The Puerto Rican Organization To Motivate. Enlighten. And Serve Addicts. Inc

The Puerto Rican Organization To Motivate. Enlighten. And Serve Addicts. Inc, doing business as Promesa Inc., is a tax-exempt nonprofit based in the Bronx, New York that receives federal grants as a prime recipient to operate integrated behavioral health, mental health treatment, substance use disorder services, and supportive housing programs serving vulnerable populations across New York. Promesa acts as a prime grant recipient on 77% of its federal awards and as a sub-recipient on the remaining 23%, with no prime contracting footprint.

Promesa's grant portfolio centers on three capability areas. The organization operates Federally Qualified Health Centers and Certified Community Behavioral Health Centers (CCBHCs) delivering outpatient mental health services, substance use treatment including medication-assisted treatment (methadone, buprenorphine, naltrexone), psychiatric rehabilitation, and crisis stabilization services. It operates permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, and transitional housing programs under the Continuum of Care (CoC) Program, with related case management and supportive services for individuals and families experiencing homelessness. The organization also operates Head Start early childhood education and development programs. Recent prime awards include a $1.551 million CoC Program grant from HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development dated August 1, 2025 (completion July 31, 2026) supporting homelessness interventions and supportive services in the Bronx; a Head Start grant from the Office of Head Start (April 1, 2025 through March 31, 2030); and two Certified Community Behavioral Health Center (CCBHC) grants from SAMHSA's Center for Mental Health Services awarded September 30, 2022 (the "Carlos Pagan" CCBHC serving Brooklyn and the "Camino Nuevo" CCBHC serving Albany, both completing September 29, 2026). Promesa also received a Community Project Funding construction grant dated September 1, 2022 from HHS's Healthcare Systems Bureau to renovate and expand primary care facilities at its Clay Avenue Health Center in the Bronx, completing March 31, 2026.

Customer concentration sits with HHS components. HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development leads by award count with 15 awards; SAMHSA accounts for 11 awards across its two major funding lines; the Administration for Children and Families holds 3 awards; and the Health Resources and Services Administration holds 2 awards. These top five funding sources account for 89% of Promesa's awards, spanning HUD, SAMHSA, ACF, and HRSA. Four awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and therefore expose Promesa to recompete activity in that window. As a sub-recipient, Promesa received seven grant sub-awards from New York State's Office of Mental Health and Office of Addiction Services & Supports, and five sub-awards from the City of New York's Housing Preservation & Development department, focused on intensive crisis stabilization centers, permanent supportive housing expansion, workforce recruitment, and electronic medical records and mobile medication unit operations.