Center For Veterans Issues, Inc.

Center For Veterans Issues, Inc., doing business as Homeless Veterans Project, is a Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based tax-exempt nonprofit organization that receives federal grant funding to deliver housing stability services, case management, suicide prevention outreach, and employment support to homeless and at-risk veteran populations as a prime grant recipient. The organization does not hold federal contracts; it operates exclusively as a recipient under federal grant programs from the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Department of Labor, and the National Park Service.

Center For Veterans Issues operates across four principal federal grant programs. The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration funds the organization under three recurring programs: the Supportive Services for Veteran Families Program (SSVF, CFDA 64.033), which provides case management and temporary financial assistance for housing-related expenses; the Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem Program (GPD, CFDA 64.024), which supports transitional housing beds and operational costs; and the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program (CFDA 64.055), which funds community-based outreach and prevention services. The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development funds Center For Veterans Issues under the Continuum of Care Program (CoC, CFDA 14.267), which supports permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, and supportive services. The Department of Labor Veterans Employment and Training Service funds the organization under the Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program (HVRP), which delivers employment training, job placement, and case management for homeless veterans in Milwaukee and Waukesha counties. Recent representative awards include a $5.52 million SSVF grant (October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026), a $750,000 suicide prevention grant (October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026), a $273,448 CoC project grant (July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027), and a $1.5 million National Park Service Save America's Treasures grant (October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2027) for restoration of the Governor's Mansion at the Milwaukee Soldiers Home National Historic Landmark District to serve as offices and a training center for veteran services.

Customer concentration is heavily skewed toward HUD and VA. The Department of Housing and Urban Development Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development accounts for 63 awards (52% of the portfolio by count), while the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration and related VA offices account for 39 combined awards (32% of the portfolio). The Department of Labor accounts for 13 awards. These five customer entities cover 96% of all awards. Center For Veterans Issues has received federal grant funding continuously since at least 2003, with 120 awards documented across the source data. Recent activity shows annual awards of eight in 2022, nine in 2023, seven in 2024, and five in 2025, indicating a stable but moderately declining trajectory. Four awards reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and will face recompete risk. The organization maintains 99% of its portfolio as prime grant recipient status, with minimal sub-award presence. Across all grant programs, Center For Veterans Issues delivers case management, benefits navigation, housing placement assistance, outreach, employment training with job-developer placement specialists, mental health screening, and linkage to VA and community resources, targeting very low-income veteran families experiencing or at risk of homelessness in Wisconsin.