Barack Obama

Cha

(305,428 posts) Fri May 3, 2013, 03:09 PM May 2013

OBAMA ADMINISTRATION RENEWS SUPPORT FOR MORE THAN 500 LOCAL HOMELESS PROGRAMS ACROSS THE U.S.

WASHINGTON – U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan yesterday announced a second round of grants for more than 500 local homeless housing and service programs across the U.S, provided through HUD’s Continuum of Care Program. This year, HUD challenged local communities to reexamine their response to homelessness and give greater weight to proven strategies, from providing ‘rapid re-housing’ for homeless families to permanent supportive housing for those experiencing chronic homelessness (see attached chart).

The $72 million in grants announced today support a wide range of programs including street outreach, client assessment, and direct housing assistance. In March, HUD awarded more than $1.5 billion in a first round of grant funding to renew support for more than 7,000 other local programs. HUD will make a third round of funding to support selected new projects later this year.

In 2010, President Obama and 19 federal agencies and offices that form the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) launched the nation’s first comprehensive strategy to prevent and end homelessness. Opening Doors: Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness puts the country on a path to end veterans and chronic homelessness by 2015 and to ending homelessness among children, family, and youth by 2020.

View a complete list of all the state and local homeless projects awarded funding. http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/comm_planning/homeless/budget/2012

http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/press/press_releases_media_advisories/2013/HUDNo.13-062

Good to see this.. thought BOGgers would like to know and anyone else who's interested.

BOG

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OBAMA ADMINISTRATION RENEWS SUPPORT FOR MORE THAN 500 LOCAL HOMELESS PROGRAMS ACROSS THE U.S. (Original Post) Cha May 2013 OP

Rec#5. Tarheel_Dem May 2013 #1

Wow, Tarheel! I was busy Cha May 2013 #5

He Sure Did, This Is Critical To The Programs I Run Skraxx May 2013 #2

I'm so Happy for you all, too, Skraxx! Cha May 2013 #6

And not covered in mainstream media, either. Thanks for the info. freshwest May 2013 #16

Rec #10. freshwest May 2013 #3

Thanks freshwest! Cha May 2013 #7

Glad he managed to get this. I have friends who are losing thousands of dollars in wages and other freshwest May 2013 #9

Ohhh, I know.. Cha May 2013 #11

Recommend. morningfog May 2013 #4

Thank you, morningfog.. Cha May 2013 #8

I work at HUD. We pushed HARD for these programs. The people who assert that Obama doesn't Liberal_Stalwart71 May 2013 #10

Thank you for pushing HARD, Liberal Stalwart! Cha May 2013 #12

Thanks! Skraxx May 2013 #13

Those people only know what the media spins, but you know what's really going on. Thanks. freshwest May 2013 #14

Programs that actually PUT THE HOMELESS INTO HOMES would be cool, too rocktivity May 2013 #15

We will continue to fight and work hard. People need to call their members of Congress. Liberal_Stalwart71 May 2013 #17

No need to shout, even if the original article may have all caps. nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2013 #18

Exactly, the way the OP was POSTED. Cha May 2013 #19

good grief! it IS worth shouting about.. chillfactor May 2013 #29

Terrific news. Thanks Cha! Hekate May 2013 #20

Mahalo, Hekate!~ Cha May 2013 #22

Great News to come home to,Cha! sheshe2 May 2013 #21

Yes, sheshe! Cha May 2013 #23

This is Simply Beautiful! sheshe2 May 2013 #24

I had not heard about this. It is good news! I am sure asjr May 2013 #25

Yes, I'm sure Infortainment, Celebrity Obsessed "news".. Cha May 2013 #27

I love to see this Nika May 2013 #26

Our homes are our shelters and sanctuaries, Nika.. it's sooo Cha May 2013 #28

Great news, Cha - Glad you posted this! LeftInTX May 2013 #30

That's right, LeftInTx.. not getting much play in the mainstream news.. Cha May 2013 #31

Rec # 42!!!! Lady Freedom Returns May 2013 #32

Thank you, Lady Freedom Returns.. Cha May 2013 #33

+1 - These programs are vitally important for a lot of people Politicub May 2013 #34

Yes, and hopefully we can attain our goal of getting rid of Homelessness Cha May 2013 #35

Tarheel_Dem

(31,443 posts)

1. Rec#5.

Reply to Cha (Original post)

Fri May 3, 2013, 03:12 PM

May 2013

Cha

(305,428 posts)

5. Wow, Tarheel! I was busy

Reply to Tarheel_Dem (Reply #1)

Fri May 3, 2013, 03:31 PM

May 2013

posting about PBO in Mexico and come back to this!

Bueno, amiga!

Skraxx

(3,146 posts)

2. He Sure Did, This Is Critical To The Programs I Run

Reply to Cha (Original post)

Fri May 3, 2013, 03:18 PM

May 2013

Was very happy about this, very happy indeed. We will help a lot of people who really need it with this funding.

Cha

(305,428 posts)

6. I'm so Happy for you all, too, Skraxx!

Reply to Skraxx (Reply #2)

Fri May 3, 2013, 03:33 PM

May 2013

HUD doesn't have to go through greedy obstructionist gops for this one!

freshwest

(53,661 posts)

16. And not covered in mainstream media, either. Thanks for the info.

Reply to Skraxx (Reply #2)

Fri May 3, 2013, 04:07 PM

May 2013

freshwest

(53,661 posts)

3. Rec #10.

Reply to Cha (Original post)

Fri May 3, 2013, 03:18 PM

May 2013

Cha

(305,428 posts)

7. Thanks freshwest!

Reply to freshwest (Reply #3)

Fri May 3, 2013, 03:36 PM

May 2013

Big ol smile for helping our Homeless among us!

freshwest

(53,661 posts)

9. Glad he managed to get this. I have friends who are losing thousands of dollars in wages and other

Reply to Cha (Reply #7)

Fri May 3, 2013, 03:42 PM

May 2013

things due to the Sequester, but they agree that the most needy are a national priority.

Cha

(305,428 posts)

11. Ohhh, I know..

Reply to freshwest (Reply #9)

Fri May 3, 2013, 03:49 PM

May 2013

"the Sequester" is awful. Like I posted to Skraxx.. the Obama Admin doesn't have to go through the Plutocratic Koch Gops to get this DONE.

morningfog

(18,115 posts)

4. Recommend.

Reply to Cha (Original post)

Fri May 3, 2013, 03:27 PM

May 2013

Cha

(305,428 posts)

8. Thank you, morningfog..

Reply to morningfog (Reply #4)

Fri May 3, 2013, 03:37 PM

May 2013

Liberal_Stalwart71

(20,450 posts)

10. I work at HUD. We pushed HARD for these programs. The people who assert that Obama doesn't

Reply to Cha (Original post)

Fri May 3, 2013, 03:44 PM

May 2013

care about the 99% and the poor...well, it's just plain WRONG!!

Cha

(305,428 posts)

12. Thank you for pushing HARD, Liberal Stalwart!

Reply to Liberal_Stalwart71 (Reply #10)

Fri May 3, 2013, 03:51 PM

May 2013

You work at HUD, I am on HUD! So grateful!

Skraxx

(3,146 posts)

13. Thanks!

Reply to Liberal_Stalwart71 (Reply #10)

Fri May 3, 2013, 03:52 PM

May 2013

freshwest

(53,661 posts)

14. Those people only know what the media spins, but you know what's really going on. Thanks.

Reply to Liberal_Stalwart71 (Reply #10)

Fri May 3, 2013, 04:06 PM

May 2013

rocktivity

(44,883 posts)

15. Programs that actually PUT THE HOMELESS INTO HOMES would be cool, too

Reply to Cha (Original post)

Fri May 3, 2013, 04:06 PM

May 2013

along with jobs and wages that will allow them to keep, and perhaps eventually buy them. Why has that been beyond our reach?

rocktivity

Liberal_Stalwart71

(20,450 posts)

17. We will continue to fight and work hard. People need to call their members of Congress.

Reply to rocktivity (Reply #15)

Fri May 3, 2013, 04:11 PM

May 2013

Believe me, it works.

Bernardo de La Paz

(50,917 posts)

18. No need to shout, even if the original article may have all caps. nt

Reply to Cha (Original post)

Fri May 3, 2013, 04:30 PM

May 2013

Cha

(305,428 posts)

19. Exactly, the way the OP was POSTED.

Reply to Bernardo de La Paz (Reply #18)

Fri May 3, 2013, 04:43 PM

May 2013

That's all you have to say about this good news?

chillfactor

(7,694 posts)

29. good grief! it IS worth shouting about..

Reply to Bernardo de La Paz (Reply #18)

Fri May 3, 2013, 07:01 PM

May 2013

the thousands of people who will be helped with this grant money and all you do is critisize the caps?

Hekate

(94,665 posts)

20. Terrific news. Thanks Cha!

Reply to Cha (Original post)

Fri May 3, 2013, 04:57 PM

May 2013

and Rec.

Cha

(305,428 posts)

22. Mahalo, Hekate!~

Reply to Hekate (Reply #20)

Fri May 3, 2013, 05:12 PM

May 2013

sheshe2

(87,498 posts)

21. Great News to come home to,Cha!

Reply to Cha (Original post)

Fri May 3, 2013, 05:09 PM

May 2013

I love the fact, that this President was able to get something good done!!! Glad HUD and the President didn't need to go through our do nothing House GOP.

Well done!

BOG

Cha

(305,428 posts)

23. Yes, sheshe!

Reply to sheshe2 (Reply #21)

Fri May 3, 2013, 05:21 PM

May 2013

The Obama Admin is actually Helping our Homeless and have been since their goal in 2010..

Great to get an update on their ongoing "Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness that puts the country on a path to end verterans and chronic homelessness by 2015 and to ending homelessness among children, family, and youth by 2020."

There will always be people who prefer living outdoors but for those who don't want it .. this is so encouraging!

BOG

sheshe2

(87,498 posts)

24. This is Simply Beautiful!

Reply to Cha (Original post)

Fri May 3, 2013, 05:54 PM

May 2013

country on a path to end veterans and chronic homelessness by 2015 and to ending homelessness among children, family, and youth by 2020.

This is what America is all about!

Thanks Cha!

asjr

(10,479 posts)

25. I had not heard about this. It is good news! I am sure

Reply to Cha (Original post)

Fri May 3, 2013, 06:00 PM

May 2013

the great liberal media will be right on it!

Cha

(305,428 posts)

27. Yes, I'm sure Infortainment, Celebrity Obsessed "news"..

Reply to asjr (Reply #25)

Fri May 3, 2013, 06:56 PM

May 2013

will be all over this, asjr!

Nika

(546 posts)

26. I love to see this

Reply to Cha (Original post)

Fri May 3, 2013, 06:20 PM

May 2013

I am a veteran living in section 8 housing with no job. I'm taking online classes and will be going in a job training program to get skills for a survival type job I've never done.

Far from not wanting to work, most of us in our 50s and 60s still want to work and contribute. I am glad I am housed. It gives me a base to keep alive in as I work to get back into the job force. If I wasn't housed, just surviving would be all I'd be working at doing. That would suck.

Cha

(305,428 posts)

28. Our homes are our shelters and sanctuaries, Nika.. it's sooo

Reply to Nika (Reply #26)

Fri May 3, 2013, 07:00 PM

May 2013

Important to have a place where we can work out from or in my case be retired.

Good Luck with your classes and job training and then.. the search for your job. Sounds like you have a Solid Plan!

LeftInTX

(29,999 posts)

30. Great news, Cha - Glad you posted this!

Reply to Cha (Original post)

Sat May 4, 2013, 02:36 PM

May 2013

Otherwise, I would not have know myself.

Cha

(305,428 posts)

31. That's right, LeftInTx.. not getting much play in the mainstream news..

Reply to LeftInTX (Reply #30)

Sat May 4, 2013, 02:47 PM

May 2013

Glad you saw it.

Lady Freedom Returns

(14,120 posts)

32. Rec # 42!!!!

Reply to Cha (Original post)

Sat May 4, 2013, 07:18 PM

May 2013

Cha

(305,428 posts)

33. Thank you, Lady Freedom Returns..

Reply to Lady Freedom Returns (Reply #32)

Sat May 4, 2013, 07:24 PM

May 2013

The more the merrier!

Actuallly, it's good to know this is happening.. don't know of too many other places you're going to see news like this except the HUD portal, the obama diary, and the BOG.

So much bad news, fake news, and more fake news is covered everywhere else.

Politicub

(12,288 posts)

34. +1 - These programs are vitally important for a lot of people

Reply to Cha (Original post)

Sat May 4, 2013, 07:32 PM

May 2013

Cha

(305,428 posts)

35. Yes, and hopefully we can attain our goal of getting rid of Homelessness

Reply to Politicub (Reply #34)

Sat May 4, 2013, 07:46 PM

May 2013

altogether by 2015! Oh darn, that means continued Democratic Presidents and hopefully a Congress. So we can other stuff done too!

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