Salvation Army

The Salvation Army Palm Beach Area Command Division is a non-profit organization that serves as a prime contractor and grant recipient for the federal government, specializing in comprehensive social services for vulnerable populations including homeless veterans, formerly incarcerated individuals, and other at-risk community members. Operating from its headquarters in West Palm Beach, Florida, the organization has maintained active federal registration since July 2004 and continues to hold a valid registration through November 2026. The Salvation Army delivers an integrated portfolio of transitional housing, residential reentry services, case management, counseling, job training, and community reintegration support programs across the West Palm Beach and Riviera Beach areas.

The Salvation Army Palm Beach Area Command Division has delivered extensive federal contract services across multiple funding agencies and contract types. Through the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Integrated Service Network 8, the organization has received numerous firm fixed price delivery orders for homeless services and emergency residential services, with individual awards ranging from approximately $101,740 to $1,280,673. These VA delivery order contracts provide transitional housing, case management, counseling, job training, and rehabilitative services for homeless veterans and facilitate their successful community reintegration. Additionally, the organization has served as a prime contractor for the Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons, receiving delivery order contracts valued between $96,103 and $2.5 million for Residential Reentry Center services in Palm Beach, Florida, providing halfway house and transitional housing services to support federal offender reentry programs. All contract awards to the Salvation Army have been firm fixed price delivery orders with no set-aside designations, and the organization has operated as the prime contractor with no identified subcontractors. The cumulative value of recent delivery order obligations across both the VA and Department of Justice represents over $3.7 million in active federal contracting capacity.

The Salvation Army Palm Beach Area Command Division has received federal grant funding through the Department of Veterans Affairs to support its homeless veteran services. Specifically, the organization received a Project Grant from the VHA Under Secretary for Health, awarded on August 28, 2023, with an ultimate completion date of September 30, 2025. This grant provides per diem funding to assist with operational costs associated with transitional housing beds for homeless veterans, representing the VA's Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem program initiative. The organization has reportedly received over $1.2 million in cumulative VA Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem program funding to support its transitional housing and wraparound services for homeless veterans in the region, though specific individual grant award amounts and additional grant recipients are not detailed in the available documentation.

The Salvation Army Palm Beach Area Command Division currently holds two active Indefinite Delivery Contracts with the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Integrated Service Network 8. The first IDC, awarded on September 1, 2024, has a ceiling value of $3,630,187.80 with a performance period through August 31, 2026, and is designated for Emergency Residential Services including transitional housing, homeless sheltering, and wraparound support services for homeless veterans and formerly incarcerated individuals. The second IDC, awarded on October 24, 2022, carries a ceiling value of $2,682,421.50 with a performance period through October 23, 2026, and covers CERS Homeless Services providing community-based residential care, transitional housing, case management, counseling, job training, and rehabilitative services. Under these IDC vehicles, the VA has issued multiple firm fixed price delivery orders, with the CERS Homeless Services IDC generating approximately $2.2 million in delivery order obligations to date. Both IDCs represent single-award contracts with no set-aside designations and serve as strategic procurement mechanisms enabling the VA to efficiently execute the Salvation Army's proven social services and veteran reintegration programs.