HUD Archives: HUD AWARDS $37.7 MILLION TO 199 HOMELESS PROGRAMS IN WASHINGTON STATE PART OF ADMINISTRATION PLAN TO PREVENT & END HOMELESSNESS

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January 19, 2011

HUD AWARDS $37.7 MILLION TO 199 HOMELESS PROGRAMS IN WASHINGTON STATE PART OF ADMINISTRATION PLAN TO PREVENT & END HOMELESSNESS
HUD Continuum of Care Renewal Funding Up More Than $1.2 Million From Last Year

SEATTLE - U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan today awarded $37,735,249 in Continuum of Care renewal grants to support 199 local homeless providers across Washington state in the coming year. This year's Continuum of Care awards to Washington state organizations is up more than $1.2 million from last year's $36,480,307 in funding.

A list of Washington state renewal grantees is provided at the end of this press release. Awards were made to Continuum of Care organizations serving Seattle/King County, Tacoma/Pierce County, Spokane City/County, Clark County/Vancouver, Yakima City/County, Everett/Snohomish County and the "balance of the state." New Continuum
of Care grants will be announced at a later date.

"There is a tremendous need on our streets and in our shelters among those experiencing both long-term homelessness as well as families confronting a sudden economic crisis," said Donovan. "These grants are the life
blood for thousands of local housing and service programs that are doing the heavy lifting to meet President Obama's goal of ending homelessness."

"We've faced some pretty tough times these last couple of years," said McBride, "and people who'd never, ever have imagined being homeless now find themselves on the street or in a shelter. Fortunately, day in and day out these Washington state projects have helped those at risk stay on their feet and those who are homeless get back on theirs. HUD is proud to help keep their doors open and support the very good work they do."

"Across federal agencies, we are aligning mainstream programs towards a goal to prevent and end homelessness,"
said Barbara Poppe, Executive Director of the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness. "While we continue to strengthen public-private partnerships in Washington and across the country to meet this goal, today's grants
provide essential support to continue the progress and meet critical needs of those who experience the crisis of homelessness."

Today's announcement also comes just a week before thousands of volunteers in nearly every city and county conduct a national one-night count of homeless persons and families. HUD's Let's Make Everybody Count! campaign
is intended to document trends in homelessness that are crucial to local planners' efforts to prevent and end homelessness in their areas. The grants announced today form a critical foundation for the Obama Administration's Opening Doors strategy, the nation's first comprehensive plan to prevent and end homelessness

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 organizations are charged with setting priorities on how best to meet the variety of needs of the homeless in the communities they serve. HUD 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.

HUD's homeless assistance grants are reducing long-term or chronic homelessness in America. Based on the Department's latest homeless assessment, chronic homelessness has declined since 2005 due to significant investments to produce thousands of units of permanent supportive housing for those who had been living on the streets. While the total number of homeless persons in America dropped slightly between 2008 and 2009, the number of homeless families increased for the second consecutive year, almost certainly due to the ongoing effects of the recession. In the last 10 days of January, volunteers from across the country will attempt to count the number of homeless persons living in shelters and on the streets as part of a national point-in-time count. For more information about HUD's "Let's Make Everybody Count!" campaign, visit www.hud.gov/homelesscount.

Based on HUD's 2009 Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR), volunteers throughout the nation counted
643,000 homeless people during a given night in January 2009. In addition, HUD found that during 2009, 1.54 million people used emergency or transitional housing programs in 2009. A typical sheltered homeless person is a single, middle-aged man and a member of a minority group. Of all those who sought emergency shelter or transitional
housing during 2009, the following characteristics were observed:

78 percent of all sheltered homeless persons are adults;
61 percent are male;
62 percent are members of a minority group;
38 percent are 31-to-50 years old;
64 percent are in one-person households, and
38 percent have a disability.

In addition to HUD's annual grant awards, HUD 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. To date, more than 750,000 persons have been assisted through HPRP.

In June, 19 federal agencies and offices that form the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) submitted to the President and Congress the nation's first comprehensive strategy to prevent and end homelessness. The full report is titled Opening Doors: Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness. The plan 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.

WASHINTON CONTINUUM OF CARE (CoC) AWARDS
WA-500 - Seattle/King County CoC
1811 Eastlake Project	SHPR	$586,377
Aloha Inn	SHPR	$201,576
Anita Vista Transitional Housing Program	SHPR	$57,319
Arbor House (aka New Ground Bothell)	SHPR	$123,062
Aridell Mitchell Home	SHPR	$28,596
Auburn Transitional Housing	SHPR	$42,540
Beacon House	SHPR	$9,896
Broadview Transitional Housing Program	SHPR	$158,620
Cedar House	SHPR	$168,153
Columbia Court	SHPR	$36,141
Coming Home	SHPR	$492,048
Compass Cascade Women's Transitional Housing Program	SHPR	$80,012
Dorothy Day House	SHPR	$25,422
Dove House	SHPR	$121,545
ECR Transitional Housing	SHPR	$17,603
El Rey	SHPR	$75,171
Evans House	SHPR	$183,540
Family Village	SHPR	$78,878
Harbor House - Safe Haven	SHPR	$348,156
Harder House	SHPR	$79,906
Hickman House	SHPR	$77,838
Home of Hope	SHPR	$181,306
Homeless Families Transitional Housing	SHPR	$26,724
Homeless Intervention Project	SHPR	$1,129,355
Homeless Youth Coordination	SHPR	$838,688
Homestep Scattered Sites	SHPR	$116,397
Hopelink Place	SHPR	$121,939
Journey home	SHPR	$507,350
Kerner Scott House Project	SHPR	$443,471
King County Shelter Plus Care Program - SRA	S+CR	$939,036
King County Shelter Plus Care Program - TRA2	S+CR	$5,525,304
King County Shelter Plus Care Program TRA-CH	S+CR	$389,052
Lyon Building	SHPR	$387,191
Martin Court	SHPR	$105,000
Mary Witt-Rosa Parks House	SHPR	$26,284
Medical Case Management for Children (Pathways Home)	SHPR	$545,049
Medical Respite Program	SHPR	$696,732
Mi Casa	SHPR	$74,613
My Friend's Place	SHPR	$251,744
New Beginnings Transitional Housing	SHPR	$326,054
One Heart Center	SHPR	$398,285
Rainier Supportive Housing Project	SHPR	$462,500
Ravenna House	SHPR	$151,856
Regional Homeless Child Care	SHPR	$529,095
Rose of Lima	SHPR	$105,422
Safe Harbors HMIS 1	SHPR	$303,975
Safe Harbors HMIS 2	SHPR	$99,739
Sand Point Family Housing	SHPR	$294,978
Sand Point Youth Group Homes	SHPR	$548,598
Scattered Site Leasing	SHPR	$517,251
Severson Program	SHPR	$123,286
Sobering Support Center	SHPR	$624,566
St. Martin's on Westlake	SHPR	$197,739
Straley House	SHPR	$105,602
Teen Parent Home	SHPR	$56,642
The Homelessness Project	SHPR	$57,278
Three Agency Demonstration Project	SHPR	$85,614
Transition Into Permanent Project (TIPP)	SHPR	$167,867
Transitions	SHPR	$81,370
United Indians Youth Home	SHPR	$343,565
Valley Cities Landing	SHPR	$140,085
WLP #1 2010	SHPR	$23,579
WLP Burien House	SHPR	$63,258
Watson Manor Transitional Living Program	SHPR	$38,134
William Booth Center	SHPR	$253,988
Windermere House	SHPR	$29,683
YWCA Opportunity Place	SHPR	$114,450
WA-500 -Total:		$21,542,093
WA-501 - Washington Balance of State CoC
Arbor Manor (Redmond)	SHPR	$56,085
Bateman House Project (Pasco)	SHPR	$125,704
Bateman House Project II (Pasco)	SHPR	$128,308
Benton & Franklin Counties Shelter Plus Care Program (Kennewick)	S+CR	$95,976
Chinook Apartments/SRO (Kelso)	S+CR	$90,720
Crossroads (Pt. Townsend)	SHPR	$135,599
Dorothy Place (Seattle)	SHPR	$140,868
Drexel House (Seattle)	SHPR	$110,000
Emergency Shelter Network Resource Advocacy Program (Olympia0	SHPR	$54,810
Evergreen Family Village (Pt. Angeles)	SHPR	$138,769
Family Development (Mt. Vernon)	SHPR	$50,054
Family Independence Program (FIP) (Republic)	SHPR	$36,316
Family Supportive Services (Pullman)	SHPR	$19,152
Fleetwood Tenant Stabilization (Seatle)	SHPR	$31,500
Gladstone House (Bellingham)	SHPR	$36,013
Goldendale Transitions Program (Bingen)	SHPR	$109,986
Home Base - 'Home Choices 1' (Pasco)	SHPR	$180,369
Home Base - 'Home Choices 2' (Pasco)	SHPR	$74,472
HOME SAFE (Wenatchee)	SHPR	$38,758
HopeSource Transitional Housing (Ellensburg)	SHPR	$46,346
Housing and Transitional Services (HATS) Program (Olympia)	SHPR	$133,921
Increased Case Management (Bellingham)	SHPR	$84,130
Island County Shelter Plus Care (Coupeville)	S+CR	$41,040
Islander Apartments (Everett)	SHPR	$34,600
Lewis County Transitional Housing Project (Chehalis)	SHPR	$108,814
Mason County Shelter Transitional Housing Program (Shelton)	SHPR	$98,299
Permanent Supportive Housing for the Severely Mentally III (Walla Walla)	SHPR	$66,101
R.I.S.E. Transitional Housing Program (Olympia)	SHPR	$151,516
Shelter Plus Care (Vancouver)	S+CR	$34,332
Shelter Plus Care Sponsor Based (Bellingham)	S+CR	$863,388
Shelter Plus Care Tenant Based (Bellingham)	S+CR	$222,144
Sisyphus II Housing Project-Agape Unlimited Shelter Plus Care-Project Base Rental Assistance (Bremerton)	S+C S+CR	$39,744
Sisyphus II Housing Project-Agape Unlimited Shelter Plus Care-Sponsor Base Rental Assistance (Bellingham)_	S4 S+CR	$110,712
Sisyphus II Housing Project-Agape Unlimited Shelter Plus Care-Tenant Base Rental Assistance (Bremerton)	S+C S+CR	$50,136
Skagit County Transitional Living Program (Step Up) (Bellingham)	SHPR	$261,785
Supportive Housing Rental Assistance (Bremerton)	SHPR	$136,450
Supportive Services Only for the Homeless (Pt. Angeles)	SHPR	$142,951
Tempest (Pt. Angeles)	SHPR	$78,481
The Next Step (Walla Walla)	SHPR	$142,724
Transitional Housing for Homeless Families with Children (Everett)	SHPR	$24,938
Washington State Rural Continuum of Care HMIS (Olympia)	SHPR	$143,082
WA-501 - Total:		$4,669,093
WA-502 - Spokane City & County CoC
Catholic Charities Hanson House SHP10	SHPR	$118,908
Catholic Charities HoC & SMS Supportive Services SHP10	SHPR	$42,621
Catholic Charities House of Chanty Casework SHP10	SHPR	$14,917
Catholic Charities St. Margaret's Transitional Housing SHP10	SHPR	$67,164
Community Detox Transitional Housing SHP10	SHPR	$56,251
Comprehensive Housing & Services for Homeless Singles, Youth & Families SHP10	SHPR	$280,581
S+C Catholic Charities Summit View S+C10	S+CR	$149,232
S+C New Horizons/VOA S+C10	S+CR	$381,960
S+C SHA Vets (County 306-406) S+C10	S+CR	$77,484
S+C SHA Vets (County 506) S+C10	S+CR	$6,660
S+C Spokane Housing Authority TRA S+C10	S+CR	$113,220
Salem Arms 2 Permanent Housing SHP10	SHPR	$85,723
SNAP Rural Rental Assistance Program SHP10	SHPR	$133,448
SNAP Small Cities Project SHP10	SHPR	$134,839
SNAP Supportive Services for Homeless Families SHP10	SHPR	$27,799
SNAP Transitional Housing for Families SHP10	SHPR	$167,591
Spokane Housing Ventures Permanent Supportive Housing SHP10	SHPR	$38,215
Transitions Miryam's House SHP10	SHPR	$88,698
Transitions Transitional Living Center SHP10	SHPR	$106,003
Transitions Women's Hearth SHP10	SHPR	$38,802
VOA Alexandria's House Transitional Housing SHP10	SHPR	$77,175
VOA Crosswalk SHP10	SHPR	$27,739
VOA Hope House Permanent Supportive Housing SHP10	SHPR	$51,424
VOA Off-Site Permanent Housing SHP10	SHPR	$106,082
VOA Samaritan 05-06 Bonus - SHP10	SHPR	$187,365
YWCA ADV Transitional Housing SHP10	SHPR	$44,028
YWCA Supportive Services for DV Victims #2 SHP10	SHPR	$89,932
YWCA/VOA Supportive Services for DV Victims SHP10	SHPR	$169,687
WA-502 - Total:		$2,883,548
WA-503 - Tacoma/Lakewood/Pierce County C0C
A Place for Us Too	SHPR	$162,335
Alaska Project	SHPR	$24,741
Alpine Vista	SHPR	$54,023
Avenue Apartments	SHPR	$111,377
Bridges Village	SHPR	$34,701
Bright Futures	SHPR	$165,201
Campbell Court	S+CR	$62,880
CHOICES	SHPR	$29,512
Flett Meadows	SHPR	$32,444
GLMH/MDC Sponsored Based Rental Assistance	S+CR	$190,188
Homes Transitional Housing Project	SHPR	$94,032
Housing First 1	SHPR	$340,986
Housing First II	SHPR	$201,499
Manresa Apartments	SHPR	$36,902
Narrows Ridge	SHPR	$76,855
One Family at a Time	SHPR	$24,324
Pacific Courtyard	SHPR	$89,527
Pierce County HMIS Project	SHPR	$45,150
Pierce County Mental Health System Collaborative Housing Project	SHPR	$259,033
Pierce County Mental Health System Collaborative Housing/19	SHPR	$89,568
Pierce County Mental Health System Hope and Recovery Project	SHPR	$167,339
Project Open Door	SHPR	$143,477
Rural Bright Futures	SHPR	$66,539
Safe Choices	SHPR	$136,799
Tyler Square I	SHPR	$34,106
Tyler Square II	SHPR	$59,885
WA-503 - Total:		$2,733,423
WA-504 - Everett/Snohomish County CoC
Aldercrest	SHPR	$87,585
Autumn Leaf House	SHPR	$70,369
Camellia House	SHPR	$23,609
Cocoon Complex	SHPR	$163,659
Crest @ Meadowdale	SHPR	$87,928
Domestic Violence Transitional Housing	SHPR	$109,270
Harrison Apartments	SHPR	$57,259
Helper's of People with HIV/AIDS	SHPR	$35,931
Homeward Bound Transitional Housing	SHPR	$72,245
Housing Hope Village	SHPR	$164,820
Kennedy Court Apartments	SHPR	$29,828
Lervick Family Village	SHPR	$81,523
Long Tern Leasing for the Chronically Homeless Disabled	SHPR	$124,476
Long Tern Leasing for the Disabled	SHPR	$103,619
McKinney Shared	SHPR	$41,393
Meadowdale	SHPR	$161,634
Monte Cristo	SHPR	$101,356
Project Reunite	SHPR	$43,636
Shelter Plus Care #5	S+CR	$2,928,744
SHP Vouch for Children	SHPR	$80,315
Transitional Housing for Families	SHPR	$75,435
TSA Permanent Housing Program	SHPR	$58,203
WA-504 - Total:		$4,702,837
WA-507 - Yakima City & County CoC
Connections	SHPR	$158,792
Sommerset Apartments	SHPR	$46,835
YNHS 904 Transitional Housing Project	SHPR	$48,188
YNHS 906 Family Transitional Housing Project	SHPR	$10,815
YNHS Bienestar Transional Housing Project	SHPR	$69,191
YNHS PSH1	SHPR	$10,568
WA-507 - Total:		$344,389
WA-508 - Vancouver/Clark County CoC
HMIS	SHPR	$72,697
New Dreams	SHPR	$122,414
Operation HomeStretch	SHPR	$83,229
Orchard Glen	SHPR	$34,429
Share Outreach	SHPR	$61,267
Shelter Plus Care	S+CR	$137,664
Story Street	SHPR	$164,101
The Way Home	SHPR	$91,700
Wise Moves	SHPR	$92,365
WA-508 - Total:		$859,866
WA Total:		$37,735,249

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HUD AWARDS $37.7 MILLION TO 199 HOMELESS PROGRAMS IN WASHINGTON STATE PART OF ADMINISTRATION PLAN TO PREVENT & END HOMELESSNESS HUD Continuum of Care Renewal Funding Up More Than $1.2 Million From Last Year

HUD AWARDS $37.7 MILLION TO 199 HOMELESS PROGRAMS IN WASHINGTON STATE PART OF ADMINISTRATION PLAN TO PREVENT & END HOMELESSNESS
HUD Continuum of Care Renewal Funding Up More Than $1.2 Million From Last Year