Search Homeless Services

Search Homeless Services, doing business as Search Homeless Project, operates as a tax-exempt nonprofit organization based in Houston, Texas that receives federal grants as a prime recipient and sub-recipient under the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Continuum of Care (CoC) Program (CFDA 14.267) to deliver permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, case management, street outreach, and integrated healthcare services to individuals and families experiencing homelessness in the Houston metropolitan area.

The organization acts as prime recipient on the vast majority of its federal footprint — 84 of 103 awards (82%) — and competes exclusively in federal grant funding rather than federal contracts; it does not hold contract vehicles, IDIQs, GWACs, or BPAs. Recent prime CoC grant awards include a $1,994,254 project grant effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2026, supporting permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, street outreach, case management, and integrated healthcare services; a $959,537 project grant effective March 1, 2026, through February 28, 2027, similarly covering permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, supportive services, and Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS) operations; and an $839,698 project grant effective November 1, 2025, through October 31, 2026, supporting street outreach, case management, and housing navigation. Search Homeless Services also acts as a fiscal control entity that manages federal fund disbursement and accounting to sub-recipients including the City of Houston and the Coalition for the Homeless of Houston/Harris County. Combined obligated dollars across all 103 awards total $45.5 million.

HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development is the sole meaningful customer — 84 of 89 awards (approximately 94%) under the CoC Program dominate the prime grant footprint. The remaining five awards split across the Department of Health and Human Services' Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (two awards as sub-recipient), the Department of Labor, and the Department of Labor's Veterans Employment and Training Service, representing nominal exposure outside CoC funding. In its sub-recipient role, Search Homeless Services receives pass-through funding from the City of Houston on emergency services, rapid rehousing case management, early childhood education, and housing support programs, and from the Health and Human Services Commission of Texas on PATH (Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness) and supportive services awards. Representative sub-awards include a $327,538 rapid rehousing case management award from the City of Houston effective February 28, 2025, a $178,856 rapid rehousing case management award effective September 11, 2025, and early childhood education sub-awards from the City totaling $133,009 and $100,000 for House of Tiny Treasures programming. Recent activity shows growth — 14 awards in 2025 versus 7 in 2024 — with five awards completing in the next twenty-four months representing recompete exposure. The organization's federal footprint is exclusively mission-aligned homelessness services delivery, with no diversification into other federal grant programs or contracting vehicles.