Community Shelter Services, Inc.

Community Shelter Services, Inc. (CSSI) is a nonprofit organization registered in the System for Award Management since March 2011 and currently designated as a tax-exempt corporate entity. The organization provides comprehensive support services to homeless individuals and families, with a particular focus on homeless veterans in the Erie, Pennsylvania region. Through its federal contract and grant awards, CSSI delivers healthcare services, emergency shelter operations, and transitional housing support, positioning itself as a critical service provider for vulnerable populations in partnership with federal and local government agencies.

Community Shelter Services, Inc. has established a sustained track record of federal contract performance through delivery orders issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs, specifically Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 4. The organization has provided healthcare services for homeless veterans at the Erie VA Medical Center through a series of annual firm fixed-price delivery orders, with individual ceiling values ranging from $28,380 to $49,275, most recently awarded for the period January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2026. Additionally, CSSI has delivered emergency shelter services for homeless veterans through separate delivery orders valued between $4,650.75 and $17,450.25, with performance periods spanning from October 2021 through December 2022. All federal contract awards to CSSI have been issued without set-aside designations, indicating open competition. The organization has served as a prime contractor on all delivery orders, with no subcontractors indicated in the award documentation. The funding source for all contract awards has been the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration through VISN 4, demonstrating the VA's confidence in CSSI's ability to execute specialized services supporting the agency's homeless veteran population.

Community Shelter Services, Inc. has received federal grant support through sub-awards flowing from the City of Erie, which serves as the prime grantee under the federal Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) program. These sub-grant awards, dated June 16, 2021, July 1, 2022, and September 7, 2023, have provided funding for the organization's year-round emergency transitional housing operations and associated essential services. The grant funds have supported personnel costs, operating expenses for the emergency shelter, utilities, and the full or partial salary of security monitors at the facility. Through these ESG-funded sub-grants, CSSI has expanded its capacity to serve homeless individuals and families across the City of Erie beyond the veteran-specific services supported through its federal contracts. The Emergency Solutions Grant program, administered through the City of Erie, represents CSSI's primary mechanism for accessing federal grant resources, allowing the organization to sustain comprehensive shelter operations and essential support services.

Community Shelter Services, Inc. holds two indefinite delivery contracts (IDCs) awarded by the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Integrated Service Network 4, which provide the contracting vehicles for multiple delivery orders issued over extended performance periods. The first IDC, valued at $700,000 with an award date of January 1, 2023 and an ultimate completion date of December 31, 2032, was established to support healthcare services for homeless veterans at the Erie VA Medical Center. This ten-year single award contract allows VISN 4 to issue specific delivery orders for defined periods of performance, with recent orders awarded for calendar years 2024, 2025, and 2026. The second IDC, valued at $206,660.25 with an award date of September 30, 2022 and completion date of December 31, 2022, was designated for emergency shelter services for the Veterans Health Administration's Health Care for Homeless Veterans program and generated delivery orders spanning from January 2018 through December 2022. Both indefinite delivery contracts were awarded without set-aside designations on a single-award basis, indicating that CSSI was selected as the sole contractor for these vehicle types. These IDCs represent the foundational contracting structure through which VISN 4 manages its relationship with CSSI and enables flexible, responsive ordering of healthcare and shelter services tailored to the homeless veteran population in the Erie region.