Oswego County Opportunities, Inc.

Oswego County Opportunities, Inc., a tax-exempt nonprofit social service organization headquartered in Fulton, New York, operates as a federal grant recipient (72% of recent awards) and sub-recipient delivering community-based housing, homeless services, youth intervention, and rural health programs across multiple federal grant programs and state passthrough funding. The organization does not hold federal contracts or seats on government-wide contract vehicles.

Oswego County Opportunities' capability portfolio centers on permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, case management, and supportive services for homeless individuals and families; intervention, treatment, and prevention services for youth experiencing homelessness or at risk of trafficking; transitional housing assistance and civil legal services for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault; street outreach and emergency shelter for runaway and homeless youth; and rural health network development and opioid response coordination. Representative recipient work includes a $1,006,970 Continuum of Care (CoC) Program grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development for fiscal year 2026 covering permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, and homelessness prevention; a $466,862 Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (YHDP, CFDA 14.276) grant from HUD awarded in September 2025 supporting coordinated community response to youth homelessness in Fulton; a $500,000 three-year Office on Violence Against Women grant under the Transitional Housing Assistance Grants program (CFDA 16.736), active through September 2027, providing 15 scattered-site transitional housing units and support services for domestic violence survivors; and a $500,000 Office on Violence Against Women grant for the "Safe Aid Families" project addressing sex trafficking intervention and prevention for youth aged 11-24, also running through September 2027.

The top five funding agencies account for 71% of recent awards. The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development leads with 28 CoC Program grants spanning permanent housing, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, and supportive services delivered annually or multi-year. The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families issued 12 awards supporting the Basic Center Project (emergency shelter for runaway youth under 18), the Street Outreach Program (crisis intervention and services for street youth under 22), and the Program to Assist Teenage Homeless (PATH). The Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women placed 10 awards across the Transitional Housing Assistance Grants program, the Consolidated and Technical Assistance Grant Program (CFDA 16.888), and the Justice for Families Program (supervised visitation and civil legal services). The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service and a second HHS Administration for Children and Families line item each account for 9 and 8 awards respectively. HUD dominates both award count and dollar magnitude, with recurring annual CoC allocations providing the bulk of dollars.

Federal grant sub-recipient work flows through New York State intermediaries. The organization receives sub-awards under the WIC Local Agency Contract (LA #214) from the NYS Department of Health, the Community Services Block Grant from the NYS Department of State, the Child Nutrition Program from the NYS Education Department, transit operating assistance from unspecified state administering agencies, and victim assistance funding from the NYS Office of Victim Services. Sub-awards also flow through the Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene and the NYS Office of Children and Family Services.

Award activity has remained consistent at 9–16 awards per year from 2022 through 2025, with six awards facing ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and therefore presenting recompete exposure. The organization's footprint is concentrated in rural upstate New York (Oswego County and surrounding regions) and reflects a local, place-based service delivery model rather than national contracting presence.