Catholic Charities Of The Archdiocese Of Galveston-Houston

Catholic Charities Of The Archdiocese Of Galveston-Houston is a tax-exempt nonprofit organization based in Houston, Texas, that operates as a recipient and sub-recipient on federal grants administered by the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Department of State, and the Department of Homeland Security. The organization does not hold prime federal contracts but participates in federal grant programs as a primary recipient on direct awards and as a sub-recipient on pass-through awards from state and national faith-based intermediaries. Catholic Charities operates across multiple program areas including homeless services, refugee resettlement and integration, unaccompanied child care, and citizenship services, funded almost exclusively through grants rather than contracts.

Catholic Charities' federal footprint concentrates overwhelmingly in HHS Administration for Children and Families (191 of 340 awards across all sources) and the Department of State Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (87 awards), together accounting for approximately 82% of recent activity. The Department of Housing and Urban Development Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development funds an additional 32 awards, with smaller activity rooted in USCIS citizenship programs (3 awards) and FEMA emergency shelter services. On the prime recipient side, Catholic Charities has received $1.57 million from HUD's Continuum of Care Program (CFDA 14.267) for homeless housing and supportive services through August 31, 2027; $957,946 from the same program through December 31, 2026; $300,000 from USCIS for citizenship instruction and naturalization application services (CFDA 97.010) through September 30, 2026; and cooperative agreement awards from the Office of Refugee Resettlement for trauma-informed mental health services to refugees and unaccompanied alien children in residential shelter care running through October 31, 2026. The award portfolio shows rapid growth from 13 awards in 2022 to 189 in 2024, with the spike driven almost entirely by sub-recipient activity flowing through the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and other intermediary grantees.

Catholic Charities operates predominantly as a sub-recipient: 88% of its 340 awards in the past several years are sub-awards rather than prime grants. The sub-recipient footprint centers on pass-through awards from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (which holds multiple prime grants for refugee resettlement, unaccompanied minor services, and supportive services programs), the City of Houston (for Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS — HOPWA — assistance), Catholic Charities USA, U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants, and Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service. On the contract side, Catholic Charities subcontracts to Acacia Center For Justice for legal services related to unaccompanied children under Office of Refugee Resettlement programs; four sub-awards dating from June to October 2025 cover legal orientation and representation services. Service Contract Inventory records show minimal federal services prime activity: five SCI records captured as named subcontractor work across fiscal years 2024–2025, with approximately 73.7 FTEs reported in FY2024 and 36.7 FTEs in FY2025 — these figures represent sub-engagement on federal service contracts above the $150,000 reporting threshold and do not reflect Catholic Charities' total federal services delivery.

The organization's service portfolio spans housing-focused interventions (permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, tenant-based rental assistance, short-term rent and mortgage utility assistance), homelessness prevention, refugee integration services (resettlement support, reception and placement, health and wellness programming), specialized mental health and trauma-informed care for refugee populations, unaccompanied minor care and case management in residential shelter settings, and citizenship and naturalization support. Work is performed in the Houston metropolitan area and surrounding Texas jurisdictions, with performance locations including Houston, Montgomery County, and other Houston-area communities. Three awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating modest recompete exposure in FY 2026–2027. Catholic Charities operates entirely within HHS, HUD, and State Department grant programs with no General Services Administration vehicles, GWACs, or BPAs; its teaming is confined to sub-recipient relationships under state and national faith-based grant intermediaries.