Adoption Rhode Island

Adoption Rhode Island, a tax-exempt nonprofit organization based in Providence, Rhode Island, receives federal grant funding as a prime recipient to provide youth homelessness prevention and supportive housing services, and as a sub-recipient from the Rhode Island Department of Public Safety to deliver victim counseling and support services to youth crime survivors. The organization operates exclusively in the federal grant space (no federal contracts), with a split between prime grant awards (50%) and sub-award roles (50%) across a small but focused customer base.

Adoption Rhode Island's capability portfolio centers on youth homelessness intervention under the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Continuum of Care (CoC) Program. As a prime recipient, the organization administers HUD CoC grants (CFDA 14.267) to operate permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, supportive services, and homelessness prevention activities for youth households where no person exceeds age twenty-four. Recent prime awards include $135,380 in HUD Continuum of Care funding (January 2026 through December 2026) and $123,073 in CoC support (January 2025 through December 2025), both supporting the organization's Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (YHDP) component. The funding covers rental assistance, case management, property leasing and operations, and supportive services designed to minimize trauma and dislocation while promoting self-sufficiency among youth experiencing or at-risk-of homelessness in Providence. As a sub-recipient under Rhode Island Department of Public Safety prime grants, Adoption Rhode Island delivers counseling, support, and education services to ameliorate long-term impacts of crime victimization in children, with three sub-award periods spanning January 2024 through February 2026.

Customer concentration is evenly split between two federal agencies. The Department of Housing and Urban Development Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development and the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime each account for three awards (100% of awards in source). Combined federal dollars obligated across all six awards total $651 thousand, reflecting the small-grant scale typical of community-based youth services nonprofits. Activity has remained modest and sporadic — one award in 2022, one in 2024, two in 2025, two in 2026 — with one award facing ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and therefore subject to recompete or renewal.