Talbert House

Talbert House, a Cincinnati-based tax-exempt nonprofit, operates as a prime contractor and federal grant recipient delivering residential reentry services, temporary housing for homeless veterans, and integrated behavioral health services to the Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons and Department of Veterans Affairs. The organization competes full-and-open across all awards with no set-aside designations, holding two significant single-award indefinite delivery contracts valued at $16.95 million (Bureau of Prisons) and $2.6 million (VA), plus multiple federal grant awards for veteran supportive services and community behavioral health expansion.

Talbert House's federal footprint concentrates heavily on criminal justice reentry and veteran homelessness services. The Bureau of Prisons Central Office anchors the vendor's prime contract work with 29 awards totaling $62.9 million in combined potential value, representing 77% of recent awards by volume. These awards consist of delivery orders under a single-award IDC (effective March 1, 2022, through February 28, 2027) for residential reentry center and halfway house services in Cincinnati; individual orders have ranged from approximately $800 thousand to $1.58 million, with overlapping performance periods. The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration provides the second major customer stream: 20 awards ($7.2 million) through the Veterans Integrated Service Network 10 for temporary housing services under a $2.6 million single-award IDC (effective July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2028), and 19 additional awards through the Under Secretary for Health for supportive services grants under the VA Supportive Services for Veteran Families Program (CFDA 64.033). Representative prime contract work includes a $1.897 million Bureau of Prisons delivery order (March 2026) for RRC and HC services through September 2026, a $415,829 VA delivery order (July 2026) for temporary housing with a June 2027 completion date, and a $1.514 million Bureau of Prisons order (March 2025) for reentry services through September 2025.

Grant awards constitute a secondary but substantial revenue stream. Talbert House holds recurring SSVF Program grants from the VA ($2.249 million awarded October 2025, $2.249 million awarded August 2023, and $1.675 million awarded October 2021) to provide outreach, case management, VA benefits assistance, and temporary financial assistance to very low-income veteran families. The organization also received a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Expansion Grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA Center for Mental Health Services) awarded September 2023 for $1 million+ to provide integrated behavioral health and primary care at three sites in Hamilton and Brown counties, Ohio, through September 2027. Talbert House operates as a sub-recipient under federal grants flowing through the Ohio Department of Mental Health, Ohio Department of Education, the Attorney General of Ohio, and other state pass-through entities, receiving sub-awards for the State Opioid Response Program, substance abuse block grants, crime victim services, school meal programs, Continuum of Care permanent supportive housing, and AmeriCorps programming.

Activity has remained steady year over year across the past five years (ranging 10 to 15 awards annually), with 145 total awards in the source data spanning both prime and sub roles. Four awards face completion within the next twenty-four months with combined potential value of $2.3 million, representing modest recompete exposure. The vendor's award portfolio is concentrated across two primary NAICS categories: Other Residential Care Facilities (47 awards) and Temporary Shelters (11 awards), reflecting a mission-driven focus on housing and residential support for vulnerable populations. Place of performance is Cincinnati, Ohio, with subordinate service delivery extending to Hamilton County, Brown County, and surrounding Ohio counties where behavioral health and veteran support services operate.