Abused Adult Resource Center Inc.

Abused Adult Resource Center Inc., a nonprofit domestic violence and sexual assault shelter organization based in Bismarck, North Dakota, functions as a federal grant recipient (55% of awards as prime recipient) and sub-recipient (45%) delivering emergency shelter, transitional housing, case management, and victim advocacy services to survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking. The organization operates across federal grant programs managed by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women, and the Department of Health and Human Services, with no federal contracts in its footprint.

AARC's customer concentration is heavily skewed toward HUD's Continuum of Care Program, which accounts for 41 of the organization's 97 recent awards and represents the dominant funding stream. The Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women supplies 20 awards anchoring specialized programming around domestic violence courts and transitional housing for survivors. The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service provides 26 awards, primarily flowing through the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction via sub-awards supporting meal programs and child and adult care food program components. The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families rounds out the top four customer agencies with 7 awards.

As a prime recipient, AARC holds three major federal grant programs. The largest is a $500,000 three-year project grant from DOJ's Office on Violence Against Women under the Transitional Housing Assistance Grants program (CFDA 16.736), awarded October 1, 2024, to operate 7 scattered-site transitional housing units for up to 24 months, delivering rental assistance, case management, safety planning, and vocational support to survivors of intimate-partner violence. A $600,000 three-year grant from the same office under the Justice Systems Response to Families Program (CFDA 16.021), effective October 1, 2025, partners AARC with the North Dakota Supreme Court to develop a specialized domestic violence court in Burleigh and Morton Counties, including judicial training and abusive partner intervention services. A $212,221 HUD Continuum of Care project grant obligated October 1, 2025, funds emergency shelter, crisis intervention, case management, rental assistance, and supportive services for homeless survivors of violence. AARC also received a $749,899 grant from DOJ's Office on Violence Against Women under the Rural Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Assistance Program (CFDA 16.589) beginning October 1, 2021, to enhance safety for rural victims through coordinated community response efforts across North Dakota.

In its sub-recipient capacity, AARC receives flow-through funding from the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction for child and adult care food program (CACFP) meals and administrative components spanning 2022 to the present, and from the North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services for violence-against-women formula grants (CFDA 16.588), family violence prevention and services (CFDA 93.671), and sexual assault services (CFDA 16.017). A smaller stream flows through the North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation for victim support services.

Recent activity has accelerated sharply. Awards grew from 7 in 2022 and 8 in 2023 to 9 in 2024, then to 25 in 2025, with 14 awards through May 2026, reflecting heavy reliance on rolling Continuum of Care annual allocations and state pass-through funding. Combined federal dollars obligated across all awards total $11.3 million. Only 3 awards face ultimate completion within the next 24 months, presenting minimal recompete exposure; the bulk of the funding stream runs on annual and multi-year cycles anchored to HUD and DOJ programming.