Village Heartbeat, Inc.

Village Heartbeat, Inc., a Black American-owned, tax-exempt non-profit organization headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, operates as a sub-recipient on federal mental health and substance-use-disorder treatment grants, with no prime contract or grant awards in its recent footprint. The vendor does not compete on federal contracts and operates entirely through subawards under state Medicaid and behavioral health programs funded by the Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

All nine awards in the recent footprint are sub-subawards flowing through the North Carolina Department of Health & Human Services as prime grantee. Village Heartbeat's work centers on community mental health services, behavioral health resource delivery, and specialized treatment for deaf individuals with mental health or substance-use diagnoses across North Carolina's Local Management Entity/Managed Care Organization (LME/MCO) catchment areas. The vendor also operates the Bridge to Better Mental Health Program, serving high-need zip codes in Mecklenburg County and surrounding rural counties, and has recently launched two Youth Wellness Hubs targeting diverse Black youth ages twelve to nineteen in Mecklenburg, Cabarrus, and Rowan counties with program evaluation and outcome tracking.

All nine recent awards route through the Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, accounting for 100% of the award count. Combined federal obligation across all recent sub-awards totals $4.3 million over the three-year window from 2023 through 2026. Award flow is episodic — four awards in 2023, four in 2025, and one in 2026 — reflecting the grant cycle and program amendment schedule of the North Carolina behavioral health infrastructure rather than organic growth or recompete activity. The most recent subaward, dated March 12, 2026, continues the Bridge to Better Mental Health Program expansion. Earlier subawards from August 2023 anchor the vendor's core service line: statewide treatment delivery for deaf individuals with mental health or substance-use diagnoses across multiple LME/MCO regions, represented by four separate award records with identical scope and award date.

Village Heartbeat operates as a behavioral health service provider and community health organization rather than as a federal contractor or technology vendor. The entity does not appear on GSA Schedules, GWACs, or agency-wide contract vehicles. Federal funding flows exclusively through state pass-through mechanisms — the North Carolina Department of Health & Human Services administers the federal awards and subawards Village Heartbeat's grants to the vendor. No teaming relationships with other federal contractors or subcontractor exposure is present in the source data.