March 13, 2020

HUD: Over $118 Million Awarded to Local Homeless Programs

Funding will support service providers and non-profits across the Nation

Today, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson announced over $118 million in grants to support local homeless assistance programs across the country. This round of HUD’s Continuum of Care grants will provide critically needed support to approximately 630 local programs on the front lines, serving individuals and families experiencing homelessness. Earlier this year, HUD announced $2.2 billion in grants to support thousands of local programs working towards addressing the needs of homeless individuals and families. View a complete list of all the state and local homeless projects awarded funding.

“The path to self-sufficiency begins with a safe place to sleep and ultimately, an affordable place to call home,” said Secretary Carson. “These grants will help service providers across the Nation continue their work of reducing homelessness in their communities and help our most vulnerable neighbors. The Trump Administration is committed to lifting up all Americans and this announcement is yet another example of our unwavering commitment to empower this great nation through investing in our people.”

HUD Continuum of Care grant funding supports a broad array of interventions designed to assist individuals and families experiencing homelessness, particularly those living in places not meant for habitation, located in sheltering programs, or at imminent risk of becoming homeless. Each year, HUD serves more than a million people through emergency shelter, transitional, and permanent housing programs.

In 2019, most of the country experienced a combined decrease in homelessness, however significant increases in unsheltered and chronic homelessness on the West Coast, particularly in California and Oregon, offset those nationwide decreases, causing an overall increase in homelessness of 2.7 percent. HUD’s 2019 Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress found that 567,715 persons experienced homelessness on a single night in 2019, an increase of 2.7 percent since 2018, but a nearly 11 percent decline since 2010. The number of families with children experiencing homelessness declined 5 percent from 2018 and more than 32 percent since 2010. Local communities also reported a continuing trend in reducing veteran homelessness across the country-the number of veterans experiencing homelessness fell 2.1 percent since January 2018 and by 50 percent since 2010.

The grants HUD is awarding include the following:

2019 Continuum of Care Grants (Tier 2)
StateNumber of ProjectsAmount
Alaska2$ 174,211
Alabama9$ 1,421,956
Arizona5$ 1,683,237
California65$ 20,775,666
Colorado8$ 1,769,241
Connecticut4$ 3,434,997
District of Columbia5$ 1,006,515
Delaware2$ 389,354
Florida37$ 6,562,907
Georgia13$ 1,976,006
Guam1$ 51,165
Hawaii2$ 758,223
Iowa6$ 622,424
Idaho3$ 229,369
Illinois36$ 6,223,731
Indiana6$ 1,642,169
Kansas5$ 274,623
Kentucky7$ 1,311,974
Louisiana11$ 4,182,333
Massachusetts21$ 4,498,300
Maryland16$ 2,564,411
Maine5$ 671,345
Michigan35$ 4,364,757
Minnesota15$ 1,298,837
Missouri12$ 2,026,284
Mississippi4$ 582,948
Montana1$ 43,430
North Carolina15$ 1,088,286
North Dakota1$ 114,993
Nebraska4$ 450,113
New Hampshire4$ 371,362
New Jersey22$ 2,286,952
New Mexico5$ 519,054
Nevada4$ 182,771
New York48$ 11,497,589
Ohio22$ 5,791,693
Oklahoma7$ 369,262
Oregon8$ 1,975,979
Pennsylvania33$ 5,269,089
Puerto Rico12$ 1,957,984
Rhode Island5$ 355,666
South Carolina5$ 376,055
South Dakota1$ 102,644
Tennessee13$ 1,037,961
Texas22$ 6,927,385
Utah5$ 508,121
Virginia17$ 1,744,738
Virgin Islands1$ 8,402
Vermont3$ 186,053
Washington21$ 3,645,985
Wisconsin8$ 1,332,730
West Virginia6$ 212,744
Wyoming2$ 80,920
TOTAL630$ 118,934,944 

This post was originally published here.