Guara Bi Inc.

Guara Bi Inc., doing business as Programa Guara Bi, is a tax-exempt nonprofit organization based in Caguas, Puerto Rico that operates as a federal grant recipient and service provider, delivering homelessness intervention, emergency residential services, substance use disorder and co-occurring disorder treatment, mental health services, and youth reentry support across Puerto Rico. The organization is a subsidiary of WestCare Foundation and receives the bulk of its federal funding through direct prime grants (74% of awards) from housing and behavioral health agencies, with a smaller footprint in federal contract work and grant sub-awards.

Guara Bi's customer concentration sits heavily with the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, which accounts for 44 awards across Continuum of Care Program grants (CFDA 14.267) spanning multiple fiscal years from 2022 through 2026. The organization also receives significant funding from the Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), with six prime grants under programs including the Drug-Free Communities Support Program (CFDA 93.276), the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance program (CFDA 93.243), and substance abuse prevention and treatment initiatives (CFDA 93.243). Additional customer agencies include the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Integrated Service Network 8, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and the Department of Justice Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.

Representative prime grant work includes a $808,845 Continuum of Care award from HUD (July 1, 2026) for permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, and homeless management information systems serving Caguas through June 30, 2027; a $2.25 million SAMHSA Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance award (September 30, 2025) to expand substance use disorder and co-occurring disorder treatment in Barceloneta and Arecibo in partnership with Corporacion Sanos, Inc., running through September 29, 2028; a $125,000 Drug-Free Communities Support Program grant (July 1, 2026) to Coalition #TBT for youth substance use prevention in Caguas through June 30, 2031; and a $750,000 Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative grant (CFDA 16.812, October 1, 2024) from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention for pre- and post-release reentry services to 75 youth ages 16-20 releasing from incarceration in Puerto Rico, running through September 30, 2027. On the contract side, Guara Bi holds a single-award indefinite-delivery contract with Veterans Integrated Service Network 8 (awarded August 1, 2026, ceiling value $1,487,119.50, completion July 31, 2031) for emergency residential services and low-demand safe haven services in Caguas; a delivery order under this contract was issued August 1, 2026, for $295,650 (firm fixed price).

Guara Bi operates as a sub-recipient on pass-through awards from Puerto Rico state agencies including the Administracion De Servicios De Salud Mental Y Contra La Adiccion and the Governor's Authorized Representative, receiving sub-grants for medication-assisted treatment and substance use disorder services, homeless shelter and outreach operations, and supportive services. Recent activity shows six awards in 2022 through fourteen in 2024, declining to nine in 2025 and seven in 2026, reflecting the grant-dependent nature of the organization's federal work. Seven awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing a recompete exposure of $296 thousand in combined potential value. The organization's core service delivery across all federal awards centers on rapid rehousing, transitional and permanent supportive housing for homeless individuals and families, substance use disorder treatment for adults and youth (including postpartum women and justice-involved populations), youth substance abuse prevention and recovery support, and reentry case management for incarcerated youth.