Vincentian Cares, Inc.

Vincentian Cares, Inc., doing business as ST. Vincent De Paul Cares, is a tax-exempt nonprofit organization based in St. Petersburg, Florida, that delivers emergency residential shelter, case management, and housing stability services to homeless and at-risk populations, particularly veterans, through federal contracts as a prime recipient and federal grants as a prime recipient and sub-recipient. The organization competes in the open market without set-aside designations across both contract and grant vehicles, with recent awards spanning the past five years showing 130 prime awards (84% of total) and 25 sub-awards (16%).

The organization's contract footprint centers on single-award indefinite-delivery vehicles with the Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Integrated Service Network 8 (VISN 8). Three active IDIQs carry ceilings totaling $13.45 million and run through 2027 and 2030: a $9.318 million contract awarded August 3, 2026, running through August 2, 2030; a $2.261 million contract awarded March 29, 2022, running through March 28, 2027; and a $1.872 million contract awarded September 28, 2022, running through June 27, 2027. Delivery orders against these vehicles procure 30-day emergency residential shelter beds, social work case management, and supportive services for homeless and at-risk veterans in St. Petersburg and Port Charlotte, Florida. Recent representative contract awards include a $2.466 million delivery order issued August 3, 2026, under the largest IDIQ for emergency residential services in St. Petersburg; a $441,890.90 delivery order issued September 28, 2026, for Port Charlotte services; and a $479,362 delivery order issued March 29, 2026, for St. Petersburg operations. All contract work carries firm fixed-price pricing and no set-aside designation.

Federal grant work dominates the organization's funding profile. ST. Vincent De Paul Cares is a primary recipient of substantial Department of Housing and Urban Development Continuum of Care Program (CFDA 14.267) grants, with nine awards in 2026 alone totaling $4.101 million across performance periods running through December 2026. Representative 2026 HUD CoC grants include awards of $871,470, $810,548, $682,732, $472,967, $361,173, $272,014, and $202,942 for permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, supportive services, and homeless management information systems across Pinellas, Polk, Seminole, and Lee counties in Florida. The organization also receives substantial Department of Veterans Affairs grant funding for veteran-specific programming. A $23.15 million VA Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) grant (CFDA 64.033) runs through September 30, 2026, and funds outreach, case management, benefits navigation, and temporary financial assistance for very low-income veteran families in Florida and Puerto Rico. Additional VA grants include three Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention grants (CFDA 64.055) totaling $1.598 million across multiple award years for community-based suicide prevention services to veterans and families; two VA Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem Program case management grants (CFDA 64.024) totaling $1.700 million with funding periods running through September 30, 2028; and a $300,000 Legal Services for Veterans grant (CFDA 64.056) awarded August 1, 2024. As a sub-recipient, ST. Vincent De Paul Cares receives funding from county and local governments for rapid rehousing, street outreach, facility improvements, emergency solutions grants, and homelessness prevention across the service region.

Customer concentration sits primarily with the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Housing and Urban Development, which together account for 85% of recent awards. Veterans Integrated Service Network 8 is the largest contract customer with 24 awards carrying $25.1 million in combined potential value. HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development leads in award count with 68 grants, reflecting the recurring annual cycle of Continuum of Care program awards. The VA Veterans Health Administration adds an additional 39 awards across SSVF, suicide prevention, case management, and legal services programs.

Recent activity shows an award cadence of 13 to 23 awards per year over the past five years, with 14 awards (combined potential value $3.4 million) reaching ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. The organization's combined obligated dollars of $301.2 million against a combined potential value of $25.1 million reflects the substantial multi-year funding commitments inherent in VA and HUD grant programs, where obligations frequently exceed single-year potential values. Performance occurs across multiple Florida counties — St. Petersburg, Port Charlotte, Pinellas, Polk, Seminole, and Lee — with administrative headquarters in St. Petersburg.