Covenant House Alaska

Covenant House Alaska, a tax-exempt nonprofit providing emergency shelter, transitional housing, case management, and trafficking intervention services to homeless, runaway, and trafficked youth under age 24 in Anchorage and rural Alaska, receives federal grants as a prime recipient from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Department of Health and Human Services, and Department of Justice, with secondary sub-recipient engagements under state and tribal grantees. The organization serves with particular focus on American Indian and Alaska Native youth, LGBTQ+ individuals, and youth experiencing substance abuse or mental health challenges.

Covenant House Alaska's federal footprint consists entirely of grants rather than contracts, with 64 prime grant awards and 11 sub-recipient engagements across 75 total awards since 2007, generating $37.9 million in combined dollars obligated. Customer concentration is heavily weighted to HUD: the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development accounts for 35 awards under the Continuum of Care Program (CFDA 14.267) and Youth Homeless Demonstration Program (YHDP). The Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families follows with 12 awards spanning the Transitional Living for Homeless Youth program (CFDA 93.550), the Basic Center Program, the Runaway and Homeless Youth Prevention Demonstration Program, and the Street Outreach Program. The Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime funds trafficking prevention and victim assistance work, with a $500,000 Preventing Trafficking of Girls Program award (CFDA 16.035) running through September 30, 2027, and a $200,000 Crime Victim Assistance grant (CFDA 16.582) for culturally responsive services to homeless youth who have experienced violence. Recent prime grants include a $700,000 Transitional Living award from HHS for the Maternity Group Home program (award date September 30, 2025, performance through September 29, 2028), a $700,000 Transitional Living award for the Rights of Passage program under the same terms, and dual HUD COC awards of $281,138 and $313,650 respectively (both October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026) supporting YHDP youth housing components.

Activity has declined from 12 awards in 2022 to a three-award pace in 2026 (through September), indicating contraction rather than growth in recent award volume. Four awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing near-term recompete exposure. Covenant House Alaska operates as a sub-recipient under multiple state and tribal prime grantees: Cook Inlet Housing Authority, Cook Inlet Tribal Council, the State of Alaska Department of Health, and the Executive Office of the State of Alaska have issued sub-awards for housing assistance targeting Alaska Native youth ages 18–24, SNAP Employment and Training coordination, and emergency preparedness activities. Geographic performance is concentrated in Anchorage (administrative and primary service hub) with secondary outreach extending to the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta region for trafficking victim services and rural capacity building.