U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Press Release

HUD Awards $23.6 Million to Wisconsin Homeless Programs

99 local projects working to prevent and end homelessness

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today awarded $23.6 million to support to 99 homeless housing and service programs in Wisconsin.  The Continuum of Care grants announced today provide critically needed housing and support services to individuals and families experiencing homelessness across the state. View a complete list of all the state and local homeless projects awarded funding.

“Today marks another critical investment in support of those working each and every day to house and serve our most vulnerable neighbors,” said HUD Secretary Julián Castro. “We know how to end homelessness and will continue to encourage our local partners to use the latest evidence to achieve success. These grants support proven strategies to end homelessness once and for all.”

“This funding will continue to build upon existing efforts to end homelessness and support individuals, youth and families across Wisconsin when they need it most,” said HUD Midwest Regional Administrator, Antonio R. Riley. “It will go a long way put them on the path towards dignity and independence.”

[narticlead]This year, HUD continued to challenge state and local planners to support higher performing local programs that have proven most effective in meeting their local challenges, often shifting funds from existing projects to create new ones that will have a more substantial and lasting impact on reducing homelessness.

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-ever 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 as well as to end homelessness among children, family, and youth.

HUD estimates there were 549,928 persons experiencing homelessness on a single night in 2016.  Since 2010, local communities around the country reported a 14 percent decline in the number of persons experiencing homelessness. In addition, Veteran homelessness fell by 47 percent, chronic homelessness declined 27 percent and family homelessness fell by nearly 23 percent. Next month, HUD and local planners will launch a more robust effort to more accurately account for the youth and young adult population.

Across the nation, local homelessness planning agencies called ‘Continuums of Care’ will organize volunteers to help count the number of persons located in emergency shelters, transitional housing programs and living unsheltered on the streets. These Continuums of Care will report these one-night ‘point-in-time counts’ later in the year and will form the basis of HUD’s 2017 national homeless estimate.

HUD’s mission is to create strong, sustainable, inclusive communities and quality affordable homes for all. More information about HUD and its programs is available on the Internet
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NOTE: This press release was submitted to Urban Milwaukee and was not written by an Urban Milwaukee writer. It has not been verified for its accuracy or completeness.

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One thought on “HUD Awards $23.6 Million to Wisconsin Homeless Programs”

  1. emma ridley says:

    Why are you gonna sit and let trump apoint. Ben Carson ahead of housing that man have said he don’t know nothing about the job. and he don’t please take him down and you don’t have to accept him because trump apointed him poor people are poor enough when they get thru we will be in shelter we dontcwant that man in charge of housings for the sake of poor people.

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