Alger-Marquette Community Action Board

Alger-Marquette Community Action Board, doing business as Community Action Alger-Marquette, is a tax-exempt nonprofit community development corporation headquartered in Marquette, Michigan, that operates as a federal grant recipient delivering homelessness prevention, housing support, early childhood education, and veteran family support services across the Upper Peninsula and surrounding regions. The organization receives federal funding primarily from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Department of Veterans Affairs, operating as both a prime grant recipient (46% of awards) and as a sub-recipient flowing funds through state intermediaries (54% of awards).

Community Action Alger-Marquette's federal grant portfolio centers on four core capability areas. The organization holds direct HUD Continuum of Care (CoC) program awards supporting permanent housing, transitional housing, and rapid rehousing for homeless individuals and families—recipients on awards dated February 2022, February 2023, February 2024, February 2025, and February 2026 under HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development. The organization also received a Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (YHDP) award (October 2024, ultimate completion September 2026) for coordinated youth homelessness prevention and housing. The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration awarded the organization $927,162 under the VA Supportive Services for Veteran Families Program (CFDA 64.033, October 2025, completion September 2026) to provide outreach, case management, VA benefits assistance, emergency housing support, and financial assistance to very low-income veteran families in Michigan; a prior VA SSVF award of $1,009,156 commenced October 2022. The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families funded the organization as a prime recipient for Head Start and Early Head Start programming, with a $443,873 award (September 2024, completion September 2026) supporting early childhood education and developmental services in the Upper Peninsula. The Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded the organization $142,500 (September 2023, ultimate completion June 2025) to develop a low-income residential solar program combining energy efficiency and affordable solar generation for rural low-income households.

The organization's customer concentration is heavily weighted to housing and human services agencies. The top five funding federal agencies account for 80% of recent awards: HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development (35 awards), HHS Administration for Children and Families (27 awards combined across two component lines), the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration (12 awards), and the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (7 awards). HUD dominates by award volume, reflecting the organization's core mission in homelessness prevention and housing. Sub-recipient relationships flow primarily through the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (Community Services Block Grant Discretionary awards, Consolidated Rapid Rehousing, Emergency Housing Support Funds, Diaper Bank TANF Support, and Water Assistance funding) and the Michigan State Housing Development Authority (Coordinated Entry, Housing Assessment and Resource Agency, and Youth Navigation Agency roles across seven to eleven Upper Peninsula counties). The organization also receives sub-awards from the Michigan Department of Education for USDA nutrition programs.

Activity has been steady across recent years with 7 awards in 2022, 20 in 2023, 18 in 2024, 15 in 2025, and 4 year-to-date in 2026. The organization holds minimal recompete exposure—only one award with ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. The most recent award was a $85,507 sub-grant from the Michigan State Housing Development Authority (September 2026) for Housing Assessment and Resource Agency administration of Coordinated Entry services across seven Upper Peninsula counties (Alger, Marquette, Baraga, Houghton, Keweenaw, Dickinson, and Iron). Place of performance includes Michigan, with service delivery concentrated in the Upper Peninsula region.