Escambia, Santa Rosa Receiving Nearly $1 Million To Help Homeless

January 11, 2012

Escambia and Santa Rosa counties are receiving nearly a million dollars to help the homeless.

The $948,202 grant from the Department of Children and Families will help keep the doors open at local homeless shelters, find housing for those living on the streets and provide programs to help those who are homeless.

The grants, funded through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, will renew funding for 331 local homeless housing projects across Florida for this year.

“These grants play an important role in providing job training, health care, substance abuse treatment and child care,” said Department Secretary David Wilkins. “This funding is critical to helping people find housing and is a crucial part of our state’s plan to be a national leader in battling homelessness.”

The money will support programs that provide transitional and permanent housing dedicated to helping those who are homeless.

Comments

3 Responses to “Escambia, Santa Rosa Receiving Nearly $1 Million To Help Homeless”

  1. CDB on January 12th, 2012 9:41 pm

    Ok. If there is all this money going to help the homeless, why are there still so many homeless and panhandlers in P’cola? Before for giving them almost a million dollars, they need to audit and find out how much of the money is being wasted already.

  2. Jane on January 12th, 2012 4:33 am

    Will it help them find jobs? There are some out there who would like to be working but haven’t got the education, or are just down on their luck. Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Teach him to fish and he eats everyday!

  3. Me on January 12th, 2012 1:09 am

    This is wonderful!

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