Dayspring Programs, Inc.

Dayspring Programs, Inc., a tax-exempt nonprofit organization based in Baltimore, Maryland, operates as a federal grant sub-recipient providing supportive housing, rental assistance, and early childhood education services to homeless and low-income families and children in Baltimore City. The vendor has no federal contracts; all fifteen awards in the source data are federal grant sub-awards routed through the City of Baltimore and the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City as prime grantees.

Dayspring's federal customer base is narrow and concentrated. The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development funds eleven awards (73% of the sub-award count), primarily through the Continuum of Care (CoC) Program for rental assistance and supportive housing. The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families and the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime each account for two awards. All fifteen sub-awards are issued to Dayspring by local Baltimore government entities that serve as prime grantees and pass funding through sub-grant agreements.

Dayspring's service delivery centers on three capability areas. Head Start program operation serves 499 children and their families with educational, social, psychological, health, nutritional, and parent education services under HHS income and age guidelines, with sub-awards dated December 17, 2025, and September 4, 2024, from the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City. Permanent supportive housing and rental assistance programs serve homeless families with a parent in recovery from substance abuse, often with co-occurring mental illness or domestic violence history; case management includes individualized family planning, job readiness training, mental health and substance abuse counseling referrals, and community-building activities. CoC rental assistance awards, dated October 1, 2025, and April 1, 2025, from the City of Baltimore, provide tenant-based and sponsor-based rental assistance to households experiencing homelessness. Dayspring operates scattered-site housing units in Baltimore and has undertaken renovation and acquisition of additional properties to expand capacity; recent awards reference plans to purchase and renovate ten additional homes during grant periods.

Activity has been episodic — one award in 2021, four in 2023, two in 2024, five in 2025, and two year-to-date in 2026 — totaling $17.3 million in combined dollars obligated. The vendor's federal footprint is entirely sub-recipient grant work; it does not hold prime federal contracts, IDVs, or GWACs and does not serve as a prime contractor on any federal vehicles.