Residential Youth Services & Empowerment

Residential Youth Services & Empowerment (Ryse), a Hawaii-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit domestic shelter organization, operates as a prime recipient of federal grants focused on youth homelessness prevention and supportive housing services, with 93% of recent awards as prime grants and the remainder as sub-recipient grants under larger HUD and DOJ initiatives. Ryse is not a federal contractor; the vendor holds no federal contract vehicles and does not compete for contracts — the organization exists exclusively within the federal grant ecosystem, particularly under HUD's Continuum of Care (CoC) Program and related youth-focused initiatives.

Ryse's federal footprint is overwhelmingly concentrated with the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Of 45 recent awards tracked across 2020 through mid-2026, HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development accounts for 39 awards (96% of the portfolio), with the Department of Justice (Office of Justice Programs and Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention) and the Department of Health and Human Services (Administration for Children and Families) accounting for the remaining four awards combined. Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $17.7 million, with distinct activity across five customer agencies.

Ryse delivers trauma-informed housing stabilization, emergency shelter operations, transitional housing, case management, behavioral health services, education and employment assistance, and housing navigation targeting homeless and at-risk youth ages 24 and younger, with particular emphasis on Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, Black, Indigenous, and other youth of color. Recent representative grant work includes seven project grants from HUD totaling approximately $2.2 million awarded October 1, 2025, under the Continuum of Care Program (CFDA 14.267) for FY 2025–2026 operations in Kailua, Hawaii; a $1.7 million Social Services Research and Demonstration grant (CFDA 93.647) from HHS Administration for Children and Families awarded August 31, 2024, for comprehensive support services; and a $475,088 CoC Program grant from HUD awarded October 1, 2024, for the FY 2024–2025 performance period. Earlier activity includes a four-year $2.6 million grant from the Department of Justice Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (awarded October 1, 2022, through September 30, 2026) supporting the Hale Apuakea Program, a culturally inclusive trauma-informed treatment model designed for national replication emphasizing racial equity. Ryse also holds a sub-recipient role under the Attorney General of Hawaii Department of Transitional Housing for the Puhina Survivor Housing and Services Project, providing intermediate housing and behavioral health services for homeless youth victims on Oahu.

Recent activity remains stable but moderate. Ryse received nine awards in 2022 and 2024, seven in 2023 and 2025, and two awards in 2026 year-to-date. Eight awards (combined value not separately broken out) face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing recompete exposure for Ryse and open-competition opportunity for other grant recipients. Ryse's sub-recipient engagement is minimal at 7% of awards; the organization operates primarily as a direct grant recipient rather than as a member of larger teaming consortia or as a deep subcontractor, reflecting its role as a direct-service nonprofit rather than a federal contractor or managed-services vendor.