HUD No. 10-68 Adam Glantz (212) 264-1100 |
For
Release Wednesday July 7, 2010 |
HUD SECRETARY DONOVAN ANNOUNCES OVER $12 MILLION IN HOMELESS AID TO NEW YORK
NEW YORK - U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today announced $12,642,850 in new grants to assist local homeless assistance programs in New York. The funding will provide support to 29 local
projects that will offer critically needed housing and support services to homeless individuals and families over the extended lifetime of these grants (see attached chart). This funding is part of $189,551,427 HUD has awarded nationwide.
Last December, HUD awarded over $157 million through its Continuum of Care programs to quickly renew funding to 606 local programs throughout New York State. The grants announced today build on that investment by funding
new projects, awarded by competition and funded through the 2009 Continuum of Care funds. In addition, the
funding supports the Obama Administration's far-reaching and ambitious 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."
"HUD's highest priority is seeing our citizens safely housed and gainfully employed," said HUD Regional Administrator Adolfo Carrión, Jr. "These grants will continue our most important programs and ensure that the homeless have the tools necessary to become self-sufficient."
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.
FY 2009 Continuum of Care New Project Awards in New York
RECIPIENT |
CITY |
GRANT TYPE* |
GRANT AMOUNT |
Corporation for AIDS Research, Education and Services, Inc. / Fulton, Montgomery, and Schoharie Counties Portion of the Capital Region HMIS |
Albany |
SHP |
$9,214 |
Homeless and Travelers Aid Society of the Capital District, / Pathways Project 2 |
Albany |
SHP |
$222,209 |
Allegany County Community Opportunities Rural Development / Transitional Housing Program |
Belmont |
SHP |
$126,839 |
Gerard Place Housing Development Fund Company, Inc. / Housing First for Families |
Buffalo |
SHP |
$748,043 |
Polish Community Center of Buffalo / NY-508 - New - Matt Urban Housing First |
Buffalo |
SHP |
$1,389,962 |
Community Action of Greene County, Inc. / Supportive Housing Project for Victims of Domestic Violence |
Catskill |
SHP |
$29,899 |
Catholic Charities of Chemung/Schuyler / PHP Permanent Housing Project |
Elmira |
SHP |
$89,957 |
Glens Falls Housing Authority / Shelter Plus Care Program for Homeless and Chronically Homeless |
Glens Falls |
S+C |
$75,120 |
WAIT House / Transitional Living Program for Homeless Pregnant Parenting Youth |
Glens Falls |
SHP |
$183,286 |
The Mental Health Association of Columbia-Greene Counties, / Permanent Supportive Housing for Chronically Homeless, Mentally Ill, 2 |
Hudson |
SHP |
$56,771 |
Tompkins Community Action / Magnolia House |
Ithaca |
SHP |
$33,719 |
Gateway Community Industries, Inc. / Disabled Parent with child Supported Housing |
Kingston |
SHP |
$59,043 |
NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development / Geel Grand Avenue |
New York |
S+C |
$2,438,640 |
NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development / Hunterfly Trace |
New York |
S+C |
$3,725,700 |
Community Missions of Niagara Frontier, Inc. / HMIS |
Niagara Falls |
SHP |
$68,677 |
ETC Housing Corporation / North Country HMIS |
Plattsburgh |
SHP |
$12,733 |
Hudson River Housing, Inc. / HRH Noxon Street Housing |
Poughkeepsie |
SHP |
$50,206 |
Providence Housing Development Corporation / Rivendell Court |
Rochester |
SHP |
$135,385 |
Rochester Housing Authority / East House Home to Stay Project |
Rochester |
S+C |
$411,720 |
Rochester Housing Authority / JPC Housing for Homeless Ex-offenders Project |
Rochester |
S+C |
$315,360 |
Rochester Housing Authority / Monroe County SPOA Shelter Plus Care Project |
Rochester |
S+C |
$608,820 |
Tempro Development co. Inc. / Suburban Supportive Housing Initiative II |
Rochester |
SHP |
$284,431 |
The Center for Youth Services, Inc. / Parenting Teens |
Rochester |
SHP |
$251,828 |
Volunteers of America of Western New York, Inc. / VOAWNY Permanent Housing - Rochester |
Rochester |
SHP |
$412,460 |
YWCA of Schenectady / Rosa's House Expansion |
Schenectady |
SHP |
$144,703 |
Catholic Charities of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse / Permanent Housing for the Chronically Homeless 4 |
Syracuse |
SHP |
$215,977 |
Syracuse Brick House Inc. / K.E.E.S. II |
Syracuse |
SHP |
$215,977 |
Unity House of Troy, Inc. / Permanent Supported Housing Program (UH 309) |
Troy |
SHP |
$125,000 |
JCTOD Outreach, Inc. (dba Johnson Park Center / JPA IV) |
Utica |
SHP |
$201,171 |
TOTAL |
$12,642,850 |
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GRAND TOTAL |
$189,551,427 |
* SHP = Supportive Housing Program
S+C = Shelter Plus Care