Many people have been asking what’s happening with HUD’s funding for 2009 and when HSN will start accepting applications for new projects. Today, HUD held a webcast to review last year’s competition and also talk a little bit about this year’s competition. Because HUD’s budget approval by Congress came late this year, we’re behind where [...]
In addressing the national objectives set forth by HUD (see our previous post), HSN has ongoing strategic goals which frame the action plans created for each year’s Continuum of Care application. These goals may change as new research and data about our Continuum of Care dictate, and are reviewed annually.
The following comes to us from the Florida Coalition for the Homeless: The Florida Coalition for the Homeless and the Florida Supportive Housing Coalition are proud to announce the 3rd annual homeless and supportive housing conference! We are excited about this year’s conference, “Changing times: Creative Vision for Housing and Services”, on October 26-27, 2009.
We have received several calls recently with the same theme: What are the objectives of the Continuum of Care? It seems the City of Orlando has asked Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG) applicants to demonstrate how their agency’s ESG project outcomes relate to the CoC’s objectives. In the 2008 CoC application for Supportive Housing Program (SHP) [...]
This spreadsheet contains all of the SHP awards for the 2008 Continuum of Care for the State of Florida. 2008 SHP Awards (Florida)
HUD announced Thursday that $74,181,525 has been awarded in grants to over three hundred local homeless programs throughout Florida. Locally, nearly $5.8 million dollars is coming to homeless programs in the Orlando/Orange, Osceola, Seminole Counties Continuum of Care. This includes funding for a Rapid Re-Housing Demonstration Grant, one of only 23 such grants awarded nationally. [...]
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