Juneau Housing First Collaborative

Juneau Housing First Collaborative, a tax-exempt nonprofit organization based in Juneau, Alaska, operates as a recipient of federal grants focused on homelessness intervention and permanent supportive housing, with 75% of recent awards held as prime recipient (9 of 12 total awards) and 25% as sub-recipient on state-administered housing grants. The organization does not hold federal contracts or contract IDVs; all activity flows through HUD grant programs and state housing sub-awards.

Juneau Housing First Collaborative's grant portfolio centers on two federal funding streams. The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development (CPD) accounts for 9 of the organization's 11 awards (92% coverage), dominated by annual Continuum of Care (COC) program awards running from 2021 through 2026. COC grants fund permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, supportive services, and homeless management information systems. Juneau also holds a longer-duration Economic Development Initiative (EDI) Community Project Funding award (congressional directed spending under Public Law 117-328) with an ultimate completion date of August 31, 2032, supporting an unspecified economic development or community development outcome pending submission of the project narrative. The Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration accounts for 2 awards. As a sub-recipient, Juneau received Permanent Supportive Housing–PATH (Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness) sub-awards from the State of Alaska Department of Health in July and September 2024, and operates 28 newly constructed permanent supportive housing rental units for special needs in Juneau, Alaska.

Activity has accelerated from one award annually in 2021–2023 to four awards in 2024 and two in the first eight months of 2025. The vendor's combined federal dollars obligated across all twelve awards total approximately $4 million. Only one award (the EDI/Community Project Funding grant) carries exposure in the next twenty-four months recompete window; most COC awards follow annual renewal cycles with completion dates in July of each year. Juneau Housing First Collaborative operates exclusively in the homelessness-intervention and supportive-housing domain and does not compete for federal contracts, IT services, or full-and-open procurement.