Hope And Healing Survivor Resource Center

Hope And Healing Survivor Resource Center, doing business as Battered Women's Shelter, is a tax-exempt nonprofit organization based in Akron, Ohio that operates as a federal grant recipient, providing emergency domestic violence shelter, transitional housing, crisis intervention, and supportive services to survivors and their families. The organization does not hold federal contracts or IDVs; its federal footprint is entirely grant-based, concentrated in two primary customer agencies: the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Department of Justice.

The organization's capability portfolio centers on domestic violence emergency shelter and victim services. Hope And Healing operates Ohio's largest emergency domestic violence shelter, a 154-bed facility with capacity for up to 54,208 shelter nights annually, and delivers a range of victim-centered services including 24/7 crisis hotline and webchat support, case management, safety planning, rental and utility assistance, legal services, and specialized support for survivors with companion animals. The organization also provides transitional housing through scattered-site residences with supportive services, trauma-informed care, and coordination with community partners. Recent prime grant awards include a $600,000 Office on Violence Against Women award (CFDA 16.528) for training and coordinated community responses to abuse of people age 50 and older in Summit County; a $564,905 HUD Continuum of Care award (CFDA 14.267) for permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, and transitional housing operations; and a $337,023 HUD Continuum of Care award for the same program component. The organization also received an Office on Violence Against Women grant (CFDA not specified) for men and boys prevention programming and another for transitional housing assistance for domestic violence survivors, with project partners including the Rape Crisis Center and Goodwill Industries of Akron.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted toward HUD. The top four customer agencies account for 84% of awards, led by HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development with 37 awards, followed by the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime office (6 awards) and the Administration for Children and Families within the Department of Health and Human Services (5 awards), with the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women accounting for 3 awards. All work is performed in Akron, Ohio and surrounding Summit and Medina counties. Hope And Healing acts as prime recipient on 41 awards (67% of the portfolio) and as sub-recipient on 20 awards (33%), primarily receiving sub-grants from the Ohio Attorney General and Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services for crime victim services, emergency solutions grants, and family violence prevention programs. Sub-recipient work includes 24/7 hotline staffing, information and referral services for domestic violence victims, and emergency shelter meal support.

Activity has been episodic across the award count, with notable growth from 4 awards in 2022 to a peak of 10 in 2023, followed by contraction to 6 awards in 2026. Five awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting recompete exposure. The combined dollars obligated across the 61-award footprint total $15.4 million, reflecting the grant-funded, nonprofit service-delivery model rather than a commercial contracting posture. No federal contract or vehicle participation appears in the source data.