Unburdened Heart Inc.

Unburdened Heart Inc., a Maryland-based tax-exempt nonprofit designated as minority-owned, woman-owned, and Black American-owned, operates exclusively as a federal grant sub-recipient, delivering trauma-informed reentry and workforce development services to justice-involved individuals across Maryland. The organization has no federal contract prime awards or seats on contract vehicles; all four recent federal awards are grant sub-awards, with combined dollars obligated at $391 thousand across the period from March through October 2025.

Unburdened Heart's customer footprint centers on Maryland state agencies acting as prime grant recipients. The Department of Justice Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention accounts for three of the four sub-awards, channeled through the Maryland Department of Juvenile Services, while the Department of Justice Office of Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance accounts for one. Unburdened Heart has no multi-agency presence and no exposure to federal contracting vehicles; all funding flows through state grantee pass-through arrangements.

The organization's capability portfolio consists of three concrete service lines: workforce development and reentry services (the October 2025 and July 2025 sub-awards totaling delivery of career readiness workshops, vocational training using NCTI Crossroads curriculum, employer engagement, job placement, and wraparound services including housing navigation and behavioral health referrals for justice-involved youth and adults); family engagement and compensation administration (the June 2025 sub-award supporting financial infrastructure, payment processing, and reimbursement tracking for family participation in Maryland DJS policy and practice reform discussions); and transformative juvenile justice programming (the March 2025 sub-award delivering anti-racism education, cultural healing workshops, community-building facilitation, and reentry support across four DJS residential facilities in Baltimore City and Western Maryland). Unburdened Heart's operational footprint spans multiple Maryland counties including Prince George's, Anne Arundel, Baltimore City, and surrounding areas, with direct in-person delivery of trainings, workshops, and case management. Recent activity consists entirely of 2025 awards with no prior federal grant or contract history in the source data; the organization's engagement with federal funding through Maryland state prime recipients is nascent and concentrated on juvenile justice reentry and family engagement work.