Oregon Community Action Team Incorporated Of Columbia County

Oregon Community Action Team Incorporated Of Columbia County, doing business as Community Action Team, Inc., is a tax-exempt nonprofit organization based in St. Helens, Oregon that receives federal grant funding as a prime recipient for community action and social services work. The organization operates across three primary federal grant programs — Head Start (early childhood education and family support), Continuum of Care (homeless housing and supportive services), and Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) — with secondary activity in rural housing technical assistance and aging services. Community Action Team also receives sub-award funding from state pass-through entities (Oregon Department of Housing & Community Services, Oregon Department of Human Services, Oregon Health Authority) that administer federal grants.

The organization's customer concentration is heavily weighted toward two housing and homelessness-focused agencies. The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development anchors 50 awards (Continuum of Care Program), and the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families carries 23 awards (Head Start), together representing 73 awards or 63% of the 116 total awards in the source footprint. The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration supplies 13 awards (SSVF), and the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living provides 8 awards (aging services). These four federal entities account for 84 percent of award count across the footprint.

Recent prime grants illustrate the capability portfolio: a $2.812625 million Head Start five-year project grant from HHS ACF (effective July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2031) for comprehensive early childhood education, family support, health and nutritional services, and social-emotional development across Head Start and Early Head Start programming; a $1.138397 million Supportive Services for Veteran Families (CFDA 64.033) one-year grant from VA VHA (effective September 30, 2025 through September 30, 2026) delivering case management, VA benefits assistance, and temporary financial assistance for housing-related costs to very low-income veteran families; and a $199,524 Rural Self-Help Housing Technical Assistance project grant from USDA Rural Housing Service (awarded May 30, 2026, completing February 28, 2027, CFDA 10.420) providing construction expertise and homebuyer education to enable self-help home construction. Community Action Team also holds Continuum of Care Program grants from HUD (multiple annual awards) supporting permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, and homelessness prevention activities.

Activity has grown year over year from seven awards in 2022 to a peak of 22 in 2024, with 14 awards in 2025 and seven in 2026 to date. Only three awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting minimal recompete exposure in that window. The organization's sub-award footprint is substantial: 38 of 116 awards (33 percent) are sub-awards flowing through Oregon Department of Housing & Community Services (housing and homelessness prevention), Oregon Department of Human Services (aging services, maternal and infant home visiting, family caregiver support), and Oregon Health Authority (home visiting). Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $93 million over the source data period.