Volunteers Of America Northern New England, Inc.

Volunteers Of America Northern New England, Inc., a tax-exempt nonprofit organization headquartered in Brunswick, Maine, receives federal grant awards to deliver housing assistance, case management, and social services for homeless individuals, incarcerated persons, at-risk youth, and homeless veterans across Maine as a prime recipient. The organization operates entirely as a federal grant recipient with no prime contracts or subcontracts; all 47 awards in the source represent direct federal grants from twelve distinct customer agencies.

The organization's federal footprint centers on three core service areas: homelessness and permanent supportive housing, veteran support, and criminal justice reentry. Volunteers Of America Northern New England is the primary recipient of Continuum of Care (CoC) Program grants (CFDA 14.267) from the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, with eight recent awards supporting transitional and permanent housing, rapid rehousing, and supportive services for homeless individuals and families in Brunswick and the surrounding region. Representative CoC awards include a $795,513 grant (October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2027) and a $161,256 grant (October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026) targeting youth homelessness. The organization received an additional $691,811 Project Grant from the Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.831) for the "Uplifting Families Together" project, a three-year initiative (October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2027) delivering programs and services to improve outcomes for incarcerated parents and their minor children in York and Cumberland Counties, in partnership with York County Sheriff's Office, York County Jail, and the University of Southern Maine.

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration funds eight awards totaling case management and per diem support for homeless veterans under the VA Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem Program (CFDA 64.024). The Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons Central Office leads the vendor's award count with eleven awards and $8.5 million in combined potential value across a primary IDIQ vehicle (Indefinite Delivery Contract DJB200136, ten task orders, $3.7 million), supporting substance use disorder expansion and criminal justice reentry programming at Knox County Jail and the Maine Coastal Regional Reentry Center. Activity has remained modest — two to three awards annually from 2022 through 2025 — with four awards reaching ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months.