Help Of Southern Nevada

Help Of Southern Nevada, doing business as Help Center, is a Las Vegas-based nonprofit tax-exempt organization that operates as a grant recipient (82% prime, 18% sub-recipient) delivering homeless services and supportive housing to vulnerable populations across five federal funding programs. The organization is not a federal contractor and holds no federal contract vehicles; its footprint consists entirely of federal grants managed through HUD and the Department of Health and Human Services.

Help Center's funding is concentrated in HUD's Continuum of Care (CoC) Program (CFDA 14.267), which dominates 94% of awards across its recent grant portfolio. The organization also participates in HUD's Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (YHDP, CFDA 14.276), the Department of Health and Human Services Administration on Children, Youth and Families' Transitional Living for Homeless Youth program (CFDA 93.550), and weatherization assistance programs administered through the Nevada Department of Business and Industry and Clark County. Recent prime grants include a $908,580 CoC award obligated June 1, 2026, running through May 31, 2027; three YHDP awards totaling $1.914 million (obligated September 5, 2025); a $350,000 Transitional Living for Homeless Youth grant for the Brighter Beginnings Maternity Group Home program (obligated September 30, 2025, through September 29, 2028); and five CoC awards ranging from $211,707 to $1.75 million obligated between August 1 and October 1, 2025. Help Center also receives sub-awards from Clark County and the Nevada Department of Business and Industry for weatherization, permanent supportive housing services, and youth shelter operations, including funding for the Shannon West Homeless Youth Center and Operation Home! Rapid Rehousing Program.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development is the dominant customer, funding 66 of 73 tracked awards (94% of prime and sub activity). The Department of Health and Human Services Administration on Children, Youth and Families funds youth-focused programs, and the Department of Energy administers weatherization assistance. Combined dollars obligated across all tracked awards total $62.8 million. Activity has grown from six awards in 2022 to sixteen in 2025, with eight awards (specific dollar values not provided in the recompete window analysis) reaching completion within the next twenty-four months and therefore subject to recompete.

Help Center's service portfolio centers on permanent supportive housing and rapid rehousing for persons with disabilities, transitional housing, case management and supportive services for individuals experiencing chronic homelessness, youth-focused interventions including shelter and life-skills training for ages 16–24, facility operations including Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS), and rental assistance. The organization serves homeless individuals and families, unaccompanied youth, pregnant and parenting youth, persons fleeing domestic violence, and individuals with co-occurring mental health and substance-use disorders across the Las Vegas region.