Family Rescue

Family Rescue, a Chicago-based tax-exempt nonprofit organization, is a prime recipient of federal grants for homeless intervention, housing assistance, and domestic violence services, with 35% of recent awards as a direct prime recipient and 65% as a sub-recipient under state and local pass-through grantees. The organization operates exclusively in the grant space with no federal contract prime awards or IDV vehicles; all federal funding flows through competitive project grant awards under the Continuum of Care program and subordinate grants from state agencies.

Family Rescue's federal footprint centers on permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, homelessness prevention, and comprehensive supportive services including case management, housing counseling, rental assistance, job training, mental health and substance abuse treatment, and legal advocacy. Representative prime grants include a $1.95 million Continuum of Care (CoC) award from HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development (CFDA 14.267) running January through December 2026, a $1.77 million CoC grant for the calendar year 2025, and a $1.73 million CoC grant for calendar year 2024. The organization also holds a $620,871 CoC Project Grant award from HUD effective March 1, 2026 through February 28, 2027, all designated for comprehensive homeless and domestic violence intervention in Chicago, Illinois. Family Rescue receives sub-awards from the Illinois Department of Human Services under the Social Service Block Grant and Family Violence Prevention programs, with multiple sub-awards dating back to 2023, and sub-awards from Chicago's Community Development Block Grant program.

Customer concentration is narrow and stable. HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development accounts for 29 awards across the source data, while the Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families accounts for 44 awards combined (25 plus 18 plus one award) across the top-three ranking lines, covering 87% of total awards. The organization coordinates with the Illinois Department of Human Services and the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority as state pass-through agents distributing federal funds. Activity spiked sharply in 2023 (38 awards) after a dormant 2022, then declined to 18 awards in 2024 and 4 awards combined in 2025–2026 to date. Only two awards carry completion dates within the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal near-term recompete exposure. The organization has received federal grants continuously since at least 2007, establishing a sustained relationship with HUD's CoC program and state-administered domestic violence and homelessness prevention initiatives centered on Chicago's vulnerable populations.