HUD AWARDS $1.6 MILLION TO FUND HOMELESS PROGRAMS IN INDIANA

More than $118 million awarded to fund 630 projects nationally  

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.
 

Of this round of national funding, the State of Indiana was awarded more than $1.6 million to support 6 projects. 

The state was awarded more than $24 million for 89 projects in the first round of funding, bringing its total Continuum of Care award total for the fiscal year 2019 to $25.4 million. See the project names and amounts here.
 

 “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.”
 

“We are committed to empowering Indiana and its communities with the needed tools to help individuals and families experiencing homelessness,” said HUD Midwest Regional Administrator Joseph P. Galvan. “We are working collaboratively to ensure that no one experiences homelessness, but if they do, that it be a rare, brief and non-recurring experience.”

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.

To see all grants awarded this round, click here. HUD awarded the following grants across Indiana: