Good Samaritan Shelter

Good Samaritan Shelter Inc., a tax-exempt nonprofit organization based in Santa Maria, California, operates as a federal grant recipient providing emergency shelter, transitional housing, rapid rehousing, and supportive services to homeless individuals, families, and veterans. The organization is a domestic shelter provider that functions exclusively as a prime grant recipient (89% of recent awards) and subrecipient on homelessness and victim-services grants, with no federal contract prime or IDV positions.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Continuum of Care (CoC) Program (CFDA 14.267) dominates Good Samaritan Shelter's federal footprint, with 32 awards across recent years funding permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, supportive services, and Homeless Management Information Systems operations in Santa Maria. Recent CoC recipients include a $129,690 project grant awarded November 1, 2025 (completion October 31, 2026), a $194,908 award obligated September 1, 2025 (completion August 31, 2026), a $218,766 award obligated September 1, 2025 (completion August 31, 2026), and a $143,621 award obligated September 1, 2025 (completion August 31, 2026). The Department of Veterans Affairs accounts for 38 awards across two programs: the Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) Program (CFDA 64.033), which provides case management, VA benefits assistance, and temporary financial assistance for very low-income veteran families; and the VA Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem Program (CFDA 64.024), which funds transitional housing operations and capital improvements for homeless veterans. Recent VA awards include a $1.8 million SSVF project grant (October 1, 2025 to September 30, 2026), an $850,000 capital grant (March 23, 2022) for reducing congregate living and creating individual units, a $772,139 SSVF award (October 1, 2021), and a $403,398 SSVF award (August 19, 2022).

Good Samaritan Shelter sits on two parent IDIQs: Indefinite Delivery Contract VA262P1182 with 6 task orders ($342 thousand combined potential value) and Indefinite Delivery Contract VA26215D0160 with 5 task orders ($374 thousand combined potential value), both with the Department of Veterans Affairs. The organization also receives subrecipient funding under state and federal grant programs; sub-awards dated in the past two years include emergency shelter and rapid rehousing provision (March 2026), rapid rehousing services (May 2025), emergency shelter for crime victims through the Office of Emergency Services (October 2025, September 2024, September 2023), and facility improvements including kitchen equipment and shelter rehabilitation (July 2023, July 2022).

Activity has remained consistent at six to eight awards annually from 2022 through 2025, with two awards in 2026 year-to-date. Combined potential value across all awards stands at $1.9 million; however, combined dollars obligated reach $26.4 million, reflecting the organization's multi-year grant performance and invoiced activity. Six awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating recompete exposure. The organization's federal footprint is heavily concentrated in HUD CoC Program awards (32 awards) and VA homelessness and veteran-support programs (38 awards combined across SSVF, per diem, and integrated service network funding), with three additional awards from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs for victim services. Good Samaritan Shelter's work spans permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, case management, VA benefits coordination, and emergency shelter for vulnerable populations including domestic violence survivors, homeless youth, and economically disadvantaged veterans.