Friendship Home Of Lincoln Inc.

Friendship Home Of Lincoln Inc., doing business as Friendship Home, is a tax-exempt nonprofit organization based in Lincoln, Nebraska, that operates as a federal grant recipient providing emergency shelter, transitional housing, and victim advocacy services to survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, as well as to homeless individuals and families. The organization receives the majority of its federal funding (73% of recent awards) as a prime grant recipient from the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Justice, with an additional 27% flowing through sub-awards from Nebraska state agencies and Lancaster County.

Friendship Home's federal footprint centers on two primary grant programs. The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development has awarded Friendship Home 15 CoC (Continuum of Care) Program grants under CFDA 14.267 since 2022, totaling approximately $3.9 million across recent awards. These grants fund permanent housing (including permanent supportive housing for persons with disabilities and rapid rehousing), transitional housing, supportive services only, Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS), and homelessness prevention activities. Recent HUD CoC awards include $634,100 (January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2026), $355,884 (January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2026), $571,725 (January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025), and a comparable award in 2024. The Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women awarded Friendship Home a $600,000 three-year Transitional Housing Assistance Grants for Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Program grant (CFDA 16.736) on October 1, 2023, running through September 30, 2026, funding six scattered-site transitional housing units and wraparound services including case management, safety planning, childcare, and housing advocacy. Friendship Home also holds seven additional DOJ Office on Violence Against Women awards and five Victims of Crime awards under the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs.

Friendship Home operates as a sub-recipient on grants from the Nebraska Commission On Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice (multiple awards for direct services to victims of crime in 2024, 2025, and 2026), the Nebraska Department of Health & Human Services (funding domestic violence and sexual assault services under the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act in 2024 and 2025), and Lancaster County (providing shelter and victim advocacy services in 2024). Combined federal dollars obligated across all prime and sub awards total $8.7 million. Activity has grown modestly from two awards in 2022 to six in 2024, with five awards in 2025 and three through mid-2026. Only two awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting minimal recompete exposure in that window. Friendship Home's service delivery integrates emergency shelter, transitional housing, case management, safety planning, legal advocacy, and rapid rehousing assistance, collaborating with the Lincoln Housing Authority and local partners to serve domestic violence survivors and homeless populations in the Lincoln, Nebraska area.