Eliot Community Human Services Inc.

Eliot Community Human Services Inc., a tax-exempt non-profit based in Lexington, Massachusetts, operates as a federal grant recipient in infant and early childhood mental health services, home visiting programs, and homelessness support, functioning as both a prime recipient (10% of recent awards) and sub-recipient (90% of recent awards) under federal grants managed by the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and Massachusetts state agencies.

Eliot's primary federal capability centers on building and operating coordinated mental health systems of care for young children and families in high-need Massachusetts communities. As prime recipient, Eliot holds a $499,984 five-year project grant from SAMHSA's Center for Mental Health Services (CFDA 93.532, awarded September 30, 2026) to develop PROJECT TEND, an infant and early childhood mental health system-of-care initiative serving 3,330 unduplicated individuals — 1,450 children, 1,080 parents and caregivers, and 800 trained workforce members — across Worcester, New Bedford, Lynn, Lawrence, Holyoke, Chelsea, Lowell, Everett, Haverhill, Boston, and underserved rural Western Massachusetts through September 2031. The grant unites fragmented services into one coordinated pathway for children birth through age twelve, weighted toward birth through age five, with services targeting children at risk for, showing early signs of, or diagnosed with mental illness including serious emotional disturbance. As a sub-recipient, Eliot draws federal funding through five sub-awards from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (October 2025) supporting evidence-based home visiting and alignment with Title V perinatal and early childhood systems; multiple sub-awards from the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health (dates ranging September 2023 through October 2024) for the Project for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH) and mental health services; two sub-awards from the Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities (January 2026) supporting permanent supportive housing and rapid rehousing for 37 chronically homeless North Shore residents and 45 unsheltered individuals annually with multidisciplinary stabilization services; and a July 2024 sub-award from the City of Boston for unsheltered homelessness outreach.

Eliot's funding is concentrated within HHS. SAMHSA's Center for Mental Health Services and the Health Resources and Services Administration account for 13 of 20 awards in the recent record. HHS and HUD dominate the customer base, with the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Community Planning and Development office managing four sub-awards for homeless services. Total dollars obligated across all awards in the recent record stand at $28.2 million. The vendor operates Eliot's subsidiary, the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, a non-profit organization that coordinates with the parent's grant work. Recent activity shows volatility — one award in 2022, six in 2023, two in 2024, five in 2025, and three in 2026 — with three awards active in the twelve months forward.