Near West Side Multi Service Corp

Near West Side Multi Service Corp, doing business as May Dugan Center, is a Cleveland-based tax-exempt nonprofit organization that operates as a federal grant sub-recipient (96% of its recent awards) rather than a prime grantee, delivering refugee resettlement services, immigrant integration support, community health and social services, and victim assistance to vulnerable populations across the United States. The organization serves as a sub-recipient under prime grants issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Department of State, the Department of Justice, and state agencies including the Ohio Departments of Health and Mental Health.

May Dugan Center's federal footprint is heavily weighted toward refugee and immigrant services. The organization acts as a sub-recipient under HHS Office of Refugee Resettlement programs administered through HIAS Inc., including the Preferred Communities (PC) Program, the Program of Initial Refugee Resettlement (PIRR), and initial refugee reception and placement services. Representative work includes case management, employment assistance, housing support, and health and mental health interventions for vulnerable refugees, asylees, Afghan special immigrant visa holders, and other populations served by HHS ORR. The vendor also delivers reception and placement services for refugees admitted under the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program under sub-awards from HIAS arising from Department of State Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration grants. Outside refugee services, May Dugan Center is a sub-recipient under the State Opioid Response (SOR) 4.0 grant administered through the Ohio Department of Mental Health, delivering substance abuse and opioid treatment support; a sub-recipient under crime victim services grants from the Ohio Attorney General's office and the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime office; and a sub-recipient under community health and social determinants-of-health initiatives funded through the Ohio Department of Health. The organization holds one prime grant award from the HHS Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development under the Economic Development Initiative / Community Project Funding program (Consolidated Appropriations Act 2022), an $5.5 million project with an ultimate completion date of August 31, 2032, for public improvement work at the May Dugan Center facility.

Customer concentration is moderate across HHS programs. The top five funding agencies or sub-prime grantees account for 84% of recent awards, with HHS Administration for Children and Families (7 awards), the Department of State Bureau of Population Refugees and Migration (5 awards), HHS Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (4 awards), the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime (3 awards), and HHS Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (2 awards) anchoring the portfolio. Award activity has grown sharply — one award in 2020, five in 2023, fourteen in 2024 — followed by five awards in 2025, with recent sub-awards dated through December 2025. Combined dollar obligated across all twenty-five awards totals $5.5 million. The organization operates from 4115 Bridge Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio, and focuses its service delivery on populations in the Cleveland region and Ohio more broadly, with refugee resettlement and integration services extending nationwide where HHS ORR assigns arrivals through HIAS affiliate networks.