Human Resource Development Council Of District IX, Inc.

Human Resource Development Council Of District IX, Inc., doing business as HRDC-9, is a Montana-based nonprofit community action agency and certified community housing development organization that operates as a prime recipient and sub-recipient on federal grants focused on homelessness intervention, housing development, youth services, and community economic development, with over one hundred fifty awards across fifteen federal agencies in the past five years.

HRDC-9 is a tax-exempt nonprofit corporation headquartered in Bozeman, Montana, serving southwestern Montana and rural communities across District IX. The organization holds subsidiary Summit Apartments, Inc. The organization does not hold federal contracts; all activity is grant-funded. HRDC-9 operates on a split portfolio of 48% prime recipient awards and 52% sub-recipient awards, with no SBA set-aside designations and no federal contracting vehicles.

The core capability footprint centers on Continuum of Care (CoC) program delivery under CFDA 14.267, with secondary focus on workforce development for at-risk youth, low-income energy assistance administration, community development block grants, and AmeriCorps Seniors volunteer deployment. Recent representative prime awards include a $215,937 CoC grant from HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development (July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027) to fund permanent housing, permanent supportive housing for persons with disabilities, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, supportive services, homeless management information systems (HMIS), and homelessness prevention; a $134,536 CoC award (October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026) for CoC program components in Bozeman; a $135,088 Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (YHDP) grant under the CoC program (October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026) targeting households where no person is over age 24; and a $287,117 AmeriCorps Seniors Senior Demonstration Program grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service (CFDA 94.017, April 1, 2022, through March 31, 2024) deploying 200 AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers across southwest Montana to provide companionship, transportation, outreach, education and training, referrals, medical services, scam prevention, and counseling focused on health futures, aging in place, and access to care.

Customer concentration is steep and stable. The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development dominates the prime and sub footprint, carrying 51 awards (34% of the total portfolio) under CoC and related housing programs. The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration account for 20 and 13 awards respectively, focused on Head Start programming and community service block grant administration. HUD's Assistant Secretary for Housing Federal Housing Commissioner, the Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration, and the Department of the Interior National Park Service Intermountain Region round out the active set. Combined potential value across all awards is $666 thousand, but combined obligated dollars total $74.3 million—a signal that the award-value figures in the source reflect annual or project-period allocations rather than full potential ceilings. The Department of the Interior National Park Service holds the single highest stated potential value at $666 thousand.

HRDC-9 executes a significant sub-recipient footprint on state pass-through grants, primarily from the Montana Department of Health and Human Services (LIHEAP Weatherization, LIHEAP Administration, Community Service Block Grant, Domestic Energy; PATH Services) and the Montana Department of Labor Industry (at-risk youth services ages 14–21). Sub-awards also include transit capital assistance (vehicles: multiple 13-passenger and 26-passenger buses, 9-passenger and 12-passenger ADA vans) routed through the State of Montana, Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) housing assistance, and homebuyer counseling and education sub-awards from the Montana Homeownership Network. A November 29, 2024 capacity-building sub-award noted that HRDC-9 is leveraging LISC (Local Initiatives Support Corporation) funds to increase organizational capacity in housing programming and affordable housing development to serve lower-resourced rural communities.

Activity declined from 28 awards in 2024 to 16 in 2025 and 5 in 2026 year-to-date, though the combined obligated-dollar total across the portfolio suggests deep recurring relationships rather than award-count volatility. Only 2 awards face ultimate completion in the next 24 months, indicating minimal near-term recompete exposure for the vendor itself. HRDC-9's role as a sub-recipient on Montana state block grants and pass-through programs creates stable but non-competitive engagement; the organization neither bids on contracts nor occupies federal vehicles like GWACs or IDIQs.