Start Corporation

Start Corporation, doing business as Start Corp, is a Louisiana-based tax-exempt nonprofit that operates as a prime recipient on federal grants, delivering homelessness intervention, veteran support services, behavioral health care, and community health programs across southeastern Louisiana. The organization receives 93% of its awards as prime recipient across sixteen federal agencies, with a combined obligated dollar value of $151.7 million across 197 total awards since 2004 and an annual budget exceeding $36 million.

Start Corp's customer concentration is heavily anchored to HUD's Continuum of Care Program. The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development accounts for 132 awards (the largest share), followed by the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration (23 awards), and the Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (10 awards). The top five customer agencies account for 90% of recent awards. HUD's dominance reflects Start Corp's deep specialization in permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, and supportive services delivery across the region; the organization holds 128 awards specifically under CFDA 14.267 (Continuum of Care Program) since 2004, concentrated in housing and homelessness intervention work.

Start Corp's recent grant footprint spans multiple federal programs and agencies. Representative awards include a $1.562 million HUD Continuum of Care award (August 1, 2026) for eligible CoC program activities through July 31, 2027; a $500,000 SAMHSA Center for Mental Health Services grant (September 30, 2026) under the Center for Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance program (CFDA 93.532) to launch Louisiana's first Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health program serving children birth through age 12 across seven parishes; a $1.807 million Department of Veterans Affairs grant (October 1, 2025) under the VA Supportive Services for Veteran Families Program (CFDA 64.033) providing outreach, case management, and temporary financial assistance to very low-income veteran families; a $750,000 VA grant (October 1, 2025) under the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program (CFDA 64.055) for year four of community-based suicide prevention services; and a $1.499 million HHS Administration for Children and Families cooperative agreement (September 30, 2025) under the Healthy Marriage Promotion and Responsible Fatherhood Grants program (CFDA 93.086) delivering evidence-based relationship education workshops to 630 couples across fifteen parishes. Start Corp also holds a $1.5 million VA suicide prevention grant (year one) and multiple SSVF program grants, and operates as sub-recipient on pass-through permanent supportive housing funding from Louisiana Housing Corporation under CFDA 14.267 and receives sub-award funding from Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services for family assistance programs.

Activity has remained relatively stable year over year—between sixteen and nineteen awards annually across 2022–2025—with thirteen awards (dollar amount not specified) reaching ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months and therefore facing recompete in that window. Start Corp operates six Federally Qualified Health Centers across southeastern Louisiana, maintains CARF accreditation and Louisiana Association of Non-Profit Organizations Standards of Excellence certification, and delivers integrated programs including permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, behavioral health services (including Assertive Community Treatment), substance use disorder treatment, HIV prevention and treatment, Medicaid enrollment assistance, and veteran services across a forty-year operational history. The organization's geographic reach spans six of Louisiana's nine health regions, covering 44 of the state's 64 parishes in urban and rural areas.