Caringworks, Inc.

Caringworks, Inc., a Black American-owned, minority-owned nonprofit based in Decatur, Georgia, is a prime recipient of federal housing, homelessness intervention, and behavioral health grants from HUD and SAMHSA, and operates a single-award VA contract for all-male homeless veteran transitional housing in the Atlanta area. The organization competes full-and-open across its federal footprint without set-aside designations.

Caringworks' federal mission centers on transitional and permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, case management, mental health treatment, substance abuse recovery support, and wraparound services for vulnerable populations including homeless individuals, veterans, justice-involved individuals, and persons with behavioral health or co-occurring disorders. The vendor manages over $3 million annually in Continuum of Care (CoC) grants from HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development (CFDA 14.267), with recent CoC awards including a $1.154 million project grant (December 1, 2025 – November 30, 2026), an $814,625 project grant (December 1, 2025 – November 30, 2026), a $735,231 project grant (December 1, 2025 – November 30, 2026), and a $573,232 project grant (October 1, 2025 – September 30, 2026). Beyond CoC, Caringworks received two five-year federal grants from SAMHSA's Center for Substance Abuse Treatment and Center for Mental Health Services: a $1.15 million "Oasis of Hope" residential treatment program (September 30, 2023 – September 29, 2028) targeting justice-involved males with substance use or co-occurring mental disorders, and a $470,000 "Access Wellness" program (September 30, 2021 – September 29, 2023) serving uninsured and underinsured individuals with serious mental illness in Clayton, DeKalb, Fulton, and Rockdale counties, Georgia. On the federal contract side, the Department of Veterans Affairs' Veterans Integrated Service Network 7 (VISN 7) awarded Caringworks a single-award indefinite-delivery contract with a $2.1 million ceiling and April 1, 2030 completion date for all-male homeless veteran housing within a 15-mile radius of Decatur. Two firm fixed-price task orders have been issued: $367,730 (April 2, 2025 – April 1, 2026, increased by 58 units) and $361,350 (April 2, 2026 – April 1, 2030).

Caringworks concentrates almost entirely with two federal customers. HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development leads by award count, with 66 recurring CoC project grants spanning 2021 through 2026; the combined potential value across all awards sits at $5.6 million, but obligated dollars total $49.2 million, indicating substantial prior-year commitments. The Department of Veterans Affairs VISN 7 accounts for 9 awards (100% of the vendor's potential value at $5.6 million). HHS SAMHSA contributes 13 awards across substance abuse treatment and mental health services programs. Caringworks' sub-award activity shows the vendor receives pass-through funding from Georgia state agencies: the Georgia Housing & Finance Authority (permanent housing and shelter services) and the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (residential treatment, semi-independent residential services, and medication-assisted treatment). The vendor holds position under two IDV vehicles: VA indefinite-delivery contract VA24716D0085 (4 task orders, $900 thousand combined potential value) and VA indefinite-delivery contract 36C24725D0018 (2 task orders, $729 thousand combined potential value).

Activity has grown modestly — six awards in 2022 to twelve in 2025 — with three awards to date in 2026. Six awards reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and therefore face renewal or recompete risk. The organization's primary NAICS positioning spans 624229 (Other Community Housing Services), 624230 (Temporary Shelters), and residential mental health and substance abuse facilities, with corresponding PSC codes in social rehabilitation and medical consultation. Caringworks' federal award footprint is entirely grant-driven and contract-driven work at the service-delivery level rather than prime contractor capacity for IT, logistics, or defense programs; the vendor does not appear as a subcontractor on commercial federal contracts.