Life Community Development

Life Community Development, a Black American-owned nonprofit community development corporation based in Adelanto, California, operates as a prime contractor providing transitional housing and supportive services exclusively to the Department of Veterans Affairs, with no subcontract footprint and no participation in set-aside programs.

Life Community Development's federal footprint is highly concentrated and mission-driven. The organization holds a single-award indefinite-delivery contract (ceiling $4.6 million, September 2022 through August 2027) with Veterans Integrated Service Network 22 for a 12-bed transitional housing program at VA Loma Linda Healthcare System. Five task orders have issued under this IDIQ since September 2022, with ceiling values ranging from $157,784.40 (base period, September 2022) through $828,550 (option year 4, September 2026). Delivery orders are firm fixed-price with ultimate completion dates spanning through August 2027 and carry no set-aside designation; all work is performed in Loma Linda, California. Representative task orders include $598,118.99 for 12-bed transitional housing (awarded September 2024), $849,472.68 for a 15-bed program (awarded July 2024), and $627,939.67 for a 26-bed facility (awarded July 2023). Beyond the primary IDIQ, three additional indefinite-delivery vehicles with VA fund related transitional housing operations and carry combined potential value of $25 million across 15 task orders.

Customer concentration is extreme: Veterans Integrated Service Network 22 accounts for 24 awards and the entire $53.9 million combined potential value. The Department of Housing and Urban Development Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development has issued 7 awards, and the VA's Under Secretary for Health has issued 6 awards, but these fall outside the primary contractual relationship. The organization competes full-and-open, not under set-asides, and operates exclusively within residential mental health, substance abuse facilities, and temporary shelter NAICS categories.

Life Community Development also holds federal grant position as a prime recipient. The VA Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem Program (CFDA 64.024) funded a $1.9 million project grant (awarded March 2022) to reduce congregate living and create individual housing units for homeless veterans. A second grant from the VHA Under Secretary for Health (awarded August 2023) provides per diem funding for transitional housing operational costs, with ultimate completion September 2025. These grants represent capital and operational support for the same mission served under the IDIQ contract work.

Activity has contracted year over year — four awards in 2022 declining to one in 2026 — reflecting the shift toward multi-year task orders under the primary IDIQ rather than annual recompete cycles. Only three awards face ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months, carrying combined potential value of $1.9 million and presenting minimal near-term recompete exposure.