North Coast Stand Down

North Coast Stand Down, a veteran-owned nonprofit organization based in Arcata, California, operates as a prime recipient of federal grants and purchase orders to organize and staff stand-down events and outreach services for homeless veterans, with all twenty awards to date serving as prime recipient work and no subcontract footprint. The organization does not compete under SBA set-asides; recent awards carry no set-aside designations and are issued as direct awards or purchase orders on a firm fixed-price basis.

North Coast Stand Down's federal footprint centers entirely on homeless veteran services delivered through one-to-three-day stand-down events that provide food, clothing, shelter, health screenings, VA Social Security benefits counseling, and referrals to housing, employment, substance use treatment, and mental health services. The organization coordinates these events in collaboration with federal, state, tribal, local, and community-based organizations. Purchase order work includes a $8,999 order from Veterans Integrated Service Network 21 (VISN 21) awarded on September 24, 2026, for stand-down events in San Francisco with completion by September 26, 2026; a $8,988 order from VISN 21 awarded on July 25, 2024, for annual homeless veteran outreach and stand-down events; and an $8,899 order from VISN 21 awarded on August 15, 2023, for annual homeless veterans outreach services in San Francisco running through October 31, 2023. Grant work includes three project grants from the Department of Labor Veterans Employment and Training Service (CFDA not specified in source) awarded on September 1, 2024 (completion October 31, 2024), September 1, 2023 (completion December 31, 2023), and August 1, 2022 (completion December 31, 2022), all supporting stand-down grantee operations to assist veterans experiencing homelessness.

Customer concentration is extreme: 90% of awards fund Veterans Integrated Service Network 21 operations (13 awards, $109 thousand combined potential value), with the remaining 5 awards split between the Department of Labor Veterans Employment and Training Service. Combined potential value across all twenty awards totals $119 thousand, though combined dollars obligated stands at $190 thousand, indicating reimbursement or cost-share activity exceeding initial ceiling values. Award volume is minimal and episodic — one to two awards per year over the past five years, with the most recent award issued on September 24, 2026. No parent vehicles, no subcontractor relationships, and no multi-agency concentration characterize this footprint; North Coast Stand Down operates as a hyperspecialized direct-award recipient focused narrowly on homeless veteran stand-down event delivery within a single regional VA health system.