Coalition For The Homeless Of Central Florida, Inc.

Coalition For The Homeless Of Central Florida, Inc., doing business as Coalition For The Homeless, is a tax-exempt nonprofit organization registered in SAM.gov since January 2006 with expertise in providing emergency assistance and supportive services to homeless populations, particularly veterans in the Central Florida region. The organization specializes in temporary housing assistance, emergency shelter operations, case management, and essential support services designed to prevent and end homelessness through targeted, community-based interventions. Coalition For The Homeless has demonstrated sustained capacity as a federal contractor and grant recipient, maintaining consistent relationships with multiple federal agencies and local government entities across both contract and grant funding mechanisms.

Through federal contract awards, Coalition For The Homeless has primarily served the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Integrated Service Network 8 (VISN 8) as the exclusive contractor for homeless veteran emergency services in the Orlando, Florida region. The organization has received multiple delivery orders under its indefinite delivery contract, with individual task orders ranging from $105,622.38 to $215,350.00, covering periods from November 2021 through October 2026. These delivery orders, all designated as firm fixed-price contracts with no set-aside provisions, support comprehensive emergency services including temporary housing assistance, food provision, emergency shelter operations, and basic necessities for homeless veterans. The organization performs this work independently without major subcontractors, demonstrating in-house operational capacity. Earlier delivery orders from October and September 2021 under the Orlando VA Medical Center Emergency Housing master IDIQ contract provided additional emergency housing support with ceiling values ranging from $5,333.41 to $7,033.58, further evidencing the organization's extended relationship with VISN 8.

Coalition For The Homeless has received substantial federal grant funding through multiple prime grantees, including Orange County, Florida, the City of Orlando, the Florida Department of Health, and the Department of Legal Affairs Florida. Recent significant awards include a $2 million grant (combining FY 22-23 and FY 24-25 funding) from Orange County, Florida for the New Women & Children Emergency Shelter Downtown Phase I project, awarded May 20, 2025. The organization has been a consistent sub-awardee for Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funding administered by Orange County and the City of Orlando, utilizing these funds to provide emergency shelter, essential services, housing readiness programming, and case management for homeless individuals and families across multiple facilities including the Center for Women and Families and the Men's Service Center. Additional grant support includes Child Care Food Program funding from the Florida Department of Health for meal services and victim services funding from the Department of Legal Affairs Florida. The grant awards demonstrate the organization's capacity to scale operations, supporting shelter operations for approximately 1,000 to 1,200 homeless individuals during various award periods from 2021 through 2025.

Coalition For The Homeless holds a single-award indefinite delivery contract with the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 8, awarded November 1, 2021, with a ceiling value of $778,943.94 and an ordering period extending through October 31, 2026. This IDV serves as the vehicle through which VISN 8 issues annual firm fixed-price delivery orders for homeless veteran emergency services in the Orlando, Florida region, with performance locations identified in ZIP codes 32801 and 32827. The contract does not utilize any set-aside designations and establishes Coalition For The Homeless as the sole-source provider of these specialized services within the Veterans Integrated Service Network 8. Under this indefinite delivery contract structure, the organization delivers temporary housing assistance, emergency shelter operations, food provision, case management services, and basic necessities to homeless veterans, with five delivery orders issued to date that represent a consistent annual funding stream averaging approximately $155,000 to $175,000. The indefinite delivery vehicle enables sustained, predictable funding streams that allow Coalition For The Homeless to maintain operational readiness and staff continuity in addressing veteran homelessness in Central Florida.