Ywca Cass Clay

Ywca Cass Clay, doing business as A Child's World, is a tax-exempt nonprofit organization based in Fargo, North Dakota, that serves as a federal grant recipient addressing homelessness, domestic violence, and child nutrition in the Fargo region. The organization operates as a prime recipient on HUD Continuum of Care program grants and Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women transitional housing grants, and as a sub-recipient on U.S. Department of Agriculture child nutrition program funding administered through the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction.

The organization's federal footprint centers on three core capability areas. First, it delivers permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, and transitional housing services funded under HUD's Continuum of Care Program (CFDA 14.267), with recent prime grants including a $225,284 award for the period January 1 through December 31, 2026, and a $371,561 award effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2026, each supporting housing and case management for individuals and families experiencing homelessness in Fargo, North Dakota. Second, it operates transitional housing for domestic violence survivors, including a $500,000 three-year grant from the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women (CFDA 16.736) awarded October 1, 2025, running through September 30, 2028, providing twenty-two scattered-site transitional housing residences in partnership with the Fargo Housing and Redevelopment Authority and serving survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and sex trafficking with a minimum of six months and maximum of twenty-four months of housing assistance per client. Third, it administers child nutrition meal programs and food operations as a sub-recipient under the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction, receiving monthly CACFP (Child and Adult Care Food Program) allocations and Child Nutrition Block funding throughout 2023 to present.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted toward HUD's Continuum of Care program and USDA child nutrition funding. HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development accounts for 45 awards across the recent footprint, while the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (through sub-awards from the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction) accounts for 35 awards, collectively representing 98% of awards. The Department of Justice contributes six awards across the Office on Violence Against Women (four grants) and the Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime function (two awards). Activity has grown substantially year over year, from four awards in 2022 to twenty-four in 2025, with twelve awards recorded through mid-2026. Three awards reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing recompete opportunity in the HUD Continuum of Care and child nutrition sub-award streams. The organization functions primarily as a prime recipient (57% of awards) in the homelessness and domestic violence space, while operating as a sub-recipient (43% of awards) in the child nutrition program funded through state pass-through mechanisms.