Supportworks Housing

Supportworks Housing, a tax-exempt nonprofit organization based in Richmond, Virginia, receives federal grants as a recipient under the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Continuum of Care (CoC) Program (CFDA 14.267) and the Department of Veterans Affairs' Supportive Services for Veteran Families Program (SSVF; CFDA 64.033), delivering permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, case management, and benefits counseling to homeless individuals, families, and veterans in the Richmond area.

Supportworks Housing operates almost exclusively as a prime recipient (96% of recent awards) with minimal subrecipient activity, focusing on concrete wraparound services including outreach, housing stabilization assistance, mental health support, skills training, benefits coordination, and temporary financial assistance for rental payments, utilities, security deposits, and moving costs. Representative recent work includes a $4.9 million CoC Program award (November 2025, completion October 2026) funding permanent supportive housing and rapid rehousing for homeless individuals; a $2.577 million SSVF award (September 2025, completion September 2026) providing outreach and case management to very low-income veteran families; and a $1.367 million CoC Program award (August 2025, completion July 2026) supporting transitional housing and supportive services in the Richmond area. The organization also received a $321,067 CoC award obligated June 2026 (completion May 2027) to deliver eligible CoC services including Homeless Management Information Systems operations.

Customer concentration is nearly total with the Department of Housing and Urban Development Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, which accounts for 141 of 162 awards (98% of the portfolio) through recurring CoC Program grants since at least 2022. The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration accounts for 15 awards across SSVF Program funding. HUD and VA funding has also included one Economic Development Initiative award (August 2024, completion August 2032) and two Community Project Funding awards (February 2023, completion August 2031; August 2024, completion August 2032). The organization received its first federal award in July 2005 and has accumulated roughly $78.9 million in total obligated federal dollars across 165 awards, though award volume has flattened in recent years—nine awards in 2022 declining to two in 2026 year-to-date. Only four awards face ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months, indicating limited near-term recompete exposure.

Supportworks Housing also serves as a subrecipient on HOPWA (Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS) program funding from the City of Richmond, delivering facility-based housing and supportive services for individuals living with HIV/AIDS and providing housing-focused case management to formerly homeless households. One recent subrecipient award (January 2026) supported organizational capacity building including salaries for development and strategy staff advancing a 59-unit permanent affordable housing project called Rady Street Apartments serving households at or below 60 percent of area median income, with the organization reporting a strategic goal to serve 2,000 individuals annually across Greater Richmond and other regions.