Hopeworks

Hopeworks, a nonprofit organization based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, is a federal grant recipient delivering housing placement services, case management, and homelessness prevention activities funded under the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Continuum of Care (CoC) Program (CFDA 14.267). Hopeworks operates as a prime recipient on its own CoC awards (77% of recent awards) and as a sub-recipient under CoC funding passed through the City of Albuquerque (23% of recent awards).

Hopeworks' federal footprint is singularly concentrated: the HUD Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development accounts for 23 of 26 awards (88% coverage) and the full $5.2 million in combined dollars obligated. The organization receives annual CoC program grants to fund permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, supportive services, and Homeless Management Information Systems operations serving homeless individuals and families in the Albuquerque metropolitan area. A representative prime award is the October 2025 Project Grant of $519,021 from HUD, running through September 2026, which funds housing placement, case management, and homelessness prevention activities while supporting facility renovations that expand behavioral health treatment capabilities in partnership with the New Mexico Mortgage Finance Authority and the City of Albuquerque. Earlier prime awards under the same program were granted in October 2021 and May 2022. In its sub-recipient role, Hopeworks receives CoC Rental Assistance Program allocations from the City of Albuquerque (awards in August 2025, August 2024, and June 2023) and participated in a building renovation sub-award in March 2023 to expand behavioral health services for homeless individuals and those at risk of homelessness, as well as a HOME-ARP Supportive Service Rapid Rehousing/Homelessness Prevention sub-award in December 2022.

Award activity has remained flat at one to two awards per year across the past five years; only one award faces completion in the next twenty-four months, presenting minimal recompete pressure. Hopeworks' federal engagement is exclusively grant-based with no contract prime or sub positions in the source data, making the organization a specialized service provider within the homelessness services and community development vertical rather than a federal contractor.