HUD Archives: HUD AWARDS $19.2 MILLION TO MORE THAN 100 HOMELESS PROGRAMS IN OREGON

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December 20, 2011

HUD AWARDS $19.2 MILLION TO MORE THAN 100 HOMELESS PROGRAMS IN OREGON
Funding supports Obama Administration strategy to prevent and end homelessness

PORTLAND - U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan and HUD Northwest Regional Administrator Mary McBride today awarded $19,210,480 to renew funding to 112 programs serving the homeless in Oregon, up from $18,190,255 last year (See list of sub-grantees and locations below).

The funding announced today will ensure these housing and service programs remain operating in 2012 and are a critical part of the Obama Administration's strategic plan to prevent and end homelessness. HUD is renewing funding through its Continuum of Care programs to existing local programs as quickly as possible to prevent any interruption
in federal assistance and will award funds to new projects in early 2012.

"The grants we're awarding today will literally keep the doors of our shelters open and will help those on the front
lines of ending homelessness do what they do best," 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."

"From 2010 to 2011 in some communities we have seem modest decline and, in others, a modest increase in the number of families and individuals who don't have place to call home," said HUD Northwest Regional Administrator
Mary McBride. "There is, in other words, lots of work to be done. Fortunately, we have a large number of hard
working and tireless partners to help us achieve our ultimate goal of ending homelessness in America. In the months and years ahead, their focus, like ours, will continue to be on the hundreds of thousands of homeless Americans still
in need of a roof over their heads."

HUD today renewed Continuum of Care funding today to the following Oregon organizations serving the homeless:

Housing and Community Services Agency of Lane County / Shelter Plus Care	Eugene	S+C	$424,956
Lane County / OR-500 - REN - Amazon Transitions	Eugene	SHP	$131,705
Lane County / OR-500 - REN - Chronic Homeless Project	Eugene	SHP	$30,835
Lane County / OR-500 - REN - Emerald Options	Eugene	SHP	$174,549
Lane County / OR-500 - REN - LANE Homeless Management Information System	Eugene	SHP	$96,260
Lane County / OR-500 - REN - McKenzie Transitions	Eugene	SHP	$323,346
Lane County / OR-500 - REN - Safe Haven Shankle	Eugene	SHP	$527,903
St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County, Inc. / OR-500 - REN - Connections	Eugene	SHP	$222,219
St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County, Inc. / OR-500 - REN - LIFT	Eugene	SHP	$249,736
St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County, Inc. / OR-500 - REN - Vet LIFT	Eugene	SHP	$88,470
St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County, Inc. / OR-500 - REN - Vet Lift 2 Expansion	Eugene	SHP	$28,511
Bradley-Angle House / OR-501 - REN - Andrea Lee Transitional Housing Program	Portland	SHP	$73,987
Cascadia Behavioral HealthCare / OR-501 - REN - OTIH Project	Portland	SHP	$271,872
Cascadia Behavioral HealthCare / OR-501 - REN - Royal Palm	Portland	SHP	$698,336
Cascadia Behavioral HealthCare / OR-501 - REN - Special Needs Housing	Portland	SHP	$15,384
Cascadia Behavioral HealthCare / OR-501 - REN - Special Needs Services	Portland	SHP	$125,582
Central City Concern / OR-501 - REN - Alcohol and Drug Free Housing	Portland	SHP	$160,602
Central City Concern / OR-501 - REN - Employment Recovery Program	Portland	SHP	$223,014
Central City Concern / OR-501 - REN - Madrona	Portland	SHP	$200,083
Central City Concern / OR-501 - REN - Sunrise Place	Portland	SHP	$104,772
City of Portland / OR-501 - REN - HMIS	Portland	SHP	$241,074
City of Portland / OR-501 - REN - OTIS Project	Portland	SHP	$271,986
County of Multnomah / OR-501 - REN - Domestic Violence Leasing and Supportive Services	Portland	SHP	$462,083
County of Multnomah / OR-501 - REN - Family Futures	Portland	SHP	$1,150,995
County of Multnomah / OR-501 - REN - Homesafe Supportive Housing Project	Portland	SHP	$278,736
County of Multnomah / OR-501 - REN - Horizon's Youth Leasing and Services	Portland	SHP	$142,142
County of Multnomah / OR-501 - REN - Pathways Youth Mental Health Services	Portland	SHP	$45,801
County of Multnomah / OR-501 - REN - Youth Pathways Housing	Portland	SHP	$12,635
Housing Authority of Portland / Shelter Plus Care 4	Portland	S+C	$263,952
Housing Authority of Portland / Shelter Plus Care 6	Portland	S+C	$408,420
Housing Authority of Portland / Shelter Plus Care CAP	Portland	S+C	$476,244
Housing Authority of Portland / Shelter Plus Care CPT	Portland	S+C	$463,944
Housing Authority of Portland / Shelter Plus Care ICH	Portland	S+C	$1,914,768
Housing Authority of Portland / Shelter Plus Care VAC	Portland	S+C	$503,388
Human Solutions, Inc. / OR-501 - REN - Moving to Permanent Housing	Portland	SHP	$51,905
Human Solutions, Inc. / OR-501 - REN - Opening Doors Rapid Re-Housing	Portland	SHP	$361,691
Human Solutions, Inc. / OR-501 - REN - Safe Home	Portland	SHP	$104,928
Luke-Dorf, Inc. / OR-501 - REN - The Clifford Apartments	Tigard	SHP	$166,293
Neighborhood House / OR-501 - REN - Turning Point	Portland	SHP	$276,770
New Avenues for Youth Inc. / OR-501 - REN - Roads to Housing	Portland	SHP	$71,190
Northwest Pilot Project, Inc. / OR-501 - REN - Pathways, Singles Leasing II	Portland	SHP	$122,879
Portland Impact, Inc. / OR-501 - REN - Richmond Place	Portland	SHP	$115,737
The Salvation Army, A California Corporation / OR-501 - REN - West Women's and Children's Shelter Transitional Housing	Portland	SHP	$125,769
Transition Projects, Inc. / OR-501 - REN - Collaboration	Portland	SHP	$277,367
Transition Projects, Inc. / OR-501 - REN - Horizons	Portland	SHP	$116,302
Transition Projects, Inc. / OR-501 - REN - Jean's Place	Portland	SHP	$243,041
ACCESS / OR-502 - REN - Woodrow Pine 2011	Medford	SHP	$10,901
Community Works / OR-502 - REN - Transitional Housing	Medford	SHP	$116,015
Rogue Valley Council of Governments / OR-502 - REN - Home At Last	Central Point	SHP	$132,297
The Salvation Army, A California Corp. / OR-502 - REN - The Salvation Army, Medford Citadel Hope House	Medford	SHP	$50,000
NeighborImpact / OR-503 - REN - NeighborImpact Transitional Housing Program	Redmond	SHP	$302,996
Clatsop Community Action / OR-505 - REN - Clatsop SHP Transitional Housing	Astoria	SHP	$17,951
Communities in Action / OR-505 - REN - SHP Transitional Housing 2011 Renewal	Ontario	SHP	$41,820
Community Action Program of East Central Oregon / OR-505 - REN - Co-operative Housing Project	Pendleton	SHP	$72,574
Community Action Team, Inc / OR-505 - REN - Blue House Transitional Housing	Saint Helens	SHP	$67,594
Community Action Team, Inc / OR-505 - REN - Forest Park Project	Saint Helens	SHP	$26,767
Community Action Team, Inc / OR-505 - REN - Permanent Housing Program	Saint Helens	SHP	$99,110
Community Action Team, Inc / OR-505 - REN - Saint Helens Transitional Housing	Saint Helens	SHP	$28,996
Community Connection of Northeast Oregon, Inc. / OR-505 - REN - OR-505-REN-CCN Transitional Housing	La Grande	SHP	$94,406
Community Outreach, Inc. / OR-505 - REN - Community Outreach, Inc.	Corvallis	SHP	$26,739
Community Services Consortium / OR-505 - REN - Housing Stabilization and Self-Sufficiency	Albany	SHP	$76,122
Eastern Oregon Alcoholism Foundation, Inc / OR-505 - REN - Rusty's Women's Recovery House	Pendleton	SHP	$35,467
Lincoln County Council on Alcohol & Drug Abuse, Inc. / OR-505 - REN - Project Passport	Newport	SHP	$43,311
Linn-Benton Housing Authority / OR-505 - REN - LBHA Supportive Housing I	Albany	SHP	$66,578
Linn-Benton Housing Authority / OR-505 - REN - LBHA Supportive Housing II	Albany	SHP	$53,654
Mid-Columbia Community Action Council Inc. / OR-505 - REN - Oregon Trail Youth	The Dalles	SHP	$11,605
Mid-Columbia Community Action Council Inc. / OR-505 - REN - Wind River Combined	The Dalles	SHP	$58,248
Mid-Willamette Valley Community Action Agency / OR-505 - REN - ARCHES Transitional Housing Project	Salem	SHP	$306,901
Mid-Willamette Valley Community Action Agency / OR-505 - REN - Marion-Polk Transitional Housing Program	Salem	SHP	$83,572
Mid-Willamette Valley Community Action Agency / OR-505 - REN - Tenant Readiness Training Program	Salem	SHP	$30,394
Northwest Human Services, Inc. / OR-505 - REN - HOAP-Safe Haven	Salem	SHP	$235,025
Oregon Coast Community Action / OR-505 - REN - Bay Area First Step	Coos Bay	SHP	$14,910
Oregon Coast Community Action / OR-505 - REN - Bay Area First Step Expansion	Coos Bay	SHP	$7,647
Oregon Coast Community Action / OR-505 - REN - COOLS	Coos Bay	SHP	$82,535
Oregon Coast Community Action / OR-505 - REN - Family Transitions	Coos Bay	SHP	$26,463
Oregon Coast Community Action / OR-505 - REN - Oasis TH	Coos Bay	SHP	$22,025
Oregon Coast Community Action / OR-505 - REN - Oasis TH Expansion	Coos Bay	SHP	$14,580
Oregon Coast Community Action / OR-505 - REN - Samaritan Housing	Coos Bay	SHP	$97,387
Oregon Coast Community Action / OR-505 - REN - Womens Safety and Resource Center	Coos Bay	SHP	$14,314
Oregon Housing and Community Services / OR-505 - REN - HMIS Training and Technical Assistance	Salem	SHP	$32,081
Oregon State Health Authority / OR-505 - REN - Oregon Housing Opportunities in Partnership (OHOP)	Portland	SHP	$17,496
Shangri-La Corporation / OR-505 - REN - New Options Transitional Housing	Salem	SHP	$37,800
Shangri-La Corporation / OR-505 - REN - Permanent Housing Bonus Project	Salem	SHP	$33,323
Shangri-La Corporation / OR-505 - REN - Permanent Supportive Housing Assistance Program	Salem	SHP	$153,860
The Salvation Army / OR-505 - REN - Alpha Life Skills	Salem	SHP	$39,375
Tillamook County Community Action Resource Enterprises, Inc. / OR-505 - REN - CARE Homeless Transitional Housing	Tillamook	SHP	$25,061
United Community Action Network / OR-505 - REN - CARE For Independent Living	Roseburg	SHP	$35,487
United Community Action Network / OR-505 - REN - Casa de Belen	Roseburg	SHP	$35,555
United Community Action Network / OR-505 - REN - Grandview Homes	Roseburg	SHP	$42,525
United Community Action Network / OR-505 - REN - ROLS II Renewal	Roseburg	SHP	$80,425
United Community Action Network / OR-505 - REN - UCAN Rent and Support	Roseburg	SHP	$59,368
Yamhill Community Action Partnerships / OR-505 - REN - Stabilization and Self Reliance Project	McMinnville	SHP	$41,046
Community Action / OR-506 - REN - SAFAH Self Sufficiency Program	Hillsboro	SHP	$165,218
Open Door Counseling Center / OR-506 - REN - Mental Health Outreach	Hillsboro	SHP	$38,095
Washington County Department of Housing Services / OR-506 - REN - Hillsboro Graduated Independent Living Program	Hillsboro	SHP	$83,868
Washington County Department of Housing Services / OR-506 - REN - Homeless Management Information System	Hillsboro	SHP	$39,000
Washington County Department of Housing Services / OR-506 - REN - HopeSpring Transitional Housing Program	Hillsboro	SHP	$136,523
Washington County Department of Housing Services / OR-506 - REN - Housing Stabilization Program	Hillsboro	SHP	$31,027
Washington County Department of Housing Services / OR-506 - REN - Safe Haven	Hillsboro	SHP	$291,867
Washington County Department of Housing Services / OR-506 - REN - Transitional Living Program	Hillsboro	SHP	$119,465
Washington County Department of Housing Services / OR-506 - REN - Washington County Transitional Housing Program	Hillsboro	SHP	$14,496
Washington County Department of Housing Services / Shelter Plus Care Renewal	Hillsboro	S+C	$1,058,256
Central City Concern / OR-507 - REN - Chez Ami	Portland	SHP	$236,968
Clackamas County Department of Health, Housing & Human Services / OR-507 - REN - Clackamas County CoC HMIS	Oregon City	SHP	$29,977
Clackamas County Department of Health, Housing & Human Services / OR-507 - REN - HOPE Leasing Program	Oregon City	SHP	$184,229
Clackamas County Department of Health, Housing & Human Services / OR-507 - REN - Jackson Place Transitional Housing	Oregon City	SHP	$64,057
Clackamas County Department of Health, Housing & Human Services / OR-507 - REN - Ready to Rent -PH Solutions	Oregon City	SHP	$114,200
Clackamas Women's Services, Inc. / OR-507 - REN - CWS THP 2012-13 FY Exhibit 2	Oregon City	SHP	$81,290
Housing Authority of Clackamas County / OR-507 - REN - Supportive Housing Program (SHP)	Oregon City	SHP	$71,886
Housing Authority of Clackamas County / Shelter Plus Care (S+C)	Oregon City	S+C	$327,528
The Inn-Home for Boys / OR-507 - REN - Avalon 2011	Portland	SHP	$33,870
The Inn-Home for Boys / OR-507 - REN - Springwater 2011	Portland	SHP	$244,192

HUD's Continuum of Care grants announced today 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 grants are awarded in three basic categories. First, SHP, or Supportive Housing Program, typically offers clients up to two years of transitional housing + needed support services. Second, S+C, or Shelter Plus Care, provides rental assistance for hard-to-serve homeless persons with disabilities in connection with supportive services funded from sources outside the program. Shelter Plus Care (S+C) is a program designed to provide 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 are living in places not intended for human habitation (e.g. streets) or in emergency shelters. The program allows for a variety of housing choices, and a range of supportive services funded by other sources, in response to the needs of the hard-to-reach homeless population with disabilities. Third, the SRO Program provides rental assistance for homeless persons in connection with the moderate rehabilitation of SRO dwellings. SRO housing contains units for occupancy by one person. These units may contain food preparation or sanitary facilities, or both.

Last week, HUD announced its 2011 "point in time" estimate of the number of homeless persons in America. Approximately 3,000 cities and counties reported 636,000 homeless persons on a single night in January of 2011,
a 2.1 percent decline from the year before. This documented reduction in homelessness was noticed among all population groups including individuals, families, and those experiencing long-term or chronic homeless. In addition, HUD's estimate reveals a 12 percent reduction in homelessness among veterans.

Last year, 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 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 allocated $1.5 billion through its Homelessness 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. To date, more
than one million persons have been assisted through HPRP.

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HUD AWARDS $19.2 MILLION TO MORE THAN 100 HOMELESS PROGRAMS IN OREGON Funding supports Obama Administration strategy to prevent and end homelessness

HUD AWARDS $19.2 MILLION TO MORE THAN 100 HOMELESS PROGRAMS IN OREGON
Funding supports Obama Administration strategy to prevent and end homelessness