HUD Gives Fla. $114M to Help the Homeless
The U.S. will expend $2.6B in the next fiscal 12 months to conclude homelessness, with 328 Fla. companies receiving everywhere from $10,000 to $3.2 million.
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Growth (HUD) announced in excess of $2.6 billion in fiscal year (FY) 2021 Continuum of Care (CoC) Competitors Awards for about 7,000 community homeless housing and assistance applications across the United States.
In Florida, 328 person organizations across the point out will obtain $114,030,413. The grants are as compact as $9,464 for just one group in St. Johns County to $3,074,525 for a team in Miami-Dade County. HUD posted a record of all Florida-funded agencies on its web-site.
The awards will allow for communities to assist people and families encountering homelessness move into permanent housing with entry to supportive expert services, with the overarching goal of extensive-time period security.
“These Continuum of Treatment method grants, coupled with the historic sources in the American Rescue Approach, will produce communities the sources wanted to guarantee that each person in a respective neighborhood has the equitable option to a secure and secure dwelling,” suggests HUD Secretary Marcia L. Fudge.
The CoC plan is developed to advertise a neighborhood-huge commitment to the intention of ending homelessness – the major supply of federal grant funding for homeless expert services and housing courses. The 2021 awards include things like around $102 million for new domestic violence assist initiatives.
The awards also fund new jobs that emphasis on introducing everlasting housing to communities, such as permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing and transitional housing that will act as a bridge just before shifting households to quick rehousing.
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