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RECOVERY ACT FUNDS HELP MORE THAN 10,000 HOUSEHOLDS IN ALASKA, IDAHO, OREGON & WASHINGTON STATE AVOID OR END HOMELESSNESS
SEATTLE - U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today announced $3,114,168 in new grants to assist local homeless assistance programs in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington state. The funds will
be provided to 21 local projects (see list below) that offering critically needed housing and support services to homeless individuals and families over the extended lifetime of these grants.
Last December, HUD awarded nearly $60.3 million ($3.2 million to Alaska, $3.4 million to Idaho, $17.2 million to
Oregon, $36.5 million to Washington) to 19 local Continuums of Care to renew funding to some 380 existing local programs.
Today’s competitively awarded grant awards are in addition to that $60.3 million by funding new projects, and supports the Obama Administration’s plan to end homelessness. Last month, Donovan and 18 other federal agencies unveiled Opening Doors, an unprecedented federal strategy to end veteran and chronic homelessness by 2015, and
to end homelessness among children, families, and youth by 2020.
"This funding is an important part of the Obama Administration’s new strategy to end homelessness in all its forms," said Donovan. "We know that these programs are critical in moving people beyond a life on the streets and placing them on a path toward dignity and self sufficiency."
"The energy and innovations of our partners are crucial to our progress in ending homelessness," said HUD Northwest Regional Administrator Mary McBride. "Today’s funding insures that we continue to support programs that are
working, but also look for new ways to achieve that end."
FY 2009 Continuum of Care New Project Awards
| STATE | RECIPIENT | CITY | GRANT TYPE* |
GRANT AMOUNT |
| Alaska | Anchorage Neighborhood Housing Services, Inc / The Chelsea SRO | Anchorage | SHP |
$96,743 |
| Idaho | Supportive Housing and Innovative Partnerships, Inc / Permanent Housing Bonus | Boise | SHP |
$39,144 |
| Oregon | Central City Concern / Rose Quarter Housing | Portland | SHP |
$400,167 |
| Clackamas Women's Services / Permanent Supportive Housing | Oregon City | SHP |
$107,341 | |
| Community Outreach, Inc. / Community Outreach, Inc. | Corvallis | SHP |
$53,478 | |
| Linn-Benton Housing Authority / LBHA Supportive Housing II | Albany | SHP |
$107,309 | |
| New Avenues for Youth Inc. / Roads to Housing | Portland | SHP |
$142,380 | |
| Oregon Coast Community Action / Bay Area First Step Expansion | Coos Bay | SHP |
$15,295 | |
| Oregon Coast Community Action / Oasis Transitional Expansion | Coos Bay | SHP |
$29,160 | |
| Shangri-La Corporation / Permanent Housing Bonus Project | Salem | SHP |
$66,647 | |
| St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County, Inc. / Vet LIFT Expansion | Eugene | SHP |
$57,022 | |
| United Community Action Network / CARE For Independent Living | Roseburg | SHP |
$70,974 | |
| Washington County Department of Housing Services / Shelter Plus Care Chronic Permanent Housing Initiative | Hillsboro | S+C |
$130,680 | |
TOTAL |
$1,180,453 | |||
| Washington | City of Seattle Human Services Department / Bakhita Gardens | Seattle | SHP |
$279,300 |
| City of Seattle Human Services Department / Cascade Supportive Housing Project | Seattle | SHP |
$640,926 | |
| City of Spokane / VOA Samaritan Bonus Project 2009 | Spokane | SHP |
$223,979 | |
| Housing Authority of the County of Clallam / Clallam County Permanent Supportive Housing (CCPSH) | Port Angeles | SHP |
$151,174 | |
| Opportunity Council / Whatcom Homeless Service Center Master Leasing | Bellingham | SHP |
$94,348 | |
| Share / Bridges to Housing | Vancouver | SHP |
$51,792 | |
| Snohomish, County of / Alderbrooke Chronic Homeless | Everett | SHP |
$175,171 | |
| Womens Resource Center / Parkside Place | Wenatchee | SHP |
$117,102 | |
| Yakima County / Transitions | Yakima | SHP |
$61,036 | |
TOTAL |
$1,794,828 |
HUD’s Continuum of Care grants are awarded competitively to local programs to meet the needs of their homeless clients Continuum of Care grants provide permanent and transitional housing to homeless persons. In addition, Continuum of Care grants fund a wide range of programs including important services such as job training, health
care, mental health counseling, substance abuse treatment and child care.. These grants also fund street outreach and assessment programs to transitional and permanent housing for homeless persons and families (see attached summary of the funding awarded today).
HUD’s homelessness grants are reducing long-term or chronic homelessness in America. Based on the Department’s latest Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR), chronic homelessness has declined by 30 percent since 2006.
This decline is directly attributed to HUD’s homeless grants helping to create significantly more permanent housing
for those who might otherwise be living on the streets. It was also reported in the AHAR that the number of
homeless families increased for the second consecutive year, almost certainly due to the ongoing effects of the recession.
In addition to the funding provided through HUD’s Continuum of Care Programs, the Department allocated $1.5 billion through its new Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-housing (HPRP) Program. Made possible through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, HPRP is intended to prevent persons from falling into homelessness or to rapidly re-house them if they do.
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HUD’s mission is to create strong, sustainable, inclusive communities and quality affordable homes for all. HUD is working to strengthen the housing market to bolster the economy and protect consumers; meet the need for quality affordable rental homes: utilize housing as a platform for improving quality of life; build inclusive and sustainable communities free from discrimination; and transform the way HUD does business. More information about HUD and its programs is available on the Internet at www.hud.gov and espanol.hud.gov.
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