Center For Veterans Issues, Inc.

Center For Veterans Issues, Inc., doing business as Homeless Veterans Project, is a Milwaukee-based tax-exempt nonprofit that operates exclusively as a federal grant recipient, delivering housing stability services, case management, employment support, and suicide prevention outreach to homeless and at-risk veteran populations. The organization acts as a prime grant recipient across four principal federal grant programs administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Housing and Urban Development, with nearly all of its 121 federal awards across the past two decades structured as project grants rather than contracts.

The organization's capability portfolio centers on permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, case management, benefits navigation, employment training, and suicide prevention services. Recent representative work includes a $386,364 HUD Continuum of Care Program (CFDA 14.267) award effective September 1, 2026, through August 31, 2027, funding permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, and supportive services for veterans in Milwaukee; a $5.523 million Department of Veterans Affairs Supportive Services for Veteran Families Program (CFDA 64.033) grant effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026, providing outreach, case management, benefits assistance, and temporary financial assistance to very low-income veteran families; and a $750,000 Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program (CFDA 64.055) award effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026, funding community-based suicide prevention services and connection to VA and community resources. The organization also received two $1.5 million National Park Service Save America's Treasures Program (CFDA 15.929) grants awarded October 1, 2024, for restoration of the Governor's Mansion and historic chapel at the Milwaukee Soldiers Home National Historic Landmark District, supporting veteran workforce development and a technological training center.

Customer concentration is dominated by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, which accounts for 64 of 116 awards in the top-five customer ranking (covering 96% of all awards), with the Department of Veterans Affairs split across multiple components and funding streams (28 awards from VHA Under Secretary for Health, 11 from Veterans Health Administration broadly, and 10 from Department of Labor Veterans Employment and Training Service). HUD's Continuum of Care Program represents the largest funding stream, with recurring annual awards for housing and supportive services. VA funding flows through three principal grant programs: the Supportive Services for Veteran Families Program (CFDA 64.033), the VA Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem Program (CFDA 64.024), and the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program (CFDA 64.055). The organization has also received funding from the Department of Labor for the Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program (HVRP) supporting employment and training for homeless veterans in Milwaukee and Waukesha Counties.

Activity has averaged 6.4 awards per year over the past five years, with recent trajectory showing a decline from eight awards in 2022 to two awards year-to-date in 2026 — a posture typical of mature, established grant recipients whose year-to-year volatility reflects the annual recompete cycles of HUD Continuum of Care Program awards. Only three awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal near-term recompete cliff exposure. Performance occurs exclusively in Wisconsin, with primary operational focus in Milwaukee. The organization operates 99% as a prime grant recipient with minimal subcontracting; a single sub-award is documented in the source data. Place of performance is Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53208, with service delivery extending to Waukesha County and broader Wisconsin regions through coordinated community partnerships and VA medical center collaborations.