The Wellspring Alliance For Families, Inc.

The Wellspring Alliance For Families, Inc., a tax-exempt nonprofit based in Monroe, Louisiana, serves as a prime recipient of federal grants for comprehensive social services and housing assistance, with 90% of its recent award footprint in the prime role and 10% as a grant sub-recipient. The organization has been registered as a federal grant recipient since December 2005 and operates across a nine-parish service area in northeastern Louisiana, delivering homelessness prevention, domestic violence victim services, sexual assault response, transitional housing, and supportive services for very low-income veterans and at-risk families.

The Wellspring's customer concentration is heavily dominated by the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Office of Community Planning and Development, which accounts for 95 of the organization's 143 recent awards through the Continuum of Care Program (CFDA 14.267). The program's five core components—permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, supportive services only, and homelessness prevention—anchor the bulk of funding flow. The Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women provides the second-largest award volume at 18 grants, covering the Rural Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Assistance Program (CFDA 16.589), Transitional Housing Assistance grants (CFDA 16.589), and Grants to Support Families in the Justice System (Justice for Families Program). The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration contributes 13 awards under the Supportive Services for Veteran Families Program (CFDA 64.033). These three agencies represent 92% of the Wellspring's recent award count. Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $51.2 million.

Representative prime-grantee work includes five concurrent COC grants awarded in early 2026 with individual values of $324,151, $114,776, $427,398, and $534,627 for housing and supportive services in Monroe; a $750,000 continuation grant from the Office on Violence Against Women (October 2025, CFDA 16.589) running through September 2028 to identify and respond to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking in rural northeastern Louisiana through partnerships with the Franklin and Morehouse Parish Sheriff's Offices; and a $649,751 three-year Transitional Housing Assistance grant (October 2023–September 2026) to provide scattered-site residences and comprehensive support services to 26 survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. The Wellspring also received a $1.566 million Department of Veterans Affairs SSVF grant (October 2022, CFDA 64.033) for outreach, case management, and temporary financial assistance to very low-income veteran families.

In its sub-recipient role, the Wellspring has received federal funding pass-through from the Louisiana Commission On Law Enforcement And Administration Of Criminal Justice and the Louisiana Department Of Children And Family Services, delivering residential and non-residential services to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and child abuse, as well as crisis intervention and sexual assault nurse examiner coordination. The organization also received a sub-award from Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service Inc. (October 2024) for FY 2025 reception and placement activities.

Activity has remained relatively steady in recent years, with 11 awards in 2022, declining to 7 in 2023, recovering to 14 in 2024, 13 in 2025, and 5 through mid-2026. Eight awards carry ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months and face recompete exposure. The Wellspring operates in partnership with local law enforcement, courts, workforce development boards, family justice centers, district attorneys, and community organizations across northeastern Louisiana to deliver trauma-informed, victim-centered services to homeless individuals, domestic violence survivors, sexual assault victims, veterans, and families at risk of homelessness.