HUD awards more than $4M to fight area homelessness

All project requests fully funded

Brian Walker, 509-625-6765

Wednesday, April 5, 2023 at 2:19 p.m.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced $4,359,643 in Continuum of Care (CoC) Competition Awards to help local individuals and families experiencing homelessness move into permanent housing.

All project requests submitted to HUD for funding by the City of Spokane on behalf of the regional Continuum of Care were fully funded. The amount is a $25,784 increase from fiscal year 2021.

“Some projects from other areas of the country had their money reallocated during the application process, and Spokane even received some of that,” said Jennifer Cerecedes, the City’s Community, Health and Human Services Director. “This funding will be critical for assisting our most vulnerable individuals in their journey to find housing.”

The breakdown of the 18 awards includes:

  • Catholic Charities St. Margaret’s Shelter Transitional Housing, $67,755
  • Catholic Charities Rapid Rehousing (RRH) for Families, $479,759
  • Catholic Charities Homeless Families Coordinated Assessment, $249,018
  • Catholic Charities Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) Consolidation, $219,869
  • Catholic Charities PSH II, $226,746
  • Catholic Charities PSH Support Rent, $204,154
  • Volunteers of America (VOA) PSH Off Site $316,746
  • VOA Alexandria’s House, $76,201
  • VOA Samaritan, $756,463
  • VOA Hope House 2.0 PSH, $183,156
  • VOA PSH Scattered Sites, $206,648
  • City of Spokane Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) Project, $197,468
  • City of Spokane/Continuum of Care Planning, $123,386
  • City of Spokane Unified Funding Agency Costs, $123,386
  • SNAP Singles Homeless Coordinated Assessment, $77,345
  • SNAP RRH for Households without Children, $187,576
  • YWCA RRH for Domestic Survivors for Households with Children, $330,899
  • YWCA RRH for Survivors of Domestic Violence, $333,068

“We are incredibly grateful to the tireless efforts of our community, service providers, and City partners for their unwavering commitment to securing much-needed funding for our Continuum of Care,” said Arielle Anderson, who is the Continuum of Care co-chair with Robert Lippman. “This funding will help us continue to address homelessness and housing insecurity in our community, providing critical resources and support to those who need it most."

The local awards are part of $2.8 billion to be distributed across the country by HUD to address the nation’s homelessness crisis reflected by All In: The Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness. The awards program is the largest source of federal grant funding for homeless services and housing programs servicing people experiencing homelessness.

 “Helping people move into stable housing from temporary shelters and encampments on the streets is essential to ending homelessness,” said HUD Secretary Marcia L. Fudge. “Working with our local partners, these Continuum of Care program grants, deliver communities the resources they need. Together we can work toward a world where homelessness is a brief and rare occurrence, and every person has access to a safe, affordable and stable home so that they and their families can thrive.”