Olympic Community Action Programs

Olympic Community Action Programs, a tax-exempt nonprofit community development corporation based in Port Townsend, Washington, operates as a federal grant recipient delivering homelessness prevention, youth housing, early childhood education, weatherization, child nutrition, and food assistance services across 13 federal agencies. The organization acts as both a prime recipient (50% of recent awards) and a sub-recipient flowing funding from state agencies (50% of recent awards), with no federal prime contract work. Since 2021, Olympic Community Action Programs has received 78 awards totaling $60.3 million in obligated federal funding, with activity accelerating from four awards in 2022 to twenty in 2024.

Olympic Community Action Programs' federal grant portfolio concentrates in HUD homelessness programs and USDA food assistance, with meaningful exposure to early childhood education and energy assistance. The organization holds multiple Continuum of Care (CoC) Program awards (CFDA 14.267) from HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, serving 25 awards across the source date range. A $120,169 CoC award effective November 1, 2025 through October 31, 2026 funds youth homelessness prevention and rapid rehousing in Port Townsend, Washington, targeting households where no person exceeds age 24 under the Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (YHDP) component, with eligible activities spanning permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, supportive services, Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS), and homelessness prevention. An earlier $169,304 CoC award dated August 1, 2025 similarly addresses housing insecurity through permanent housing (including permanent supportive housing for persons with disabilities), rapid rehousing, and case management. Olympic Community Action Programs also holds a Head Start and Early Head Start project grant (CFDA 93.600) from the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Head Start, awarded July 1, 2024 with completion dated June 30, 2029, and an RSVP Program grant from HHS's Office of Grants Management (awarded April 1, 2023, amended to completion October 31, 2025) requiring a 30% statutory match.

Sub-recipient work flows through Washington State agencies, particularly the Department of Commerce. Olympic Community Action Programs receives funding under the Weatherization Assistance Program and Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) from the Washington State Department of Commerce (itself a federal sub-grantee), delivering weatherization services and energy assistance to low-income households; recent sub-awards dated April 2026, March 2026, and February 2025 support weatherization program administration and LIHEAP service delivery. The organization receives additional LIHEAP funding through HHS pass-throughs and participates in child nutrition programs via the Washington State Superintendent of Public Instruction (CFDA 10.555), with multiple sub-awards dated September and October 2024 providing reimbursement and administrative support. Sub-awards from the Washington State Department of Agriculture fund The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP, CFDA 10.569) and local food system procurement agreements serving low-income and underserved communities, with awards dating to July 2022 and recurring through June 2025.

The top five funding agencies account for 78% of recent awards: HUD's Community Planning and Development office (25 awards), USDA Food and Nutrition Service (17 awards), and HHS Administration for Children and Families (15 awards combined across two listed entries), along with the Department of Energy (4 awards) and Department of Agriculture (sub-award pass-throughs). Only three awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, suggesting low recompete pressure in the immediate pipeline. The organization's consistent annual volume since 2022—ranging from four to twenty awards per year—reflects stable federal funding relationships rooted in community development and human services delivery in Washington State.