CINCINNATI (April 9, 2014) – Strategies to End Homelessness has secured more than $13 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to provide supportive housing to people who have been living on the streets and in emergency shelters in Hamilton County.
The $13.1 million awarded in Cincinnati and Hamilton County was a part of a nearly $1.6 billion in grants announced by HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan. The grants renew support for effective housing programs across the United States through HUD’s Continuum of Care for the Homeless Program. The funding will ensure that local projects continue to provide critically needed housing to people experiencing homelessness.
“If we are going to reduce homelessness, we must offer housing solutions that are effective in helping people return to stable housing,” says Kevin Finn, President & CEO of Strategies to End Homelessness. “HUD is continuing funding for these programs because of the outcomes they produce: they return people to housing, help them find employment, and work to ensure households do not become homeless again in the future.”
Funding from the HUD Continuum of Care for the Homeless Program primarily supports permanent supportive housing, rapid re-housing and transitional housing programs for persons coming off the streets and exiting emergency shelters. Local agencies receiving these funds include:
- Bethany House Services
- The Center for Independent Living Options (CILO)
- Caracole, Inc.
- CincySmiles Foundation
- Drop Inn Center
- Excel Development
- Freestore Foodbank
- Interfaith Hospitality Network of Greater Cincinnati
- Lighthouse Youth Services
- Ohio Valley Goodwill Industries
- Over the Rhine Community Housing
- Talbert House
- Tender Mercies
- The Salvation Army
- The YWCA of Greater Cincinnati
An additional $800,000 for new and additional renewal projects is also available through the HUD Continuum of Care Program. Announcement of funding for those programs will be made later this spring.
