| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 1, 2003 |
For more information, call:
Barbara
Poppe, CSB, 614/221-9195 Susan Weaver,
CHN,
614/251-1700 ext. 106 Sandra Stephenson,
Southeast, 614/225-0980 Patrick Lay,
CNHC,
614/645-5503 Judith Talbert, VA, 614/257-5200 ext. 5421
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FEDERAL FUNDS
AWARDED TO END HOMELESSNESS
Columbus and
Franklin County to receive $3.3 Million
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The U.S. Interagency Council on the Homeless, U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs have collectively awarded $3.3 million from the Collaborative Initiative to End Homelessness to fund a new project to address chronic homelessness in our community. The initiative supports President Bush’s goal to end chronic homelessness by seeking to create a collaborative and comprehensive approach to addressing homelessness.
The Rebuilding Lives
PACT[1]
Team Initiative, an extension of the Rebuilding Lives plan, will create 80 new
units of permanent supportive housing and build an infrastructure that
systematically and successfully links participants to mainstream benefits and
resources. The target population is
adults who have experienced chronic homelessness and have a serious mental
disability.
Rebuilding Lives PACT Team
Initiative partners include Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority, Columbus
Neighborhood Health Centers Inc., Community Housing Network, Community Research
Partners, Community Shelter Board, the Corporation for Supportive Housing,
Franklin County Department of Job & Family Services, Southeast Inc., and
Chalmers P. Wylie VA Outpatient Clinic.
The funding
announcement was made today at a meeting of the Interagency Council on the
Homeless held at the White House Conference Center where CSB executive director,
Barbara Poppe, and CSB Advisory Board member, Holly Schottenstein Kastan,
addressed the Council on Columbus and Franklin County’s successful efforts to
address and reduce homelessness.
Summary of the Funding
Awards
Federal Agency Awarding
Funds |
Local
Grantee |
Amount
Awarded |
Term of
Award |
U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development |
Community Housing
Network |
$1,912,438 |
3
Years |
|
U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services:
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration |
Southeast,
Inc. |
$690,847 |
1
Year |
|
U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services: Health Resources and Services
Administration |
Columbus Neighborhood
Health Centers |
$300,000 |
1
Year |
|
U.S. Department of
Veterans Affairs |
Chalmers P. Wylie VA
Outpatient Clinic |
$429,000 |
3
Years |
|
|
|
$3,332,285 |
|
The
Community Shelter Board, established in 1986, is a non-profit intermediary
organization that coordinates community based efforts, fosters collaboration,
and funds services to assist families and individuals in Central Ohio to resolve
their housing crisis. The Community
Shelter Board allocates $7.5 million annually to support programs at 15
agencies. Last year, these programs
served more than 11,000 individuals.
The Community Shelter Board is funded by the City of Columbus, the
Franklin County Board of Commissioners, the United Way of Central Ohio, the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development, the State of Ohio, and other public
and private donors.
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