Safe Harbor Center, Inc.

Safe Harbor Center, Inc. (operating as Safe Harbor Children's Center, Inc.) is a tax-exempt nonprofit organization based in Brunswick, Georgia that operates as a federal grant recipient, not a prime contractor, delivering emergency shelter, transitional housing, counseling, family reunification, and wraparound support services to homeless and at-risk youth aged 24 and under. The organization holds no federal contracts or contract vehicles; all federal activity is grant-based, with 59% of recent awards routed through sub-recipient relationships with state agencies and local nonprofits.

Safe Harbor's federal footprint spans two grantor agencies and multiple federal grant programs. The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development has awarded Safe Harbor 15 grants under the Continuum of Care Program (CFDA 14.267), including the Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (YHDP), which targets unaccompanied and pregnant or parenting youth. Recent prime grants from HUD include $497,004 (December 1, 2025), $267,330 (December 1, 2025), $264,480 (December 1, 2025), and $114,000 (December 1, 2025) — all awarded for fiscal year 2026 under YHDP. The Department of Health and Human Services Administration on Children and Families has awarded Safe Harbor 11 prime grants spanning the Basic Center Program (providing up to 21 days of emergency shelter for runaway youth under 18), the Street Outreach Program, the Transitional Living Program, and the Maternity Group Home Program (serving pregnant and parenting youth ages 16 to under 22 across nine rural counties in southeast Georgia). A representative DHHS award is the five-year Maternity Group Home grant (September 30, 2024 through September 29, 2029) supporting shelter and wraparound services for pregnant and parenting youth in the region.

Safe Harbor operates as a sub-recipient on 42 awards, primarily through pass-through agreements with the State of Georgia Department of Public Health, the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, the Georgia Department of Human Services, and the Georgia Department of Education. These sub-awards center on sexual assault services, child advocacy, abstinence programming, homelessness prevention and shelter provision, and pandemic recovery (ESSER III grants). Sub-recipient work demonstrates Safe Harbor's role as a delivery partner within Georgia's coordinated community-response structure for youth in crisis rather than as a federal prime.

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime accounts for 14 awards (72% coverage across the top five customers), though award-level detail in the source does not break out specific dollar magnitudes for DOJ grants. The Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women accounts for an additional 6 awards.

Safe Harbor's grant activity has remained stable over the past five years, averaging roughly 9 to 12 awards annually, with four awards facing completion within the next twenty-four months. Combined federal dollars obligated across all prime and sub awards total $19.9 million over the source data window. Performance is delivered entirely in Brunswick, Georgia (31520) and subordinate rural counties in southeast Georgia, with administrative oversight at the Brunswick location.