Catholic Charities Of Central Texas

Catholic Charities Of Central Texas, operating as Catholic Charities, is a tax-exempt nonprofit organization based in Austin, Texas that delivers religious chaplaincy services, supportive services for homeless and very low-income veterans, and refugee resettlement support to federal agencies as a prime recipient on federal grants (26% of recent awards) and as a subrecipient under larger federal grant programs (74% of recent awards). The organization competes full-and-open across all award categories with no set-asides.

Catholic Charities holds a single-award indefinite delivery contract with the Federal Bureau of Prisons for Catholic priest services at Federal Correctional Institution Bastrop. The contract, awarded October 1, 2023 with a ceiling of $54,600 and ultimate completion September 30, 2026, requires approximately 112 Catholic worship service sessions annually in English and Spanish for the inmate population. Recent delivery orders under this IDIQ include a $2,100 firm fixed-price order issued July 1, 2026 for services through September 30, 2026; a $1,500 order issued April 1, 2026 for April through June 2026; and an $1,800 order issued October 1, 2024 for fiscal year 2025 services covering April through September 2025. Place of performance spans Austin, Texas and Bastrop, Texas.

Catholic Charities operates as a prime recipient on two federal grants under the Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) program. The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration awarded a $1 million Project Grant on October 1, 2022 with ultimate completion September 30, 2025, and a second SSVF award on August 21, 2023 with completion September 30, 2025. Under these grants, the organization provides outreach, case management, assistance obtaining VA benefits and other public benefits, and optional services including temporary financial assistance for childcare, housing, transportation, utilities, security deposits, and moving costs to very low-income veteran families in permanent or transitional housing.

Customer concentration is heavily skewed toward the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families, which accounts for 31 awards (72% of award count), though these carry minimal individual dollar values. The Federal Bureau of Prisons Federal Correctional Institution Bastrop anchors the potentialvalue ranking with six awards and $59 thousand combined potential value. The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration, the Department of Homeland Security US Citizenship and Immigration Services, and the Department of Homeland Security account for the remaining five awards across the active set.

Catholic Charities acts as a subrecipient under the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops on federal grant work spanning refugee resettlement and unaccompanied refugee minors programs. Since 2023, the organization has received monthly sub-award distributions under two primary refugee service lines: the FY22 Unaccompanied Refugee Minor School Impact Program and the FY23 Unaccompanied Refugee Minors Resettlement Services and Integration Program. Most recent sub-award activity dates October 2025. The organization also receives sub-awards from a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) public service agency for direct crisis financial assistance as of October 2025.

Awards per year shows significant recent growth from one award in 2022 to 23 awards in 2024, declining to ten in 2025 and three through mid-2026. Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $2.8 million, substantially exceeding the $59 thousand combined potential value listed in active IDIQs and delivery orders, indicating the organization's grant and sub-award work carries realized funding values not reflected in open contract ceilings.