Community Renewal Team, Inc.

Community Renewal Team, Inc., a Hartford, Connecticut-based nonprofit community action agency, operates as a prime recipient on federal grants and holds one federal service contract, delivering homeless services, housing stability programs, and community support services to vulnerable populations including homeless veterans, low-income families, and individuals experiencing housing instability. The organization is tax-exempt and does not compete under socioeconomic set-asides.

CRT's federal portfolio splits evenly between prime grant awards (68% of 197 recent awards) and sub-recipient positions under state pass-through grants (32%). The organization's capability footprint centers on housing intervention and prevention — permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, case management, outreach, and supportive services for homeless individuals and families — alongside behavioral health and substance-abuse treatment programs, housing counseling, energy assistance eligibility determination, and child nutrition administration. Recent prime work includes a $1,182,255 HUD Continuum of Care (CoC) Program (CFDA 14.267) project grant awarded June 1, 2026, for permanent supportive housing and rapid rehousing across Central Connecticut; an $806,981 HUD CoC award effective May 1, 2026; a $1,116,312 Department of Veterans Affairs Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) Program (CFDA 64.033) grant dated September 30, 2025, providing outreach, case management, and temporary financial assistance to very low-income veteran families; and a $1,093,128.75 Veterans Affairs contract (awarded August 1, 2024, running through July 31, 2029) for emergency bed shelter services for homeless veterans in Central Connecticut.

Customer concentration sits predominantly with HUD and the Department of Veterans Affairs. The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development leads the award count with 75 awards, anchoring CRT's portfolio. The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families accounts for 44 awards reflecting sub-recipient work under state CSBG, energy assistance, child nutrition, and case management pass-throughs. The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Under Secretary for Health carries 21 awards across Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF), VA Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem (GPD), and case management programs. The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service supplies 17 awards for child nutrition and supplemental nutrition administration. The top five funding agencies account for 86% of recent awards. Dollar concentration is extremely narrow: the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Integrated Service Network 1 supplies $1.1 million in potential value (the one service contract); HUD CoC and other HUD programs carry most remaining value across the grant footprint.

As a sub-recipient, CRT receives awards flowing through the Connecticut Department of Social Services (CSBG services, energy assistance eligibility, case management), the Connecticut Department of Education (child nutrition, CCFP commodity administration), and Journey Home Inc. (youth homelessness navigator and support services under HUD youth homelessness prevention programs). Federal grant programs anchoring CRT's work are HUD Continuum of Care (CFDA 14.267, with multiple annual awards), VA Supportive Services for Veteran Families (CFDA 64.033), VA Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem (CFDA 64.024), HUD Housing Counseling Assistance (CFDA 14.169), SAMHSA Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (HIV AIDS Risk Program and Medication-Assisted Treatment expansion initiatives), and HUD Economic Development Initiative Community Project Funding. Activity has remained steady across the past five years—ranging from 13 to 23 awards annually—with six awards facing ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, creating limited recompete exposure in the near term.