| HUD No. 12-0301 Gloria Shanahan (305) 520-5030 |
For
Release Tuesday March 13, 2012 |
HUD AWARDS $6.7 MILLION FOR NEW LOCAL HOMELESS PROGRAMS IN FLORIDA
MIAMI - U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan today awarded $6,784,904 to support 32 new local homeless programs in Florida. This funding provides critically needed emergency shelter, transitional housing and permanent support for individuals and families and is a significant part of the Obama Administration's strategic plan to prevent and end homelessness. View a complete list of all the state and local projects awarded funding today.
HUD recently awarded $71.9 million to renew funding to 331 existing local homeless programs operating in Florida. That funding ensured housing and service programs remained operating in 2012. The grants announced today will support new local programs never before funded by HUD (see attached chart).
"Today's grantees will join the tens of thousands of local programs that are on the front lines of helping those who might otherwise be living on our streets," said Donovan. "It's incredible that as we work to recover from the greatest economic decline since the Great Depression, the total number of homeless Americans is declining, in large part because of these funds."
HUD is awarding $201 million nationwide to support 731 programs, including 103 projects located in rural communities. Funding to these never-before-funded programs in less populated areas continues HUD's efforts to confront rural homelessness. HUD is delivering record funding to meet the unique challenges homeless individuals and families living in rural areas face.
HUD's Continuum of Care grants provide permanent and transitional housing to homeless persons as well as services including job training, health care, mental health counseling, substance abuse treatment and child care. Continuum of Care grants are awarded competitively to local programs to meet the needs of their homeless clients. These grants fund a wide variety of programs from street outreach and assessment programs to transitional and permanent housing for homeless persons and families. Continuum of Care programs include:
- Supportive Housing Program (SHP) offers housing and supportive services to allow homeless persons to live as independently as possible.
- Shelter Plus Care (S+C) provides housing and supportive services on a long-term basis for homeless persons with disabilities, (primarily those with serious mental illness, chronic problems with alcohol and/or drugs, and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) or related diseases) and their families who were living in places not intended for human habitation (e.g., streets) or in emergency shelters.
- Single-Room Occupancy Program (SRO) provides rental assistance for homeless persons in one-person housing units that contain small kitchens, bathrooms, or both.
In 2010, President Obama and 19 federal agencies and offices that form the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) launched the nation's first comprehensive strategy to prevent and end homelessness. Opening Doors: Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness (http://www.usich.gov/opening_doors/) puts the country on a path to end veterans and chronic homelessness by 2015 and to ending homelessness among children, family, and youth by 2020.
In addition to HUD's annual grant awards, HUD continues to manage the $1.5 billion Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-housing (HPRP) Program. Made possible through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, this three-year grant program is intended to prevent persons from falling into homelessness or to rapidly re-house them if they do. To date, more than 1.2 million persons have been assisted through HPRP.
NEW HOMELESS PROGRAMS IN FLORIDA
| City | Project | Grant | Amount |
| Tampa | Homeless Coalition of Hillsborough County, Inc. / HOME3 | SHP | $513,702 |
| Clearwater | 2-1-1 Tampa Bay Cares, Inc. / Tampa Bay Information Network Expansion 2012 | SHP | $100,452 |
| St Petersburg | Catholic Charities Housing, Inc. / Pinellas Hope III | SHP | $300,895 |
| Deland | The Neighborhood Center of West Volusia / Neighborhood Center PH | SHP | $100,000 |
| Fort Walton Beach | Okaloosa Walton Homeless Continuum of Care/ Opportunity, Inc / Homes for Homeless | SHP | $197,249 |
| Fort Walton Beach | Okaloosa Walton Homeless Continuum of Care/ Opportunity, Inc / Housing for Homeless | SHP | $327,898 |
| Fort Walton Beach | Okaloosa Walton Homeless Continuum of Care/ Opportunity, Inc / Housing Relief for Families | SHP | $34,146 |
| Tallahassee | Capital City Youth Services, Inc. / Transitional Living Center | SHP | $165,727 |
| Tallahassee | The Center for Independent Living of N. F., dba Ability1st / APCH for Families | SHP | $156,078 |
| Orlando | Homeless Services Network of Central Florida, Inc. / Transition House PSH 2 | SHP | $147,787 |
| Kissimmee | Osceola County Government / Osceola County S+C 2 | S+C | $400,140 |
| Gainesville | Meridian Behavioral Healthcare, Inc. / Meridian SHP Housing | SHP | $80,569 |
| Gainesville | Meridian Behavioral Healthcare, Inc. / Meridian SHP Operations | SHP | $63,359 |
| Gainesville | St. Francis House, Inc. / Permanent Supportive Housing | SHP | $79,800 |
| Gainesville | Three Rivers Legal Services, Inc. / Homeless Advocacy | SHP | $21,000 |
| Vero Beach | Indian River County Board of County Commissioners / 2011HMISDataQuality | SHP | $58,000 |
| Ft. Pierce | St. Lucie County Board of County Commissioners / SLCNewS+CBeds | S+C | $289,680 |
| Jacksonville | Jacksonville Housing Authority / Villages Supportive Housing Program | S+C | $354,600 |
| Pensacola | Escarosa Coalition on the Homeless, Inc. / HMIS Expansion2 | SHP | $31,342 |
| Gulf Breeze | South Santa Rosa Interfaith Ministries, Inc. / Santa Rosa Permanent Housing | SHP | $146,632 |
| St. Augustine | Emergency Services & Homeless Coalition of St. Johns Co., / ESHC HMIS Expansion | SHP | $55,864 |
| Lake City | Another Way, Inc. / Lake City Permanent Housing | SHP | $23,689 |
| Lake City | Another Way, Inc. / Lake City Permanent Housing Bonus | SHP | $27,244 |
| New Port Richey | Ace Opportunities, Inc. / Ace Exhibit 2 2011 | SHP | $111,495 |
| Tampa | Agency for Community Treatment Services, Inc. (ACTS) / ACTS Chancey Congregate Facility | SHP | $246,327 |
| New Port Richey | Coalition for the Homeless of Pasco County, Inc. / SHP HMIS EXPAND 2011 | SHP | $20,000 |
| Clearwater | Directions for Mental Health, Inc. / Directions SHP-SSL | SHP | $137,761 |
| Dade City | Pasco County Housing Auhority / Pasco County Housing Authority Shelter Plus Care 2011 | S+C | $294,960 |
| Miami | Miami-Dade County / Kolapi | SHP | $1,770,156 |
| Fort Myers | Lee County Board of County Commissioners / SWFAS Chrysalis Peer Support Community | SHP | $89,733 |
| Key West | Florida Keys Outreach Coalition, Inc. / PH for Families | SHP | $28,071 |
| West Palm Beach | Gulfstream Goodwill Industries, Inc. / New Avenues 2 | SHP | $410,548 |
| Total | $6,784,904 |
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