Heartland Family Service

Heartland Family Service, a nonprofit organization based in Omaha, Nebraska, operates as a federal grant recipient delivering homeless services, domestic violence support, and human trafficking survivor assistance to HUD and Department of Justice programs across Nebraska and Iowa. The organization functions as a prime recipient on 105 of its 125 recent federal awards (84%), with a smaller sub-recipient footprint (20 awards, 16%) routed through state and local intermediaries.

Heartland Family Service's capability portfolio centers on three interconnected service areas. The dominant program is homeless intervention and housing under HUD's Continuum of Care (CoC) Program (CFDA 14.267), which accounts for 91 of the organization's awards and comprises the bulk of its federal footprint. Representative CoC awards include a $1.78 million project grant (Sep 2025–Aug 2026) for permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, and supportive services in the Omaha area; a $1.12 million award (Jan–Dec 2026) supporting five program components including Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS) infrastructure; and a $511,339 domestic violence bonus grant (Oct 2025–Sep 2026) focused on rapid rehousing and housing assistance for domestic violence survivors. A secondary program is human trafficking survivor services, anchored by a $949,986 Department of Justice Office for Victims of Crime award (Oct 2024–Sep 2027) supporting Heartland Family Service's Sanctuary program, which delivers trauma-informed wraparound services including crisis stabilization shelter, safety planning, case management, and employment support to survivors of labor and sex trafficking, with partnerships involving the Immigrant Legal and Refugee Empowerment Center. The organization also receives sub-awards funding domestic violence services through Nebraska's Department of Health and Human Services and the Nebraska Commission on Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice, as well as human trafficking services through Iowa's Department of Justice.

Customer concentration is extreme and specialized. HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development accounts for 91 awards and dominates the portfolio; the Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime (9 awards), Office on Violence Against Women (4 awards), and Community Oriented Policing Program (3 awards) represent the secondary tier. These five customer entities cover 89% of all awards. Combined dollars obligated across all 125 awards total $60.7 million, with CoC awards representing the largest single funding source by far.

Activity has grown consistently in recent years, climbing from 5 awards in 2022 to 16 awards in 2025, before dropping to 2 awards in the first six months of 2026 (reflecting the typical half-year lag in award publication). Only 3 awards carry ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months, indicating modest recompete exposure in that window. The organization's federal grant work is performed in the Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area and rural counties across Nebraska and southwest Iowa, serving homeless populations, domestic violence survivors, and human trafficking victims.