Help Social Service Corp

Help Social Service Corp, doing business as H E L P USA, is a New York City-based nonprofit organization that acts as a prime recipient of federal grants focused on homeless housing services, case management, and supportive services for vulnerable populations, including veterans and low-income families. The organization does not hold federal contracts and operates exclusively through grant programs administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Veterans Affairs.

H E L P USA's federal grant portfolio centers on two flagship programs. The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Continuum of Care (CoC) Program (CFDA 14.267) funds H E L P USA to establish and operate permanent housing, transitional housing, rapid rehousing, and homelessness prevention initiatives across five eligible program components, with recent awards including a $1.219 million grant effective December 1, 2025, through November 30, 2026, and a $685,844 award running January 1 through December 31, 2026. The Department of Veterans Affairs' Supportive Services for Veteran Families Program (SSVF, CFDA 64.033) provides H E L P USA with funding to deliver outreach, case management, assistance in obtaining VA benefits, and temporary financial assistance for very low-income veteran families; the most recent SSVF award, $2.79 million effective September 30, 2025, through September 30, 2026, supports housing-first services in New York.

Customer concentration is heavily skewed toward HUD and VA. The Department of Housing and Urban Development Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development accounts for 48 of 71 prime awards (91% coverage), while the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration accounts for 15 to 19 awards across its organizational units. The organization also holds four sub-awards under the New York State Office of Victim Services' Victim Assistance Program and the New York Office of Children and Family Services, representing 5% of total award count. Combined federal dollars obligated across all awards total $54.1 million. Activity has remained relatively flat across the past five years, with four awards in 2022 and 2023, four in 2024, five in 2025, and one recorded in 2026 to date. Three awards reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating modest recompete exposure.