Catholic Charities Of The Diocese Of Fall River, Massachusetts, Inc.

Catholic Charities Of The Diocese Of Fall River, Massachusetts, Inc. is a tax-exempt nonprofit recipient of federal grants for homeless services and housing assistance, operating as a grant recipient (66% of recent awards as prime recipient) and subrecipient (34%) across HUD and related social-service programs in Southeastern Massachusetts. The organization competes exclusively in full-and-open grant funding, with no contract vehicles or set-aside designations applicable to its federal footprint.

The organization's federal capability portfolio centers on Continuum of Care (CoC) program administration and direct homeless services delivery. Catholic Charities receives recurring HUD CoC Program (CFDA 14.267) grants to establish and operate permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, supportive services, and Homeless Management Information Systems. Representative prime grants include a $115,846 CoC award from HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development (awarded December 1, 2025, completing November 30, 2026), a $153,284 CoC grant (July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025), and a $103,238 CoC award (December 1, 2024 to November 30, 2025). As subrecipient, Catholic Charities operates named programs including the Francis House (permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless youth ages 18-24 with disabilities, providing eight beds across four two-bedroom apartments in Fall River) and the Cornerstone Project (scattered-site permanent supportive housing serving 32 households, including chronically homeless individuals and families). The Coordinated Entry System (CES) of Fall River, a supportive services–only program Catholic Charities administers, coordinates intake assessment and referrals for housing assistance across Fall River, New Bedford, and surrounding areas. Catholic Charities also administers Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) for homeless prevention and rapid rehousing, allocating 60 percent toward prevention and 40 percent toward rapid rehousing, and holds a HUD Housing Counseling Assistance grant (CFDA not specified in source, awarded October 1, 2022).

Customer concentration is monolithic. HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development funds 70 awards (86 percent of Catholic Charities' recent award total), anchored by recurring CoC grants issued every six and twelve months. The HUD Assistant Secretary for Housing Federal Housing Commissioner accounts for 11 awards. The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime (VOCA) funds 4 awards for victim services projects. The Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration accounts for 3 awards for substance use treatment and evaluation services. This concentration reflects Catholic Charities' historical positioning as the lead CoC grantee and subrecipient for Fall River and the surrounding Continuum.

Recent activity shows steady award flow — five awards in 2022, seven in 2023, eleven in 2024, nine in 2025, and seven awards in the first half of 2026 — with one award completing within the next twenty-four months, indicating low recompete exposure in that window. Catholic Charities operates as subrecipient to the City of Fall River, the City of New Bedford, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health on CoC renewals, ESG rapid rehousing and homeless prevention grants, VOCA victim services, and substance use treatment funding. The organization was incorporated in the early 1900s and operates multiple service sites across Fall River and New Bedford, serving chronically homeless individuals and families, youth under twenty-five, veterans, domestic violence survivors, and persons with substance use and mental health disorders.