HUD Awards Nearly $1 Million In Area Homeless Grants

May 3, 2013

U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan on Friday awarded nearly a million dollars in a second round of grants to support local homeless housing and service programs in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties.

Local grants totaling $987,587 include:

HMIS Expansion 2 $31,342
Loaves and Fishes Transitional Housing Program $248,672
Permanent supportive Housing Escambia $162,231
Permanent Supportive Housing Santa Rosa $108,125
Supportive Housing Program $129,330
Transitional Supportive Housing $307,887

“We know these modest investments in housing and serving our homeless neighbors not only saves money, but saves lives,” said Donovan. “These local programs are on the front lines of the Obama Administrations efforts to prevent and end homelessness as we know it once and for all.”

HUD’s Continuum of Care grants are awarded competitively to local projects to meet the needs of their homeless clients. The grants fund a wide variety of programs from street outreach and assessment programs to transitional and permanent housing for homeless persons and families. HUD funds are a critical part of the Obama Administration’s strategic plan to prevent and end homelessness.

HUD’s Continuum of Care grants announced Friday will continue offering 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.

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2 Responses to “HUD Awards Nearly $1 Million In Area Homeless Grants”

  1. Deborah Carnley on May 3rd, 2013 9:08 am

    I am a 55 year old homeless woman, one of many in Escambia County, FL..
    Please contact me and let me know where this money goes???
    I see women every day who are abused in relationships with men, who fly the signs and go to jail for their “man” to have alcohol and or drugs, and who have nowhere to turn…many of whom have no addictions but just need their lives to be restructured…..a new beginning with the confidence that they can come out of this lifestyle, and can do it without the abuse of an addictive partner.
    But, they are hid in the woods of your city, Pensacola, FL…
    Let us know something…..we are waiting to come out……
    homeless advocate for the homeless…….

  2. Bk on May 3rd, 2013 8:18 am

    I would support this 100% if it meant we no longer had to deal with panhandlers holding their signs dangerously close to the road.

    I would like to see the statistics on how many people are truly helped and have their lives improved by these programs.

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