HUD Reg. VI 09-20 Patricia Campbell (817) 978-5974 |
For Release Thursday February 19, 2009 |
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION AWARDS $9.2 MILLION IN GRANTS TO MORE
THAN 30 HOMELESS PROGRAMS IN NEW MEXICO
ALBUQUERQUE - U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today announced that the Obama Administration is awarding $9,197,428 in grants to homeless programs throughout New Mexico. These grants offer homeless individuals and families a wide range of housing and support services, and nationally, nearly $1.6 billion in homeless grants was awarded. A complete list of the New Mexico grantee organizations and amounts of funding follows.
"With the foreclosure and unemployment crisis looming, millions of families - both homeowners and renters - are in danger of losing their homes, so we must focus substantial resources to help those families find stable housing," said Donovan. "The grants being awarded today, along with the additional $1.5 billion that is contained in the American Recovery and Revitalization Act, will offer a critical lifeline to those persons and families who, after a foreclosure or job loss, might otherwise be faced with homelessness."
HUD's homeless funding is provided in two ways:
- Continuum of Care Grants provide permanent and transitional housing to homeless persons. In addition, Continuum grants
fund important 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. Continuum grants fund a wide variety of programs from street
outreach and assessment programs to transitional and permanent housing for homeless persons and families.
Continuums of Care are State and local planning agencies that coordinate their area's response to homelessness. They prioritize their area's needs and submit funding applications to HUD on behalf of the
housing and service projects in their area. - Emergency Shelter Grants provide funds for the operation of local shelters and fund-related social service
and homeless prevention programs. Emergency Shelter Grants are allocated to State and local governments,
based on a formula, to create, improve and operate emergency shelters for homeless persons. These funds
may also support essential services including job training, health care, drug/alcohol treatment, childcare and
homelessness prevention activities. By helping to support emergency shelter, transitional housing and needed
support services, Emergency Shelter Grants are designed to move homeless persons away from a life on the
street toward permanent housing.
The New Mexico grantees, and amounts are:
NM-500 - Albuquerque Continuum of Care | |
ACCESS - SSO | $241,154 |
Bridges Supportive Housing | $23,780 |
Casa Milagro Transitional Housing | $97,447 |
Downtown @ 700-2nd | $225,172 |
Dual Diagnosis Outreach | $115,500 |
Hudson House | $276,300 |
Mesa House | $105,000 |
Partners in Housing | $223,055 |
Pathways | $42,096 |
Pathways Supported Housing Program | $114,866 |
Proyecto La Luz - TH | $202,692 |
Proyecto La Luz SSO | $51,371 |
Sevagram Supportive Housing | $171,226 |
Shelter Plus Care | $340,680 |
Shelter Plus Care | $1,074,636 |
Social Transition and Resource Services | $135,267 |
Supportive Housing Program | $895,822 |
Supportive HousingProgram | $223,709 |
The Crossroads | $191,940 |
The Crossroads Chronic | $112,834 |
Total: | $4,864,547 |
NM-501 - New Mexico Balance of State Continuum of Care | |
$315,840 | |
Life Link-La Luz/PRA | $214,056 |
S + C New | $430,680 |
S + C Renewal | $212,184 |
Shelter Plus Care | $122,760 |
Shelter Plus Care | $128,124 |
Shelter Plus Care (S+C) | $330,720 |
Shelter Plus Care (S+C) | $98,424 |
Sonrisa Family Transitional Living Program | $189,598 |
Stepping Stones | $164,241 |
Supportive Housing Program | $234,410 |
Supportive Housing Program | $246,750 |
Supportive Housing Program (SHP) | $311,353 |
The Life Link/TRA | $214,848 |
Transitional Housing Program | $198,450 |
Total: | $3,412,438 |
Emergency Shelter Grants | |
Albuquerque | $193,745 |
NM State Program | $726,698 |
Total ESG | $920,443 |
Total of all Grants to NM | $9,197,428 |
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