Center For Hope And Safety, Inc.

Center For Hope And Safety, Inc. (doing business as CHS), a tax-exempt nonprofit organization based in Rochelle Park, New Jersey, is a prime recipient of federal housing and victim-support grants from the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Justice, delivering transitional and permanent supportive housing, case management, safety planning, legal representation, and economic-stabilization services to survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and individuals experiencing homelessness.

CHS operates as a domestic shelter and social-service provider with 95% of its federal footprint in prime grant awards rather than subcontract positions. The organization holds three core federal relationships: HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development (32 awards), the Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (5 awards), and the Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime office (3 awards), accounting for all 40 recorded federal awards across the past sixteen years. Combined obligated dollars total $6.9 million, with recent activity showing four awards in 2024 and three in 2025.

HUD's Continuum of Care Program (CFDA 14.267) dominates CHS's grant portfolio, funding permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, and transitional housing with supportive services. Representative CoC awards include a $748,634 project grant awarded November 1, 2025 (completion October 31, 2026), a $696,041 award from November 1, 2024 (completion October 31, 2025), and a $677,225 grant from November 1, 2023 (completion October 31, 2024). CHS also holds a $500,000 three-year Transitional Housing Assistance Grants for Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking grant (CFDA 16.736) from the Office on Violence Against Women, awarded October 1, 2024 and running through September 30, 2027, which funds 12 communal and scattered-site residences for up to 25 survivors and their dependents. A March 15, 2022 Victims of Crime Act grant funded CHS's Legal Services Program, which provides free legal representation to domestic violence victims in matters including restraining orders, divorce, custody, and immigration proceedings, staffed by three full-time attorneys and supporting staff. CHS also receives Victims of Crime Act formula grant sub-awards through the New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety (two sub-awards as of February 23, 2024) for victim counseling and criminal-justice-system navigation services. CHS collaborates with Greater Bergen Community Action Inc. as a partner in delivering victim-centered housing and support services. One award faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting limited near-term recompete exposure.