Catholic Charities Of The Archdiocese Of Washington Inc.

Catholic Charities Of The Archdiocese Of Washington Inc., a not-for-profit organization headquartered in Washington, DC, operates as a federal grant recipient and subcontractor delivering legal services, housing assistance, health care, and workforce development to underserved populations across 11 distinct federal agencies. The organization is predominantly a prime grant recipient (73% of recent awards) with recurring awards from the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Community Planning and Development office, the Internal Revenue Service, and the Department of Education, alongside subcontract work in immigration legal services and trafficking victim assistance under prime contractors including Acacia Center for Justice and the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants.

Catholic Charities' customer base is heavily concentrated in housing and community development. The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Community Planning and Development office accounts for 55 awards across the source data, representing the dominant share of the vendor's recent activity. The Internal Revenue Service places recurring Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) grants — matching grants designed to extend low-income tax filing services to underserved populations including persons with disabilities, non-English speakers, Native Americans, rural residents, military families, and the elderly. Catholic Charities holds prime VITA grants from the IRS with award dates in October 2024 (completion September 2025) and October 2025 (completion September 2026), focused on extending services to hardest-to-reach urban and non-urban populations, increasing electronic filing capacity, and training volunteer preparers. The Department of Education's Office of Career Technical and Adult Education funds workforce development and adult education work through the District of Columbia government as prime grantee, with Catholic Charities providing logistics, coordination, and training delivery for addictions counselor certification programs. The Department of Health and Human Services' Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and Administration for Children and Families also support the organization's service delivery in mental health, substance abuse treatment, and child welfare areas.

In its subcontractor role, Catholic Charities delivers legal services to unaccompanied alien children (UAC) under Department of Health and Human Services contracts with Acacia Center for Justice as prime, including a June 2025 sub-award for legal services under the Administration for Children and Families Office of Refugee Resettlement program. The organization also subcontracts under the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants for Trafficking Victim Assistance Program work, providing comprehensive case management services to both adult and minor foreign national survivors of trafficking. Additionally, Catholic Charities receives grant sub-awards from the District of Columbia government for housing, case management, and instructional logistics, and from the DC Office of Victim Services for housing and case management at residential facilities serving formerly incarcerated individuals in Wards 7 and 8.

The organization's recent activity shows volatility — seven awards in 2022, one in 2023, ten in 2024, and seven in 2025 — with only one award reaching ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months. Service Contract Inventory data captures minimal federal service-contract activity: two SCI-reportable subcontract records in FY2024 representing approximately 8.0 FTEs, indicating that Catholic Charities' federal footprint is predominantly grant-funded rather than service-contract work. Concrete capability examples include primary health care provision to approximately 1,200 low-income, uninsured residents across Prince George's County (Community Development Block Grant sub-awards), housing and case management for 39 formerly incarcerated individuals and 35 returning citizens in Washington DC's Wards 7 and 8 (DC Office of Victim Services sub-grant), and legal representation for unaccompanied children and trafficking survivors (HHS/ACF and USCRI sub-contracts). The organization's service portfolio spans litigation support, social services case management, housing assistance, health care access, and workforce training delivery for federal grantees, with minimal exposure to federal service contracts or government-wide acquisition vehicles.