Center For Hope And Safety

Center For Hope & Safety, a tax-exempt nonprofit organization based in Salem, Oregon, operates as a federal grant recipient (34% of recent awards as a prime grantee) and as a sub-recipient (66% of awards) under federal domestic violence, homelessness, and victim services programs. The organization does not hold federal contracts; its entire footprint is grant-based work under the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Continuum of Care Program and the Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs (Victims of Crime and Office on Violence Against Women).

Center For Hope & Safety delivers housing assistance and supportive services for survivors of domestic violence, with specialization in underserved populations including undocumented immigrants, migrant farm workers, asylum seekers, refugees, and non-English speaking individuals. As a prime grant recipient, the organization receives funding under HUD's Continuum of Care Program (CFDA 14.267) for permanent housing, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, supportive services, and Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS) implementation. Recent prime awards include a $250,579 CoC Program Domestic Violence Bonus Grant (January–December 2026) and an $874,619 CoC Program Project Grant (January–December 2026) for housing and support services in Salem. An earlier $745,269 CoC award (2025) and awards of $438,226 and $166,019 (both 2024) demonstrate consistent year-over-year funding under the same vehicle. A longer-duration Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding award (November 2022–August 2030) rounds out the prime direct-grant portfolio.

As a sub-recipient, Center For Hope & Safety operates under pass-through agreements from the Oregon Department of Justice (funding VOCA victim services awards) and the Oregon Department of Human Services (funding domestic violence and sexual assault crisis center services). Sub-awards support crisis intervention, 24-hour hotline services, shelter operations, case management, victim advocacy, bilingual support, and facility improvements. The source documents recent sub-awards including multiple VOCA-funded staffing awards from the Oregon Department of Justice (October 2023, October 2024, October 2025), a facilities project for roof and parking-lot repairs at the Advocacy Office (September 2025), a service-expansion award for Woodburn (November 2024), and a facilities grant from the Oregon Department of Human Services (April 2026).

Customer concentration is high and stable. The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime program accounts for 17 of the 33 awards tracked (80% coverage threshold), and the HUD Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development accounts for 14, together representing the vast majority of the organization's federal footprint. Activity has been steady: four awards in 2022 rising to a peak of eight in 2024, with five in 2025 and four in 2026. Two awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting minimal recompete exposure. Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $12.7 million.