Project Grant MN0366L5K022510

The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development awarded $226,155 to the Institute For Community Alliances on September 1, 2026, under the Continuum of Care Program (CFDA 14.267).

The Institute For Community Alliances, a Des Moines-based nonprofit, delivers services across five program components: permanent housing (including permanent supportive housing for persons with disabilities and rapid rehousing), transitional housing, supportive services only, Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS), and homelessness prevention. Eligible costs include COC planning activities, United Funding Agency costs for fiscal control and accounting, acquisition and rehabilitation of real property for housing or supportive services, new construction, leasing, and other authorized activities supporting community-wide commitment to ending homelessness.

Performance period runs through August 31, 2027, with place of performance in Des Moines, Iowa. The organization acts as a prime recipient coordinating sub-award networks across nine states—Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Missouri, Vermont, New Hampshire, Illinois, North Dakota, and Wyoming—and serves as HMIS lead for multiple local Continuum of Care jurisdictions including Des Moines and St. Louis.