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1992.11.04 :  Homeless Family Grants

Contact:  Larry Dye (202) 401-9215 
November 4, 1992

       HHS Secretary Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., has announced the
award of over $5 million in grants to support the integration of
services and housing to reduce homelessness among families with
children.
       The grants will establish 24 Homeless Family Support
Services Demonstration projects.  The projects will encourage
communities to develop and implement comprehensive support
services for low-income families who are homeless, families who
were previously homeless or those at imminent risk of becoming
homeless.  Most homeless families are low-income, single parent
families in crisis.  
       "These projects are a sound investment to demonstrate ways 
that homeless families can move into permanent housing. 
Providing the support needed for families to work toward self-
sufficient living and avoid repeated episodes of homelessness
will provide a better future for children," Secretary Sullivan
said.  
       Located in 20 states, the demonstration projects will test
approaches in a wide variety of settings including large urban
areas such as Los Angeles, Denver and Miami (Florida); and
smaller cities such as Missoula (Montana), Covington (Kentucky)
and Davenport (Iowa).  All sites will establish or strengthen
outreach and family case management as well as linkages to
housing, health, human service and education agencies.
       "We look to these projects to provide creative approaches
including intensive case-managed services to help families
increase their ability to work and live independently, and to
prevent families from becoming homeless," said Jo Anne B.
Barnhart, assistant secretary for children and families.
       This demonstration program was developed by the
department's Administration for Children and Families, in
consultation with the Department of Housing and Urban
Development, in response to a recommendation of the Homeless
Families With Children Working Group
of the federal Interagency Council on the Homeless.

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Note:  List of grant recipients is attached.
     HOMELESS FAMILIES SUPPORT SERVICES DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM
                       GRANTEES FOR FY 1992

     Uplift, Inc.                  NC   $250,000.
     Trustees of Health & Hosp.    MA    154,672. 
       of the City of Boston, Inc.
     United Planning Organization  DC    250,000.
     Women's Oppor. & Resource     MT    249,923.
     Dev., Inc. (WORD)
     Contra Costa Co. Comm. Ser.   CA    249,975.
     Multnomah Co. Soc. Serv.      OR    250,000.
   Beyond Shelter                  CA    250,000.
     Fed. Dorchester Neighborhood  MA    250,000.
     Houses, Inc.
     Welcome House of Northern     KY    250,000.
       Kentucky, Inc.
     Colorado Coalition for the    CO    249,951.
     Homeless
     Community Action Services     UT    250,000.
     Chatham-Savannah Authority    GA    200.000.
     South Plains Health Prov.     TX    230,160.
     Lutheran Social Services of   WA     86,211.
     Washington & Idaho
     N.Y. State, Dept of State     NY    250,000.
       Div. of Econ. Opportunity
     Partnership for Families      SC    249,982.
     Fairfax Co Office of the      VA    222,616. 
     County Executive
     Washington-Greene CAA         PA    167,945.
       Corp
     City of Portland, Maine       ME    199,842.
     Helping Our Brothers Out      TX    227,522.
   Neighborhood Place, Inc.        IA    206,171.
     Catholic Charities of the     IL    221,414.
     Diocese of Joliet, Inc.
     Unity for the Homeless        LA    219,400.
   Miami Coalition for the         FL    364,216.
       Homeless                                     

                         TOTAL        $5,500,000.
TOTAL NUMBER OF PROJECTS RECOMMENDED: 24