Saint Joseph's Mercy Care Services, Inc.

Saint Joseph's Mercy Care Services, Inc., a tax-exempt nonprofit federally qualified health center based in Atlanta, Georgia, operates as the only healthcare-for-the-homeless designated facility in Atlanta and serves as a prime recipient of federal grants focused on homelessness services, behavioral health expansion, and HIV/AIDS care for vulnerable and economically disadvantaged populations across Fulton and DeKalb counties. The organization operates across a diversified grant portfolio anchored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), with 73% of recent awards structured as prime grants and 27% as sub-recipient arrangements under state and local grantees.

Saint Joseph's Mercy Care Services delivers integrated primary care, behavioral health, dental, vision, case management, peer support, and street medicine to more than 17,000 homeless and economically disenfranchised individuals and families annually. The organization's patient population in 2023 included 67% of adults experiencing homelessness, 67% living at or below 200% of federal poverty level, and 63% uninsured; 48% identified as Black or African American and 41% as Hispanic or Latino/a. Recent representative grant work includes a $399,801 HUD Continuum of Care Program (CFDA 14.267) award dated September 1, 2026, for permanent housing, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, supportive services, and homelessness prevention through August 31, 2027; an HHS Community Project Funding grant dated September 30, 2024, for mobile medical van equipment and health software to support street medicine operations; a Behavioral Health Service Expansion award (HHS Bureau of Primary Health Care) dated September 1, 2024, to increase mental health and substance use disorder treatment capacity; a Minority AIDS Initiative grant (HHS SAMHSA Center for Substance Abuse Treatment) dated September 30, 2023, for substance use disorder treatment targeting HIV/AIDS-vulnerable racial and ethnic minorities over five years; and Project Launch (HHS SAMHSA Center for Mental Health Services) dated September 30, 2023, for early childhood behavioral health screening and caregiver support through September 29, 2028.

Customer concentration centers on HHS and HUD, with the HHS Health Resources and Services Administration (19 awards across two line items in the top customers ranking) and HUD Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development (10 awards) dominating the award count. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (5 awards) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (4 awards) round out significant HHS programs. Saint Joseph's Mercy Care Services also operates as a sub-recipient under grants administered by the Georgia State University Research Foundation, Georgia Department of Public Health, Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Fulton County, and community-based partners including Partners For H.o.m.e., Inc., receiving sub-awards for community health worker support, breast and cervical cancer screening, Project for Assisting and Transitioning from Homeless (PATH), supportive housing, and HIV/AIDS health services. Activity has remained sparse in recent years (5 awards in 2026, 4 in 2025, 8 in 2024) with six awards carrying ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months and therefore subject to recompete exposure.