Diakonos Inc.

Diakonos Inc., operating through its Fifth Street Ministries Division in Statesville, North Carolina, is a tax-exempt nonprofit organization that receives federal grant funding as a prime recipient and sub-recipient for homelessness prevention, transitional housing for homeless veterans, domestic violence services, and substance use disorder support. The organization does not hold federal contracts, competing instead exclusively in the federal grant space.

Diakonos Inc. is classified as a domestic shelter and non-profit organization with a federal footprint dominated by sub-grantee relationships (73 of 79 awards, or 92%) rather than prime recipient awards. The organization operates across five distinct federal grantors, with overwhelming concentration in the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Continuum of Care (CoC) Program (CFDA 14.267). HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development accounts for 65 of 79 awards in the source data. As a prime recipient, Diakonos Inc. holds three consecutive annual CoC Project Grant awards from HUD obligated on November 1 each fiscal year — $152,360 (November 1, 2024 to October 31, 2025), $195,474 (November 1, 2025 to October 31, 2026), and an earlier award cycle completing October 31, 2024 — supporting permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, supportive services, and Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS) operations in the Statesville area. Diakonos Inc. also received a Department of Veterans Affairs Project Grant award (obligated August 28, 2023, completing September 30, 2025) for per diem funding supporting transitional housing beds for homeless veterans. A separate award from the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control under the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (obligated September 30, 2021, completing September 29, 2026) addresses drug-free community initiatives in Iredell County.

As a sub-recipient, Diakonos Inc. flows funds through state agencies, primarily the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, the North Carolina Department of Public Safety, and the North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence Incorporated. The sub-grant portfolio focuses on housing stabilization services for unsheltered and rural homelessness through the Back@Home Balance-of-State Program; crisis response systems using low-barrier, housing-focused approaches; PATH Program (Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness) services reducing homelessness for individuals with serious mental illness or co-occurring substance use disorders; domestic and sexual violence counseling and victim advocacy; and emergency solutions grants (ESG) supporting the CoC crisis response framework. Notable sub-grants include multiple housing stabilization services awards from DHHS (October 27, 2023 onward), PATH supplemental technical assistance and training funds (November 1, 2024), and domestic violence counseling and advocacy awards from the NC Department of Public Safety (November 8, 2022 and December 20, 2024). Sub-grants from the North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence Incorporated (August 27, 2025 and January 28, 2026) direct funds to house and support domestic violence victims and survivors.

Award activity shows significant clustering in 2023 (64 awards) followed by a marked decline in 2024 and 2025 (5 awards each year), reflecting the structure of HUD CoC awards which flow in large tranches annually alongside individual state and local sub-grantee placements. Combined potential value across the 79-award portfolio totals $13.4 million. Only two awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting minimal immediate recompete exposure. Diakonos Inc.'s federal footprint remains tightly aligned with homelessness prevention and housing stabilization in North Carolina's Iredell County region, with secondary focus on homeless veterans' services and trauma-informed domestic violence response for vulnerable populations including persons with serious mental illness, substance use disorders, and survivors of domestic and sexual violence.