Georgia Department Of Community Affairs

Georgia Department Of Community Affairs, a U.S. state government entity and child division of the State of Georgia, operates as the prime recipient of 188 federal grants across twelve federal agencies, with no federal contract footprint. The agency acts as a pass-through administrator and direct implementer of affordable housing, community development, homelessness services, AmeriCorps programming, and historic preservation grants, predominantly awarded by the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development and the Corporation for National and Community Service.

The agency's federal grant portfolio centers on HUD housing and community development programs. DCA holds recurrent formula awards under the HOME Investment Partnerships Program (CFDA 14.239), with a $21.1 million award effective September 18, 2025, through September 30, 2034, financing affordable housing activities including rehabilitation of owner-occupied housing, homebuyer assistance, and rental housing acquisition and construction across Georgia. The Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG, CFDA 14.231) carries a $4.57 million formula award from September 18, 2025, through September 17, 2027, supporting street outreach, emergency shelter operations, homelessness prevention, and rapid re-housing. The Continuum of Care (CoC) Program (CFDA 14.267) awarded DCA $1.5 million on December 1, 2025, through November 30, 2026, for permanent supportive housing and rapid rehousing for persons with disabilities. The Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA, CFDA 14.241) carries a $6.6 million formula award from September 18, 2025, through September 17, 2028, distributed through sub-awards to nine community-based organizations including Aids Athens Inc., Southwest Georgia Housing Opportunities Inc., and View Point Health, providing tenant-based and facility-based rental assistance to low-income individuals with HIV/AIDS. The Housing Trust Fund (CFDA 14.275) provides $4.8 million awarded September 18, 2025, through September 18, 2032, requiring at least 80 percent allocation toward rental housing production and preservation for extremely low-income households. DCA also received a $265.7 million Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery and Mitigation (CDBG-DR/CDBG-MIT, CFDA 14.228) award on June 25, 2025, through June 24, 2031, supporting long-term recovery and mitigation following presidentially declared disasters.

AmeriCorps programming represents the second major grant stream. DCA received an $8.02 million AmeriCorps State and National (CFDA 94.006) formula award from the Corporation for National and Community Service effective September 1, 2026, through August 31, 2029, deploying AmeriCorps members across Georgia in education, environmental stewardship, economic opportunity, disaster response, public health, and youth development. A $402,448 AmeriCorps Commission Investment Fund (CFDA 94.008) project grant awarded September 10, 2025, through June 30, 2028, funds training and technical assistance for the Georgia state service commission. DCA also manages AmeriCorps formula fixed-amount programs, including sub-awards to Relay Graduate School of Education, Teach for America, and the University of Georgia at varying per-member-service-year rates.

The agency holds additional federal grant authority in historic preservation and regional development. The Historic Preservation Fund (CFDA 15.904) awards support State Historic Preservation Office activities under the National Historic Preservation Act, with a current award running through September 30, 2027. The Appalachian Regional Commission (CFDA 23.002) provides administrative and project grants for Appalachian area development and capacity building in Georgia's Appalachian counties.

Customer concentration is heavily skewed toward HUD. The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development accounts for 109 of 181 awards (covering 94 percent of award count), anchoring DCA's portfolio in housing and community development formula grants. The Corporation for National and Community Service, combining its Office of Grants Management and standalone entity submissions, accounts for 45 awards. The Appalachian Regional Commission holds 22 awards. Awards per year have trended downward from twelve in 2022 to one in 2026 (as of the snapshot date), reflecting the cyclical nature of formula grant renewals rather than sustained growth. Fourteen awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating recompete exposure for formula grants that renew on annual or multi-year cycles.

DCA operates without SBA set-aside designations and does not compete on federal contract vehicles — all work flows through federal grants as recipient. The agency's role is administrative and programmatic implementation at the state level, passing funds to nonprofit sub-recipients, local governments, and community-based organizations that deliver direct services.