Volunteers Of America-Greater New York, Inc.

Volunteers Of America-Greater New York, Inc., doing business as Volunteers Of America, is a tax-exempt nonprofit organization headquartered in New York City that operates as a federal grant recipient, delivering homeless housing, supportive services for veterans and domestic violence survivors, substance abuse treatment, and human trafficking victim services across New York and New Jersey. The organization competes exclusively in federal grant programs rather than federal contracts; 77 of its 89 awards are prime grants (87%) with the remainder split between sub-awards to New York State and local government agencies. Volunteers Of America does not hold federal contract vehicles or compete for contract work.

The vendor's customer concentration is heavily weighted to the Department of Veterans Affairs, which accounts for substantially all award volume and dollar value. The VA Veterans Health Administration's Veterans Integrated Service Network 2 (VISN 2) anchors the portfolio with 26 awards carrying $74.5 million in combined potential value, while VISN 22 contributes 7 awards worth $39.2 million. Together, VA accounts for 85% of recent awards by count. The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development (the HUD Continuum of Care program office) represents the second-largest customer with 17 awards, all under the Continuum of Care Program (CFDA 14.267). The Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service rounds out the top tier with 7 sub-awards, primarily the Child Nutrition Program Block Grant (CFDA 10.555) routed through the New York State Education Department.

Volunteers Of America's capability portfolio centers on permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, and wraparound supportive services for homeless individuals and families. On the VA side, the organization delivers Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) grants worth $3,085,929 (September 2025, CFDA 64.033) serving very low-income veteran households in New Jersey with outreach, case management, VA benefits assistance, and temporary financial aid for rental, utilities, childcare, and emergency housing. Under HUD's Continuum of Care program, representative awards include a $879,964 grant (May 2026, award through April 2027) funding permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, and homeless management information systems in New York City, and a $785,011 domestic violence bonus grant (May 2025, award through April 2026) supporting rapid rehousing and supportive services for survivors of intimate partner violence. Beyond housing, Volunteers Of America also operates the OMNIA Project, a five-year $2,000,000+ grant from SAMHSA's Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CFDA 93.243, awarded September 2023 through September 2028) delivering evidence-based behavioral health services, case management, and permanent housing connections to 360 homeless individuals in the Bronx with co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders. The organization holds a $600,000 three-year Department of Justice grant under the Services for Trafficking Victims program (CFDA 16.320, awarded October 2024) in partnership with Safe Horizons, providing emergency shelter and rapid rehousing for immigrant victims of labor and sex trafficking in Brooklyn. On the employment and training side, Volunteers Of America acts as a sub-recipient of the New York State Education Department's Child Nutrition Program Block Grant consolidation and the Department of Labor's Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) funding, with a Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women transitional housing grant worth $400,000 (October 2023 through September 2026) supporting 30 transitional housing units for 75 domestic violence survivors and their families.

Recent activity has remained steady at 6 to 11 awards per year over 2022 through 2024, with 9 awards in 2025 and 2 awards recorded year-to-date in 2026. Five awards carry ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months, presenting recompete exposure concentrated in the HUD Continuum of Care and VA SSVF programs. The organization's three largest parent vehicles are the VA Human Resources and Equal Employment Opportunity Services vehicle (15 task orders, $60.8 million combined potential value), the VA Indefinite Delivery Contract VA24313D0185 (7 task orders, $14.1 million), and the VA Indefinite Delivery Contract VA24314D0045 (7 task orders, $18.2 million). The vendor's NAICS profile is concentrated in Other Community Housing Services (NAICS 623990; 32 awards), with secondary coding in Temporary Shelters and Other Residential Care Facilities. Federal grant footprint spans HUD (Continuum of Care and HOPWA permanent supportive housing sub-awards), the Department of Veterans Affairs (SSVF), the Department of Justice (trafficking victim services and violence against women transitional housing), SAMHSA (substance abuse treatment and mental health training), the Department of Labor (workforce development and WIOA), and the Department of Agriculture (child nutrition sub-awards). The organization operates 10 homeless shelters, 7 domestic violence shelters, and over 1,600 units of permanent supportive and affordable housing across New York City and northern New Jersey, delivering services to homeless individuals and families, veterans, domestic violence survivors, trafficking victims, and populations with substance use and mental health disorders.