through July 31, 2027. Work is performed in Wichita, Kansas 67214. The Continuum of Care Program is designed to promote community-wide commitment to ending homelessness, provide funding for nonprofit providers and local governments to quickly house homeless individuals and families while minimizing trauma and dislocation, promote access to mainstream programs, and optimize self-sufficiency among individuals and families experiencing homelessness.