Spiritus Christi Prison Outreach, Inc.

Spiritus Christi Prison Outreach, Inc., a tax-exempt nonprofit domestic shelter organization based in Rochester, New York, is a federal grant recipient delivering homelessness intervention and housing support services to the Department of Housing and Urban Development under the Continuum of Care (CoC) Program (CFDA 14.267). The organization operates as a prime recipient on 95% of its recent awards, with minimal subrecipient activity.

Spiritus Christi's federal footprint consists entirely of HUD CoC Program project grants, which fund five core program components: permanent supportive housing for persons with disabilities, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, supportive services only, and Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS) operations. The organization's work encompasses case management, rental assistance, property acquisition and rehabilitation, emergency shelter operations, operating costs, and CoC planning activities in the Rochester area. Recent awards include a $306,021 grant (November 2025 through October 2026), a $283,792 grant (August 2025 through July 2026), a $288,434 grant (November 2024 through October 2025), and a $249,091 grant (August 2024 through July 2025). The organization has received consistent annual CoC Program awards ranging from approximately $249,000 to $306,000 since at least 2019, with cumulative funding exceeding $1.5 million over that period.

Customer concentration is absolute: the Department of Housing and Urban Development Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development accounts for all 41 prime awards (95% of the vendor's total award count) and represents the sole federal customer across the past five years. The organization also appears as a subrecipient on two emergency shelter service sub-awards from HUD (October 2025 and July 2024). Activity has remained flat at two to three awards per year from 2021 through 2025, with combined dollars obligated across all awards totaling approximately $6 million. Two awards are set to reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting recompete opportunity for this grant program cycle. The organization's mission centers on addressing homelessness and housing insecurity in Rochester through rapid rehousing initiatives, supportive services, and community coordination aligned with HUD's CoC Program framework to minimize trauma and promote self-sufficiency among homeless individuals and families.