East Bay Community Action Program

East Bay Community Action Program Inc., a tax-exempt nonprofit based in Newport, Rhode Island, operates as a prime recipient of federal grants focused on community health, workforce development, housing, and social services. The organization competes as a direct grant recipient (42% of awards) and as a sub-recipient of federal pass-through funds from state agencies (58% of awards), with no federal contracting footprint.

The organization's customer concentration sits heavily with HHS agencies. The top five customer agencies by award count account for 51% of all awards and include the HHS Administration for Children and Families (28 awards), HHS Health Resources and Services Administration (19 awards combined across two listed entries), the Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management (9 awards), and HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development (8 awards). The combined dollars obligated across all 125 awards total $335.5 million, with activity accelerating from five awards in 2022 to thirty-two in 2024 before declining to twenty-seven in 2025 and two in 2026 (as of mid-July).

Representative prime grant work includes an AmeriCorps Seniors Foster Grandparent Program (CFDA 94.011) award effective July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2029, with a project grant of $260,000 and a new baseline of $234,000 requiring a 10 percent statutory and budgetary match from the grantee. Under this intergenerational volunteer service program, EBCAP engages persons aged 55 and older with limited incomes to provide one-on-one mentoring, tutoring, and educational support to children with special needs or academic disadvantage in Rhode Island schools, early education centers, Head Start programs, and community settings. EBCAP also holds an HUD Continuum of Care Program award (Dec 1, 2025 through Nov 30, 2026) supporting permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, and supportive services for homeless individuals and families. A $1.5 million congressionally directed spending award (Sept 30, 2024 through Sept 29, 2027) from HHS's Healthcare Systems Bureau funds rehabilitation of agency-owned multi-unit rental residential units and refurbishment of clinical space at EBCAP's Bullocks Point facility in East Providence to house extremely low-income and low-income residents, particularly Medicaid-eligible patients. EBCAP also receives Head Start and Early Head Start funding (Feb 1, 2025 through Jan 31, 2030) and operates a Community Mental Health Centers grant to restore clinical services impacted by COVID-19, serving individuals with serious emotional disturbance, serious mental illness, and co-occurring disorders across a service area spanning East Providence, Newport, Barrington, Warren, Bristol, Portsmouth, Middletown, Tiverton, and Little Compton in Rhode Island.

As a sub-recipient, EBCAP draws federal funds from state pass-through agencies including the Rhode Island Department of Health (family planning, WIC, maternal and child health, health equity zones, and community health worker initiatives), the Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources (Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program and energy assistance), the Rhode Island Department of Human Services (community action and Head Start programming), the RI Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (21st Century Community Learning Centers), and the Rhode Island Department of Public Safety (victim services). Five awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing recompete exposure in that window. The organization's work centers on health and behavioral health service delivery, food security, housing stability, energy assistance, and workforce development for low-income and vulnerable populations across Rhode Island.