Cares Of NY, Inc.

Cares Of NY, Inc. is a tax-exempt nonprofit headquartered in Albany, New York that acts as a prime recipient of federal grants focused exclusively on homelessness services and supportive housing in the Albany region. The organization operates as a grant recipient under HUD's Continuum of Care Program (CFDA 14.267) and receives 99 percent of its federal funding from the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, with no federal contract work or procurement vehicle participation.

Cares Of NY, Inc. delivers permanent supportive housing for persons with disabilities, rapid rehousing with rental assistance, transitional housing, supportive services only, and Homeless Management Information Systems implementation and operation. Representative grant awards include a $2.368 million Continuum of Care Program award issued July 1, 2026, a $2.220 million CoC award issued October 1, 2025, a $209,952 CoC award issued September 1, 2026, and a $251,586 CoC award issued January 1, 2026. The organization also manages concurrent awards under HUD's Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (CFDA 14.267 variant) and holds one sub-award under Health Research, Inc. relating to COVID-19 detection and mitigation in homeless services sites issued April 27, 2024. All work is performed in Albany, NY 12205. Eligible activities funded through CoC awards include leasing structures for housing, rental assistance ranging from short-term to long-term, case management, employment assistance, healthcare and mental health referrals, substance abuse treatment services, and CoC planning activities. The organization has held continuous federal CoC funding since at least 2008 and manages multiple concurrent annual allocations that fund operations across overlapping twelve-month service cycles, with individual awards typically ranging from $460,058 to $2.22 million annually.

Customer concentration is absolute: HUD's Community Planning and Development office accounts for 308 of 312 total awards (99 percent of the award footprint). The organization operates exclusively as a grant prime recipient with no federal contracts, no parent contract vehicles, and no procurement-side relationship to federal contracting. The vendor's federal grant portfolio spans 312 awards over the past several years, with combined dollars obligated of $92.4 million. Activity shows modest fluctuation—22 awards in 2022, climbing to 28 in 2024, then declining to 13 awards year-to-date in 2026. Fifteen awards carry ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months, creating recompete exposure in that window. The organization does not pursue or hold federal contracts, GWACs, BPAs, or agency-wide IDIQs; its business model is entirely grant-based, serving as a nonprofit housing and homelessness services provider rather than a federal contractor or IT/professional services vendor.