Tucson Center For Women & Children, Inc.

Tucson Center For Women & Children, Inc., operating as Emerge Center Against Domestic Abuse and doing business as Tucson Centers For Women & Children, is a tax-exempt nonprofit organization that delivers domestic violence intervention, emergency shelter, transitional housing, rapid rehousing, and related support services to survivors in Pima County, Arizona. The organization operates as a recipient of federal grants rather than a federal contractor, with an equal split between prime grant awards (50%) and sub-award participation (50%), and does not hold any federal contract prime positions or contract vehicle seats.

The organization's federal footprint concentrates on two agencies that together account for 81% of recent awards. The Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women funds ten grant awards focused on preventing domestic and dating violence through coordinated community responses, including a $350,000 36-month award (CFDA 16.888, October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2026) to expand engagement of men and boys as allies in violence prevention across Pima County in partnership with Boys to Men Tucson, Goodwill Industries of Southern Arizona, and the Tucson Juneteenth Festival Committee; a $300,000 award (CFDA 16.736, October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024) for transitional housing assistance and related support services; and a 36-month Justice for Families award (October 1, 2022 through January 31, 2026) supporting supervised visitation, court-based programs, civil legal services, and training for families affected by domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. The Department of Housing and Urban Development Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development funds eight Continuum of Care Program awards (CFDA 14.267) delivering comprehensive services addressing domestic violence and homelessness, including emergency shelter, transitional housing, rapid rehousing, homelessness prevention, and case management; the most recent awards total $345,327 (December 1, 2025 through November 30, 2026) and $308,743 (December 1, 2024 through November 30, 2025).

In its sub-award role, Tucson Center participates in federal funding flows routed through Arizona state agencies. The organization receives sub-awards from the Executive Office of the State of Arizona under the STOP (Services, Training, Officers, Prosecutors) Program and from the Arizona Department of Economic Security under the Emergency Solutions Grant Program, Social Services Block Grant, and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) programs. A notable sub-award, dated July 1, 2024, from an unnamed administrator provides Emergency Solutions Grant rapid rehousing funding to deliver short- and medium-term rental assistance, safety planning, and therapeutic services to individuals and families fleeing domestic abuse. Combined dollars obligated across all prime and sub awards total $6.8 million over the source window. Activity has accelerated — from three awards annually in 2022 and 2023 to seven in 2024 — with only one award facing completion in the next twenty-four months, indicating limited recompete pressure in that window.