Wayne Metropolitan Community Action Agency

Wayne Metropolitan Community Action Agency, doing business as Wayne Metro CAA, WMCAA, and Wayne Metro, is a tax-exempt nonprofit community development corporation based in Detroit, Michigan, that operates as a prime recipient of federal grants focused on comprehensive housing and supportive services for homeless, at-risk, and low-income populations across Wayne County and Michigan. The organization holds no federal contracts but maintains an active grant portfolio as prime recipient and sub-recipient across HUD, HHS, VA, USDA, and DOE programs, with overwhelming customer concentration in HUD's Continuum of Care funding for homelessness programs.

Customer concentration sits heavily with HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, which accounts for 177 of 238 awards in the top-five customer set and dominates both volume and dollars across Wayne Metro's footprint. Of the 327 total awards tracked (prime and sub combined), HUD CPD represents 73% coverage alone. The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families, the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service, the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration, and the Department of Energy round out the active customer set with 24, 15, 11, and 11 awards respectively. Prime work represents 65% of recent awards (213 prime, 114 sub).

Wayne Metro's capability portfolio centers on Continuum of Care Program (CFDA 14.267) homelessness housing and supportive services delivery, with recurring award cycles funding permanent housing (including permanent supportive housing for persons with disabilities and rapid rehousing), transitional housing, supportive services only, Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS), and homelessness prevention. Representative recent prime awards include a $2.22 million COC award in October 2025, a $1.62 million COC award in December 2025, and a $520,673 COC award in June 2026. Beyond COC work, Wayne Metro also operates as prime recipient under the Supportive Services for Veteran Families Program (CFDA 64.033), delivering outreach, case management, VA and public benefits assistance, and temporary financial support to very low-income veteran families; the organization received a $1.4 million SSVF award in October 2022 and a $1.28 million SSVF award in August 2023. Wayne Metro also holds a Head Start grant running through July 2030 and operates as a fiduciary and contracted service provider under state pass-through arrangements, managing Emergency Solutions Grant funds and other homelessness funding streams for countywide Continuum of Care networks. Sub-recipient activity includes coordinated entry services for homeless populations, call center and in-person access support, case management and financial assistance to homeless households, fiduciary services for supportive housing resources, and sub-awards under Michigan Department of Education USDA programs, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services weatherization and community services block grant programs, and other state-administered federal funding.

Activity volume shows volatility — 20 awards in 2022, climbing to 51 in 2023, moderating to 46 in 2024, declining to 35 in 2025, and 18 recorded so far in 2026 — suggesting potential pipeline fluctuation or a shift in award reporting. Nine awards carry ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months, creating recompete exposure in that window. Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $498.1 million, with the majority concentrated in recurring HUD COC and related homelessness programs. Place of performance is Detroit, Michigan 48202, with service delivery across Wayne County and Michigan statewide through sub-recipient and fiduciary arrangements.