Eastern Carolina Homelessness Org, Inc.

Eastern Carolina Homelessness Org, Inc., a tax-exempt nonprofit headquartered in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, operates as a federal grant recipient and prime contractor delivering transitional housing, case management, and supportive services for homeless veterans, unaccompanied youth, and very low-income families through the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The organization operates predominantly as a prime recipient (94% of recent awards) across federal grant programs rather than as a contract vendor competing on open procurements; it holds no SBA certifications and competes full-and-open in all customer programs.

ECHO's federal award footprint is dominated by HUD's Continuum of Care (CoC) Program (CFDA 14.267), which accounts for roughly 75% of its recent award count and drives the concentration across its customer base. The HUD Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development has issued 115 CoC and Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (YHDP) grants to ECHO since 2022, with individual annual awards ranging from roughly $101 thousand to $1.1 million. Representative CoC grants include a $1.1 million award (June 2026, ultimate completion May 31, 2027) for permanent housing, rapid rehousing, and transitional housing operations in Myrtle Beach; an $872 thousand award (October 2025, ultimate completion September 30, 2026) supporting similar housing and supportive services across eligible CoC program components; and a $1.99 million Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program award (December 2024, ultimate completion May 31, 2027) targeting unaccompanied and pregnant or parenting youth. ECHO also holds a $3.5 million single-award indefinite-delivery contract with the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Integrated Service Network 7, issued January 3, 2025, with ultimate completion January 2, 2030. Under this IDC, VISN 7 has issued two firm-fixed-price delivery orders: a $409 thousand task order (January 2025, completion January 2, 2026) for transitional housing services in Myrtle Beach, and a $473 thousand second-year order (January 2026, completion January 2, 2027) for year-two transitional housing in Charleston. The IDIQ authorizes ECHO to provide transitional housing, residential support, case management, and housing stability programming for male and female homeless veterans within a 15-mile radius of the Myrtle Beach Community Based Outreach Clinic.

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Under Secretary for Health has funded 20 ECHO grants across the Supportive Services for Veteran Families Program (SSVF, CFDA 64.033) and the VA Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem Program (GPD, CFDA 64.024) since 2021. Representative VA awards include a $3.1 million SSVF grant (October 2025, ultimate completion September 30, 2026) for outreach, case management, VA and public benefits assistance, and temporary financial assistance to veteran families; a $2.4 million SSVF grant (October 2024, ultimate completion September 30, 2025) for similar services; a $376 thousand VA case management grant under the GPD Program (October 2025, ultimate completion September 30, 2028); and a $1.8 million SSVF award (October 2021, ultimate completion September 30, 2022). ECHO also serves as a sub-recipient on Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) awards from Horry County and HUD pass-throughs, and receives Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) sub-awards for eviction mitigation and operating assistance.

Activity has tracked modestly across the period, with 15 awards in 2023, 22 in 2023, 15 in 2024, 19 in 2025, and 4 to date in 2026. The recompete window for the next twenty-four months spans 13 awards with combined potential value of $472 thousand, concentrated in CoC and VA grant renewals scheduled to roll throughout 2026 and into 2027. SCI reporting shows minimal federal service-contract activity: $331 thousand invoiced in FY2023 across 6.0 FTEs at a median hourly rate of $26.53/hr, with no reported SCI dollars in FY2022 or FY2024. This sparse SCI footprint reflects ECHO's posture as a grant recipient delivering direct services (housing operations, case management, benefits navigation) rather than a federal service contractor. The organization operates with no named subcontractors on its prime awards; its delivery model centers on direct staffing and operational control of transitional housing facilities and supportive service programs across South Carolina.