Catholic Charities Of The Diocese Of Santa Rosa

Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Santa Rosa, a tax-exempt nonprofit organization based in Santa Rosa, California, serves as a federal grant recipient providing housing, supportive services, and social programs to homeless individuals, families, youth, and immigrant populations across California and the Santa Rosa region.

Catholic Charities operates almost entirely as a prime recipient (85% of recent awards) on federal grant programs rather than as a contract prime. The organization's federal footprint centers on three federal agencies accounting for 100% of its combined potential value and award count: the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Continuum of Care Program (CFDA 14.267) dominates with 34 awards across multiple annual funding cycles; the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 21 carries $8.2 million in combined potential value across six awards; and the Department of Homeland Security's US Citizen and Immigration Services funds citizenship instruction and naturalization services. The remaining identified customers include the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families and the Department of Agriculture.

Catholic Charities' concrete capability portfolio consists of permanent supportive housing placement, rapid rehousing, emergency shelter operations, transitional housing, comprehensive family support services, drop-in centers providing basic needs (showers, laundry, mail service, phone access), homeless outreach and coordinated entry, integrated medical clinics and health referrals, youth crisis intervention and runaway services, citizenship instruction and English language classes, and financial literacy and employment counseling. As a prime recipient on HUD's Continuum of Care Program, Catholic Charities has received project grants including $938,902 awarded June 1, 2026 (performance through May 31, 2027) to support permanent housing, transitional housing, and supportive services in Larkfield-Wikiup; $806,167 awarded June 1, 2024 (completed May 31, 2025); and $699,982 from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded September 30, 2025 under the Basic Center Program (CFDA 93.623) to provide emergency shelter, counseling, and crisis intervention for runaway and homeless youth under eighteen through September 29, 2028. A $450,000 Project Grant from the Department of Homeland Security under the Citizenship Education and Training program (CFDA 97.010), awarded October 1, 2023, funds citizenship instruction and naturalization services through September 30, 2025.

Catholic Charities also holds a sub-recipient position on select federal grants, including sub-awards from Catholic Charities USA for housing counseling services (June 1, 2022) and meatpacking and farm worker assistance (November 15, 2022), and operates the Caritas Family Center and Caritas Drop-In Center under contract to other federal grant holders, providing short-term emergency shelter, family case management, coordinated entry assessments, and integrated medical clinics operated by Santa Rosa Community Health.

Award activity has fluctuated over the past five years — three awards in 2022, two in 2023, five in both 2024 and 2025, and one in 2026 — with three awards reaching ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. The organization does not currently hold positions on federal contract vehicles or indefinite delivery contracts outside the four task orders under VA IDC VA26118D0014.