Ayuda

Ayuda, a Washington, DC-based nonprofit established in 2005, operates as a grant recipient and subcontractor delivering trauma-informed legal and social services to low-income immigrant victims of violence, trafficking, and crime across the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia. The organization operates predominantly as a subcontractor (65% of recent awards) and sub-recipient under state and federal grantees, with 35% of awards as prime grant recipients from the Department of Justice.

Ayuda's customer base concentrates heavily in victim-services funding. The Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women leads with 27 awards, followed by the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime with 18 awards, accounting for 90% of recent award volume. The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families contributes 9 awards. Ayuda holds prime federal grants totaling $1.652 million across recent Office on Violence Against Women awards: a $400,000 Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Program grant (CFDA 16.016) awarded August 1, 2026 through July 31, 2029 for case management, therapy, support groups, and job readiness training; a $750,000 Legal Assistance for Victims continuation grant (CFDA 16.524) awarded October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2028 for civil and criminal legal representation in family, immigration, employment, housing, and protection order matters; a $500,000 Transitional Housing Assistance for Victims grant (CFDA 16.736) awarded October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2028 providing rental assistance, case management, and employment support to 30 survivors; and a $382,500 Sexual Assault Services Culturally Specific Program grant (CFDA 16.023) awarded October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2027. Earlier prime grants include a Victims of Crime award for human trafficking survivor legal services, immigration relief, and training (October 1, 2024–September 30, 2027), and Legal Assistance for Victims grants covering Virginia and DC (October 1, 2023–September 30, 2026 and October 1, 2022–October 31, 2025).

As a subcontractor, Ayuda subcontracts to Acacia Center for Justice on legal services for unaccompanied alien children under Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families Office of Refugee Resettlement contracts (task orders awarded April 30, 2025, May 13, 2025, September 8, 2025, and September 29, 2025). Ayuda also serves as a sub-recipient under state grantees: the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services on multiple victim-assistance, sexual-assault survivors, and U visa initiative grants (awards spanning 2022–2026); the DC Office of Victim Services on domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and holistic crime-victim programs (awards spanning 2022–2025); the Virginia Department of Social Services on domestic violence services for underserved populations; the Maryland Executive Office on victim-assistance programs; and the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants on trafficking victim assistance for adults and minors (awards October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2022).

Capability portfolio centers on immigration legal representation (T visas, U visas, VAWA self-petitions, asylum, cancellation of removal, naturalization), family law, protection orders, case management, trauma-informed therapy, support groups, safety planning, crisis intervention, job readiness and employment counseling, financial counseling, transitional housing coordination, and community education and training for service providers and legal professionals. All services are delivered in culturally responsive and linguistically appropriate formats targeting low-income immigrant communities.

The Service Contract Inventory dataset captures minimal activity: 3 SCI records (all as named subcontractor, zero as prime) spanning FY2024–FY2025, with 12.6 FTEs reported in FY2024 and 9.6 FTEs in FY2025. This SCI footprint represents only federal service contracts above the $150,000 reporting threshold and does not reflect Ayuda's full federal grant portfolio or total enterprise revenue. Three awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting recompete opportunities in the victim-services grant funding space.