Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence

Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence, a tax-exempt nonprofit organization headquartered in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, operates as a federal grant recipient providing domestic violence prevention, survivor services, housing assistance, and victim-services coordination across Pennsylvania's 67 counties. PCADV receives the vast majority of its federal funding (64% of recent awards as prime recipient) through formula and project grants from the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Continuum of Care (CoC) Program and the Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women, with additional sub-recipient work flowing through the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, the Pennsylvania Department of Health, and the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency.

PCADV's capability footprint centers on housing-focused homelessness intervention and victim-services coordination. Under HUD's CoC Program (CFDA 14.267), PCADV delivers permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, case management, safety planning, emergency shelter, relocation assistance, counseling, financial assistance, and Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) operations, with particular emphasis on survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Recent prime CoC awards include $7.05 million (January 2026–December 2026), $5.55 million (January 2026–December 2026), $3.88 million (July 2025), and $2.42 million (October 2025–September 2026) project grants. PCADV also received a $1.331 million domestic violence bonus grant under the CoC Program (September 2025–August 2026) and a $725,329 DV bonus grant (November 2025–October 2026), both of which support permanent housing-rapid rehousing and supportive services for DV survivors. Through the Office on Violence Against Women (CFDA 16.556), PCADV acts as the State Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Coalitions recipient, coordinating statewide victim services, providing training and technical assistance to member organizations, and developing culturally appropriate service standards; the most recent OVW award is $110,090 (October 2025–September 2026). A $1.78 million cooperative agreement from the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (May 2023–March 2028) funds intimate partner violence prevention strategies, community gardening initiatives, and comparable-worth policy advocacy targeting marginalized populations.

The top three customer agencies by award count are HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development (35 awards), the Administration for Children and Families (48 awards combined across distinct sub-agency lines), and the Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (22 awards), accounting for 80% of all awards. HUD dominates PCADV's funding volume through the CoC Program, with the organization serving as both a direct CoC recipient and a coordinator of sub-grants to partner agencies. PCADV also functions as a sub-recipient in 36% of recent awards (47 of 132), receiving pass-through funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services for statewide domestic violence victim services and training delivery to all 65 county Domestic Relations Section offices, from the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency for STOP grant implementation and civil legal aid (PASafeLaw project) delivery, and from the Pennsylvania Department of Health for brain injury education and training.

Activity has remained consistent year over year across the past five years (14–16 awards annually), with 2026 showing eight awards as of late May. Eleven awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and will require recompete. PCADV's federal grant footprint spans HUD, DOJ, the Department of Health and Human Services (both ACYF and CDC/NCIPC), and state pass-through mechanisms, with no federal contracts or IDVs in the award portfolio. The organization's role is exclusively as a grant recipient and sub-recipient, not as a vendor competing for federal contracts.