Sacramento Steps Forward

Sacramento Steps Forward, a tax-exempt nonprofit organization headquartered in Sacramento, California, serves as the lead recipient agency for the Sacramento Continuum of Care (CoC) under the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Continuum of Care Program (CFDA 14.267). The organization receives project grants to administer permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, supportive services, and Homeless Management Information Systems across the Sacramento region, operating as a prime recipient with no subcontracting footprint.

Sacramento Steps Forward's federal grant activity is entirely concentrated with HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, which issued 298 project grants totaling $168.4 million in combined obligated dollars over the past several years. The organization's award volume has remained consistent at 23 awards annually across 2022–2025, with ten awards obligated in 2026 through June. Every award in the source carries the CoC Program designation (CFDA 14.267), with the exception of select awards under HUD's Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (YHDP) that target coordinated prevention and intervention for youth experiencing homelessness.

Recent representative awards include a $3.950 million CoC grant (August 1, 2025–July 31, 2026) supporting permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, and transitional housing with sub-recipients including Next Move Homeless Services operating 127 PSH units; a $1.482 million CoC award (October 1, 2024–September 30, 2025) coordinating services across sub-recipients including Lutheran Social Services of Northern California, Next Move Homeless Services, and My Sister's House; and a $1.330 million CoC grant (September 1, 2025–August 31, 2026) funding the Achieving Change Together program operated by Lutheran Social Services, providing 42 units of permanent supportive housing with intensive case management for 50 chronically homeless individuals with multiple disabilities and mental illness. CoC funding components support acquisition and rehabilitation of real property, rental assistance, case management, job training, mental health treatment, substance abuse support, and Homeless Management Information Systems operations.

Sacramento Steps Forward partners with a stable network of sub-recipients to deliver services to vulnerable populations including chronically homeless individuals, seniors, youth, domestic violence survivors, and persons with disabilities. Named sub-recipients recur across awards and include Lutheran Social Services of Northern California, Next Move Homeless Services, My Sister's House, LAO Family Community Development Inc., and Bridging Initiatives International. Specialized initiatives funded under recent awards include the STEP UP SACRAMENTO program, Senior Connect, Youth Connect, the Quinn Cottages permanent supportive housing project (60 units at full capacity), and rapid rehousing services targeting domestic violence survivors and human trafficking victims.

Twenty-one awards carry ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months and face recompete exposure. Sacramento Steps Forward has no federal contract footprint and does not sit on GWACs, IDIQs, or other federal procurement vehicles; the organization operates exclusively within HUD's grant-funding infrastructure. The federal grant portfolio is a single-customer, recurring-grant model anchored to the annual CoC Program competitive award cycle.