$5 Million Grant to Help Homeless

Funding through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance Grant Program will provide the County of San Bernardino over $5 million in renewed project grants to furnish supportive, transitional and permanent housing and other services, to a countless number of homeless individuals and families who might otherwise be living on the streets. On April 8, 2014 HUD announced the award of nearly $1.6 billion in Continuum of Care (CoC) grants to renew support to 7,100 local homeless projects across the country. The projects provide housing and supportive services to thousands of homeless individuals and families. HUD’s announcement to renew funding to these programs will bring over $5.8 million directly to the County of San Bernardino to continue to fund seventeen existing projects. This recent award will also allow the San Bernardino County Homeless Partnership to continue with the measurable progress already made in meeting with the recommendations as outlined in the 10-Year Strategy to End Homelessness in the County San Bernardino. HUD is expected to award additional grant funding to support other renewal and reallocated local programs in the coming weeks as competitive applications submitted earlier this year are reviewed and scored. HUD funding will continue to support programs for permanent housing for homeless persons and families as well as a wide range of programs including transitional housing, job training, health care, mental health counseling, substance abuse treatment and child care. Agencies administering these projects include Central City Lutheran Mission, San Bernardino County Department of Behavioral Health, Foothill Family Shelter, Frazee Community Center, Global One Development Center, Housing Authority of the County of San Bernardino, Inland Behavioral Health Services, Life Community Development, New Hope Village, Inc., Salvation Army of San Bernardino, Time for Change Foundation, U.S. Veterans Initiative, Inc., and Vision of Hope – House of Prayer Gospel Outreach Ministries. A complete list of the state and local homeless projects awarded funding through this announcement can be found at the following link: http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/comm_planning/homeless/budget/2013 For further information, please contact the Office of Homeless Services at (909) 252-4001 or 711 for TTY users or visit the San Bernardino County Homeless Partnership website at: http://www.sbcounty.gov/sbchp.