Civic Heart Community Services

Civic Heart Community Services is a minority-owned, non-profit organization registered in SAM.gov since August 2004, based in Houston, Texas at 3131 Emancipation Ave. The organization operates as a Black American-owned entity and has established itself as one of the largest Black-founded, Black-led organizations in the Greater Gulf Coast region of Texas. As a community-based social service organization, Civic Heart Community Services delivers comprehensive programs addressing disadvantaged and vulnerable populations across multiple service areas, including youth justice involvement, family support services, homelessness prevention, health insurance enrollment, and public health initiatives. The organization has maintained a strong track record of securing federal grant funding to expand its capacity to serve underserved communities throughout Harris County and across Texas.

Civic Heart Community Services has received substantial federal grant awards totaling millions of dollars across diverse program areas and funding agencies. The organization currently administers a $1,174,050 five-year Cooperative Agreement from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families to operate the Fathers First Program, providing evidence-based fatherhood workshops and case management to 700 fathers in Harris County through the 24:7 Dad A.M. curriculum. In homelessness services, Civic Heart has received multiple Project Grants from HUD's Continuum of Care Program, including awards of $1,325,693 and $1,167,259, supporting rapid rehousing, transitional housing, supportive services, and homeless management information systems. The organization also operates several justice-focused youth programs funded by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, including the VOICES Program ($525,000 award) providing trauma-informed services to justice-involved girls aged 17 and younger, the Youth C.A.N program supporting post-adjudication youth in residential facilities, and the Change Happens Anti-Gun Violence Arts Program serving youth impacted by the juvenile justice system. Additional federal support includes Cooperative Agreements with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for health insurance navigator services in federally-facilitated marketplaces and for the Connecting Kids to Coverage program promoting Medicaid and CHIP enrollment among underserved children in Harris County. The organization also operates health-focused programs including comprehensive HIV prevention services through a DTPR (Diagnose. Treat. Prevent. Respond.) initiative and teen pregnancy prevention programs such as HYPE and Teens Making a Choice 2.0 funded by the Administration on Children, Youth and Families. Sub-award activities have included vaccine education and confidence initiatives delivered in partnership with the National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention and substance abuse prevention efforts coordinated through the Texas Health & Human Services Commission.