Federal grants to help thousands of homeless assistance programs nationwide
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today awarded $202 million in FY18 Continuum of Care (CoC) Program grants to support new homeless programs across the country, including nearly $50 million to projects dedicated to assisting survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking. View a complete list of all the state and local homeless projects awarded funding.
Last month, HUD announced nearly $2 billion in CoC grants to renew funding to thousands of local homeless assistance programs nationwide. Combined, this funding represents a record investment to support state and local efforts to reduce and end homelessness.
HUD Secretary Ben Carson made the announcement in Akron, Ohio today during a visit to the Battered Women’s Shelter, a grantee that received funding and will use it to house domestic violence victims who are on the verge of homelessness.
“Today we make another critical investment to those persons and families living in our shelters and on our streets,” said HUD Secretary Ben Carson. “These new programs will join those already on the front lines in their communities working to end homelessness.”
HUD 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.
HUD continues to challenge state and local planning organizations called “Continuums of Care” to support their highest performing local programs that have proven most effective in meeting the needs of persons experiencing homelessness in their communities. Many of these state and local planners also embraced HUD’s call to shift funds from existing underperforming projects to create new ones that are based on best practices that will further their efforts to prevent and end homelessness.
| Fiscal Year 2018 Continuum of Care Grants | ||||
| State | Number of Existing Local Projects | Number of New Local Projects | Combined Amount | |
| Alabama | 40 | 13 | $17,024,088 | |
| Alaska | 20 | 4 | $3,925,329 | |
| Arizona | 77 | 6 | $40,629,348 | |
| Arkansas | 21 | 3 | $4,124,744 | |
| California | 694 | 99 | $415,290,908 | |
| Colorado | 54 | 5 | $32,685,718 | |
| Connecticut | 122 | 11 | $49,020,640 | |
| Delaware | 26 | 4 | $8,249,505 | |
| District of Columbia | 37 | 5 | $22,720,536 | |
| Florida | 250 | 47 | $85,425,367 | |
| Georgia | 153 | 17 | $43,070,968 | |
| Guam | 4 | 5 | $1, 136,986 | |
| Hawaii | 22 | 6 | $12,096,595 | |
| Idaho | 22 | 8 | $4,326,670 | |
| Illinois | 325 | 55 | $116,089,960 | |
| Indiana | 82 | 10 | $22,701,327 | |
| Iowa | 37 | 10 | $9,507,330 | |
| Kansas | 33 | 7 | $7,876,825 | |
| Kentucky | 86 | 13 | $21,156,489 | |
| Louisiana | 116 | 28 | $51,411,972 | |
| Maine | 23 | 3 | $13,091,730 | |
| Maryland | 143 | 20 | $53,385,248 | |
| Massachusetts | 196 | 33 | $78,523,594 | |
| Michigan | 241 | 35 | $73,581,438 | |
| Minnesota | 178 | 26 | $34,078,630 | |
| Mississippi | 21 | 7 | $5,049,204 | |
| Missouri | 116 | 22 | $36,369,017 | |
| Montana | 11 | 4 | $2,681,779 | |
| Nebraska | 41 | 5 | $9,108,192 | |
| Nevada | 37 | 7 | $16,448,800 | |
| New Hampshire | 50 | 7 | $7,674,344 | |
| New Jersey | 203 | 30 | $48,013,407 | |
| New Mexico | 50 | 9 | $11,187,659 | |
| New York | 475 | 67 | $214,909,567 | |
| North Carolina | 115 | 28 | $26,607,889 | |
| North Dakota | 14 | 2 | $1,876,781 | |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 0 | 1 | $14,244 | |
| Ohio | 263 | 31 | $103,524,425 | |
| Oklahoma | 54 | 7 | $8,546,252 | |
| Oregon | 100 | 22 | $38,595,048 | |
| Pennsylvania | 438 | 44 | $108,026,699 | |
| Puerto Rico | 56 | 2 | $18,683,589 | |
| Rhode Island | 32 | 6 | $7,160,233 | |
| South Carolina | 46 | 13 | $10,854,731 | |
| South Dakota | 8 | 1 | $1,316,523 | |
| Tennessee | 103 | 21 | $21,488,296 | |
| Texas | 169 | 39 | $97,243,257 | |
| Utah | 43 | 7 | $10,903,163 | |
| Vermont | 15 | 6 | $4,874,971 | |
| Virgin Islands | 3 | 1 | $192,882 | |
| Virginia | 115 | 28 | $30,825,720 | |
| Washington | 153 | 22 | $67,287,147 | |
| West Virginia | 45 | 9 | $8,751,479 | |
| Wisconsin | 75 | 12 | $25,556,871 | |
| Wyoming | 3 | 2 | $288,790 | |
| Total | 5856 | 935 | $2,165,192,904 | |