Kristi House, Inc.

Kristi House, Inc. is a Miami-based tax-exempt non-profit organization that acts as a prime recipient of federal grant funding for comprehensive human trafficking intervention, trauma-informed treatment, and community capacity-building services serving Miami-Dade County and South Florida. The organization does not hold federal contracts; its federal footprint consists entirely of prime and sub-recipient federal grants totaling $17.7 million combined obligated dollars across seventeen awards over the past five years, with a concentration in victim services and child trauma treatment programs.

Kristi House's grant portfolio centers on human trafficking services, child advocacy, and behavioral health. The organization operates Project GOLD (Girls Owning Their Lives and Dreams) and the newly launched Project GOLD II, which extend evidence-based human trafficking services to sex-trafficked youth and men and boys, with specialized services for expectant and young mothers and individuals with substance use disorders. The organization also manages the C-START Center, a five-year capacity-building initiative funded by SAMHSA's Center for Mental Health Services to strengthen community delivery of evidence-based, trauma-informed practices for children overcoming serious trauma, with anticipated reach to 3,760 children and adolescents over the award period. Three representative prime grants illustrate this scope: a $950,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime (award date October 1, 2024; completion September 30, 2027) for Project GOLD II expansion; a $500,000 Project Grant from the Office on Violence Against Women (effective May 1, 2026 through April 30, 2029) for wraparound services, community training, and prevention programming addressing sex trafficking and domestic violence affecting youth ages 0–24; and a $1.8 million SAMHSA award (award date September 30, 2023; completion September 29, 2028) for the C-START Center trauma treatment and capacity-building initiative.

Customer concentration reflects a focus on Department of Justice victim services and behavioral health agencies. The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime program accounts for six awards; the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration accounts for five awards across its Center for Mental Health Services and related divisions. The Office on Violence Against Women, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, HUD's Community Planning and Development office, and the Department of Legal Affairs Florida round out the customer base. Kristi House acts as a sub-recipient on four awards, including victim services grants from the Department of Legal Affairs Florida and a National Military Partnership sub-award from the National Children's Alliance Inc. The organization partners operationally with the University of Miami's THRIVE Clinic for perinatal and addiction treatment service delivery on Project GOLD II and maintains partnerships with ten community agencies serving ethnic and racial minorities, LGBTQ+ youth, and newcomers under the C-START initiative. One award reaches ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months.