Emerge, Inc.

Emerge, Inc. (doing business as Emerge Inc.), a woman-owned nonprofit organization headquartered in Stratford, Connecticut, operates as a prime recipient of federal grants focused on homelessness prevention and supportive housing under the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Continuum of Care (COC) program (CFDA 14.267). All nineteen awards in Emerge's federal footprint are grant awards from HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development; Emerge does not hold federal contracts or contract vehicles and does not subcontract on federal awards.

Emerge's entire federal customer base consists of HUD's COC program, which funds permanent supportive housing for persons with disabilities, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, supportive services, and homeless management information systems. Recent grant awards cycle annually on October 1 dates, with awards running twelve months through the following September 30. The source lists five consecutive COC project grants awarded October 1, 2021 through October 1, 2025, with the most recent award running through September 30, 2026.

Activity has remained flat at one award per year across the past five years. The combined dollars obligated across all nineteen awards in Emerge's footprint total $844 thousand, reflecting the modest scale of individual COC project grants. One award faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months (the October 2024 award completing September 30, 2025). The award structure — annual cycles, recurring grantor relationship with a single federal agency, and consistent grant-recipient posture — positions Emerge as a specialized nonprofit operator in the homelessness services space rather than a federal contractor or competitive grant pursuer across multiple federal programs.