Waycross Area Shelter For Abused Persons Inc.

Waycross Area Shelter For Abused Persons Inc. (doing business as Magnolia House) is a nonprofit domestic-violence and victim-services shelter operating in rural Georgia that functions primarily as a federal grant sub-recipient (92% of awards), with two prime grant awards from the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women and the Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The organization serves as fiscal agent and grantee for coalitions addressing domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and youth substance-use prevention across six rural counties in southeast Georgia, anchored in Ware County.

Magnolia House's federal footprint concentrates heavily with the Department of Justice. The top four customer agencies account for 85% of awards: the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime (15 awards), the Office on Violence Against Women (4 awards), the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (2 awards), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (1 award). The organization's prime grant work includes a $500,000 four-year Project Grant from the Office on Violence Against Women (CFDA 16.590, active October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2027) to fund a Family Justice Center Navigator and Transport Staff Person coordinating victim services across six Georgia counties, and a $125,000 Drug-Free Communities Support Program Grant from CDC (CFDA 93.276, active July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2031) where Magnolia House serves as fiscal agent for the TRUST Partnership multi-sector coalition conducting alcohol and tobacco prevention and youth protective-factor work in Ware County. Sub-recipient work flows predominantly from the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, supporting domestic violence, victim services, law enforcement, and homeless-services programming dating back to 2022.

Activity remains modest and flat year to year—three to five awards annually between 2022 and 2025, with two awards in 2026 to date. Combined dollars obligated across all prime and sub awards total $5.7 million. The organization does not hold federal contracts or contract vehicles; its federal engagement is grant-based, positioning Magnolia House as a grassroots victim-services and shelter recipient in the rural Southeast, not as a federal contractor capable of competing on procurements or teaming in contracts.