Gulf Coast Jewish Family And Community Services, Inc.

Gulf Coast Jewish Family And Community Services, Inc., doing business as Gulf Coast Jewish Mental, is a Florida-based tax-exempt nonprofit organization that operates as a federal grant recipient, delivering residential shelter care, trauma-informed mental health services, and refugee resettlement support to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of State. The organization functions primarily as a sub-recipient (63% of recent awards) under larger federal grant programs administered through HHS's Office of Refugee Resettlement and the State Department's Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration, with a smaller direct prime-recipient footprint (37% of awards) in grant-funded programs.

Gulf Coast Jewish's capability portfolio centers on three core federal service lines. First, the organization operates federally funded residential shelter programs for unaccompanied alien children arriving in the United States without parental or legal guardians, providing housing, medical care, education, mental health support, and case management to facilitate safe reunification with vetted sponsors. A $3.8 million cooperative agreement from HHS's Office of Refugee Resettlement (CFDA 93.566) effective April 1, 2026 through March 31, 2029 represents the largest active prime award and anchors this capability. Second, Gulf Coast Jewish delivers trauma-informed mental health and social adjustment services to refugee populations, including survivors of torture and combat-affected Afghan refugees, funded through ORR Project Grants such as the Florida Center for Survivors of Torture (active through September 29, 2027) and the Florida Center for Afghan Survivors Impacted by Combat. Third, the organization administers refugee career-pathways and economic self-sufficiency programming, including AmeriCorps Senior Companion placements and employment-focused case management, funded through HHS Office of Grants Management and ORR mechanisms.

HHS dominates Gulf Coast Jewish's customer base. The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families and subordinate ORR funding account for the plurality of awards; the Department of State Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration and affiliated programs (refugee reception and placement, Afghan resettlement, Ukrainian humanitarian assistance) constitute the second-tier customer; and the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women and the Federal Emergency Management Agency appear in smaller volumes. The top five named customers account for 85% of recent awards. As a sub-recipient, Gulf Coast Jewish works primarily under prime awards held by HIAS Inc., the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, which administers multiple ORR Preferred Communities, micro-enterprise development, resettlement, and economic self-sufficiency cooperative agreements and passes sub-awards to Gulf Coast Jewish for regional implementation in Florida. The organization also receives sub-awards from the State of Florida Division of Emergency Management (facility repairs) and the Florida Department of Children and Families (domestic violence services).

Activity has accelerated in recent years—nine awards in 2022 to nineteen in 2024—though 2025 and early 2026 show moderation (five and three awards, respectively). The source notes four awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months, representing a limited recompete cliff. The organization has generated $135.3 million in combined dollars obligated across all sixty-two awards since 2005, concentrated in HHS refugee and immigrant-serving programs. Gulf Coast Jewish does not hold federal contracts or contract vehicles (GWACs, IDIQs, or BPAs); its federal footprint is entirely grant-based, reflecting its nonprofit status and focus on direct service delivery to vulnerable refugee and immigrant populations rather than IT, professional services, or traditional federal contracting roles.