Changing Homelessness, Inc.

Changing Homelessness, Inc., a Jacksonville-based tax-exempt nonprofit, serves as the prime grant recipient for federal homelessness and veteran services funding, receiving the vast majority of its federal work (86% of 123 total awards) as a grant recipient rather than as a contract prime or subcontractor. The organization does not compete for federal contracts but receives grants exclusively under two federal programs: the Continuum of Care Program (CFDA 14.267) and the Supportive Services for Veteran Families Program (CFDA 64.033).

Changing Homelessness, Inc. delivers permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, emergency shelter operations, case management, homeless outreach, Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) administration, and veteran family support services. The organization serves as the lead agency for the FL-510 Continuum of Care, coordinating a collaborative network of over 50 member agencies across Clay, Duval, and Nassau counties in Northeast Florida. Representative recent recipient awards include a $421,208 Continuum of Care grant from HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development (awarded September 1, 2026) for COC planning, fiscal control, and real property acquisition and rehabilitation; an $865,866 COC award (January 1, 2026) supporting the full five-component program portfolio; and a $15.6 million Supportive Services for Veteran Families grant from the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration (awarded September 30, 2025) providing outreach, case management, VA benefits assistance, and temporary financial assistance to very low-income veteran families experiencing homelessness or at-risk of housing instability.

Customer concentration is extreme and singular. The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development accounts for 90 of the 108 awards captured in the top-four-customer count (88% coverage), with the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Under Secretary for Health holding 13 awards. This two-agency concentration reflects the nonprofit's specialized mission within the federal homelessness-response ecosystem. Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $121 million, with HUD's COC program anchoring the portfolio. The organization also holds three sub-recipient awards, including a $254,553 COC sub-award from HUD (September 1, 2024) and participation in a City of Jacksonville ESG transitional housing collaboration with Hubbard House (October 1, 2024).

Activity has declined modestly year over year—12 awards in 2022 declining to 3 in 2026—a pattern consistent with the organization's role as a regional nonprofit holding recurring annual grants rather than competing for new vehicles. Only 4 awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating stable recompete exposure limited to routine annual COC and SSVF grant cycles. The nonprofit's federal footprint is immobile: all work is geographically bound to Jacksonville and Northeast Florida, all funding flows through HUD and VA, and the organization does not pursue federal contracts, GWACs, or IDIQs. For federal contractors evaluating teaming or M&A vectors, Changing Homelessness, Inc. represents a specialized grant recipient with zero procurement-contract capability and no path to becoming a contract prime or defense-industrial player.