Embarras River Basin Agency Inc.

Embarras River Basin Agency Inc., a woman-owned nonprofit organization based in Greenup, Illinois, is a federal grant recipient (53% of recent awards as prime recipient) delivering homelessness services, housing assistance, energy efficiency programs, and early-childhood education across HUD and HHS grant programs. The organization operates as both a prime grant recipient and subrecipient, with its footprint split 47% sub-awards routed through state intermediaries including the Illinois Department of Human Services, Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, and Housing Action Illinois.

HUD's Continuum of Care (CoC) Program (CFDA 14.267) dominates Embarras River Basin's customer concentration, accounting for 59 of the 126 total awards in the source data and anchoring the organization's mission. Since 2022, the agency has received recurring annual CoC awards ranging from approximately $100,000 to $390,275, with representative 2026–2025 grants including a $390,275 CoC award for July 2026 through June 2027, a $265,925 CoC award for February 2026 through January 2027, and a $336,858 CoC award for July 2024 through June 2025. Within the CoC portfolio, eligible activities span emergency shelter operations, rapid rehousing assistance, transitional housing provision, case management, supportive services, and Homeless Management Information Systems administration. The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families contributes 28 awards, primarily through Head Start (awarded April 2025 for a five-year performance period through March 2030) and Community Service Block Grant (CSBG, CFDA 93.569) sub-awards flowing from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. A Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (YHDP) award of October 2024 extends through March 2027 and supports coordinated community approaches to preventing and ending youth homelessness. The U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service Single Family Housing Program has issued two rural housing preservation grants, awarded August 2026 and July 2025.

Sub-award volume increased sharply in 2023 (37 awards) then contracted in 2024 and 2025 (22 and 15 awards respectively), with 7 awards completing within the next twenty-four months and therefore facing recompete. Approximately 75% of awards concentrate in three customer channels: HUD Community Planning and Development, HHS Administration for Children and Families, and USDA Rural Housing Service. Sub-award routing flows predominantly through Illinois state departments and local nonprofits; the organization has received sub-awards under the Social Service Block Grant, Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), Weatherization Assistance Program, Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), and Community Service Block Grant, with recent sub-awards from Illinois Department of Human Services, Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, Housing Action Illinois, and an unnamed federal sub-awardor for a $50,000 housing counseling initiative. Embarras River Basin Agency Inc. competes entirely within federal grant channels — no federal contracts or contract vehicles appear in the source data.