Chatham-Savannah Authority For The Homeless Inc.

Chatham-Savannah Authority For The Homeless Inc., doing business as Chatham Savannah Authority For Homeless, is a non-profit organization based in Savannah, Georgia, that serves as a federal grant recipient delivering permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, supportive services, and Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS) operations to address homelessness in the Savannah-Chatham County area. The organization operates as a prime recipient on 75% of its recent federal awards and as a sub-recipient on the remainder, with no federal contracting footprint.

Chatham-Savannah's federal funding is concentrated almost entirely within HUD's Continuum of Care (CoC) Program (CFDA 14.267). The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development is the sole material customer, accounting for 55 of 61 awards identified in the source (90% of total award count) and representing the overwhelming majority of the $16.5 million in combined dollars obligated across all awards. The organization has received CoC grants consistently since at least 2022, with recent awards including a $456,981 project grant awarded March 1, 2026 (completion February 28, 2027), a $196,594 project grant awarded September 1, 2025 (completion August 31, 2026), and four additional CoC awards spanning January 2025 through March 2025. Beyond HUD, Chatham-Savannah has received four awards from the Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and two from the Department of Labor Veterans Employment and Training Service, neither of which dominate the funding profile.

As the lead agency for the local Continuum of Care, Chatham-Savannah also functions as a sub-recipient of federal funds flowing through state and local prime grantees. The organization has received sub-awards from the City of Savannah and the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, administering tenant-based rental assistance programs and the Project for Assisting and Transitioning from Homeless (PATH) in coordination with those primes. A notable sub-award dated October 3, 2025, involved $3.105 million in HOME-ARP funds for the acquisition of 28 single-room occupancy housing units (Dundee Cottages) in Savannah.

Recent activity shows award volume of four to ten annual grants from 2022 through 2025, with only two awards entering the source system in 2026 (the period through March). Within the next twenty-four months, three awards reach ultimate completion, presenting recompete opportunity for CoC funding renewal. The organization competes in the federal grants space exclusively, with no contracting vehicles or contract primes in the footprint.