Champlain Valley Office Of Economic Opportunity, Inc.

Champlain Valley Office Of Economic Opportunity, Inc., doing business as Addison Community Action, is a nonprofit organization based in Burlington, Vermont, that receives federal grants as a prime recipient and sub-recipient to deliver community action and social services across housing, domestic violence support, workforce development, and homelessness prevention.

The organization operates primarily as a grant recipient rather than a federal contractor. Champlain Valley serves as prime recipient on 83 awards (52% of its recent footprint) and as sub-recipient on 77 awards (48%), with combined federal dollars obligated of $295.5 million across 160 total awards in the source data spanning 2001 to the present. Recent activity shows sustained volume: seven awards in 2022, rising to 15 in 2023, 33 in 2024, 33 in 2025, and 10 awards recorded through late September 2026.

Customer concentration is dominated by HUD and social-services grantors. The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development leads the portfolio with 35 awards, followed by the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families with 23 awards, the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service with 18 awards, the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women with 14 awards, and HUD's Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity with 13 awards. These five agencies account for 64% of all recent awards.

Champlain Valley's prime grant work centers on homelessness prevention and permanent housing under HUD's Continuum of Care program (multiple annual awards since 2022), domestic violence transitional housing and victim services under Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women programs (including a $500 thousand Transitional Housing Assistance award dated October 1, 2025, with performance through September 30, 2028, delivering the Voices Against Violence project in partnership with Financial Futures, Working Fields, Maquam Bay of Missisquoi Tribal Band, and Deaf Vermonters Advocacy Services), fair housing education under HUD's Fair Housing Organization Initiatives program ($125 thousand awarded March 15, 2026), volunteer income tax assistance under the IRS VITA Matching Grant program ($160 thousand awarded October 1, 2025, with sub-grantee Capstone Community Action, Inc.), and rural domestic violence services under Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women ($549,602 awarded October 1, 2025, as a continuation project running through September 30, 2028). Champlain Valley also holds a Head Start and Early Head Start grant (awarded November 1, 2024, through October 31, 2029).

As a sub-recipient, Champlain Valley draws funding from Vermont state agencies acting as prime grantees. The Vermont Agency of Human Services channels Community Services Block Grants, Coordinated Entry Partnership funding, Crisis Fuel Services, Weatherization Assistance Program dollars, and Emergency Heating System grants. The Vermont Agency of Education flows Child and Adult Food Program funds. The Vermont Center for Crime Victims passes through Violence Against Women Act funding streams including FVPSA, SASP, and VOCA. Sub-awards typically arrive in rapid succession within these programs — multiple monthly awards under the same federal program indicate flow-through or reallocation rather than competitive procurements.

Teaming and partnership are central to Champlain Valley's grant delivery model. Prime awards explicitly name sub-grantees and collaborative partners: the October 2025 Voices Against Violence transitional housing project lists Financial Futures, Working Fields, Maquam Bay of Missisquoi Tribal Band, and Deaf Vermonters Advocacy Services; a Justice for Families program grant (CFDA program under Office on Violence Against Women, awarded October 1, 2023, completion September 30, 2026) partners with Franklin Grand Isle Court — Family Division, Vermont Legal Aid, and Abenaki Circle of Courage to deliver supervised visitation, safe exchange, civil legal assistance, and court-based training. A Vermont Network Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault sub-award dated October 1, 2023, funded healing-centered direct services including A Window Between Worlds transformative healing art, the BRANCH pilot, the Vermont Lullaby Project, and RiSE youth cohorts.

Only five awards face ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months (as of the October 2026 reporting date), signaling low recompete exposure in the near term and relatively stable grant base with multi-year performance periods. The organization does not hold federal contracts or contract vehicles; its footprint is grant-exclusive, with no IDIQ, GWAC, BPA, or GSA Schedule participation.