Volunteers Of America Of LOS Angeles

Volunteers Of America Of LOS Angeles, a child nonprofit entity of the national Volunteers of America organization headquartered in Los Angeles, operates as a federal grant and contract recipient providing homeless veteran services, youth housing programs, employment training, and victim services to vulnerable populations across the Los Angeles County region. The organization competes full-and-open on non-set-aside vehicles and holds no federal contract prime awards but delivers services as a primary grant recipient across the Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Education, Department of Labor, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Justice, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Federal contract work centers on Veterans Affairs delivery orders. VOALA operates six active indefinite-delivery contracts with VISN 22 collectively valued at approximately $93.75 million, awarded without set-aside designation through full and open competition. These vehicles procure HUD-VASH housing placement and case management (a $40 million IDIQ running through August 31, 2028), intensive case management for homeless veterans with complex medical and psychiatric needs (a $16 million IDIQ through August 31, 2028), emergency residential services and A Bridge Home transitional housing, contract emergency residential services for 64 homeless male veterans, and housing specialist services. Recent prime contract delivery orders include a $12.528 million HUD-VASH housing placement and case management order awarded September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2026; a $3.4 million Contract Emergency Residential Services order for 64 beds of tent housing at the West Los Angeles VA campus awarded January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2026; and a $1.6 million transitional housing delivery order awarded April 1, 2026 through March 31, 2027. The organization's contract portfolio is concentrated with the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Integrated Service Network 22 (83 awards, $283.6 million combined potential value across all contract and grant awards). Delivery orders are firm fixed-price and unrestricted under NAICS codes 624229 (other community housing services) and 623220 (residential mental health and substance abuse facilities).

Federal grant activity dominates VOALA's portfolio. The organization holds primary grant recipient awards from the VA Supportive Services for Veteran Families Program (CFDA 64.033, a $14.3 million grant for FY2025 serving very low-income veteran families), the VA Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem Program (CFDA 64.024, a $900,000 three-year case management grant awarded October 1, 2025), the Department of Labor Homeless Veterans' Reintegration Program (CFDA 17.805, a $500,000 three-year employment and training grant awarded July 1, 2025), the Administration on Children, Youth and Families Transitional Living Program for homeless youth ages 16–21 (CFDA 93.550, a $350,000 three-year grant awarded September 30, 2025), the Department of Health and Human Services Healthy Marriage Promotion and Responsible Fatherhood Grants program (CFDA 93.086, a $1.25 million five-year FORGE Fatherhood cooperative agreement awarded September 30, 2025), the Administration on Children, Youth and Families Basic Center Grant program (CFDA 93.623, a $350,000 three-year emergency shelter grant awarded September 30, 2025), the Office on Violence Against Women Children and Youth Program (CFDA 16.888, a $500,000 three-year grant awarded May 1, 2026), the Department of Justice Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Juvenile Mentoring Program (CFDA 16.726, a $650,000 three-year grant awarded October 1, 2024), and multiple Office of Postsecondary Education Upward Bound and Talent Search grants. The organization also receives funding through the HUD Ryan White Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS program (CFDA not specified, a formula grant awarded June 22, 2022) and the SAMHSA Center for Mental Health Services (behavioral health and violence prevention initiatives in South Los Angeles).

VOALA functions as a sub-recipient on 40 awards (11% of total) from federal grantor agencies including the California Office of Emergency Services, the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, the California Department of Education, the California Board of State and Community Corrections, the California Department of Social Services, and the California Health & Human Services Agency. Sub-grant work includes transitional and rapid rehousing services for domestic violence survivors, community-based reentry services for justice-involved youth, emergency shelter for crime victims, and child care assistance under block grants.

Recent activity shows 363 total awards (prime and sub, all sources) with combined potential value of $283.6 million and obligated dollars of $1.71 billion. Activity declined modestly (35 awards in 2022 to 6 awards through May 2026) but the dollar concentration with VISN 22 remains stable. Twenty-six awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $17.5 million. Service Contract Inventory data reports $2.2 million in invoiced amounts on federal service contracts in FY2023 across 38.2 FTEs, with government-paid median rates around $27.70 per hour and no subcontractor engagement on SCI-reportable primes. VOALA delivers services at multiple locations across Los Angeles County, the San Fernando Valley, and service planning areas in South Los Angeles, with administrative oversight at the organization's Los Angeles headquarters.