Homeless Services Network of Central Florida

U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan today awarded $200 million in new project funding to support over 15,000 beds and supportive services in communities across the country. The majority of funding will provide housing and services for homeless persons who are disabled, including 8,700 persons in families, and 5,600 persons who are [...]

HUD’s Secretary Shaun Donovan announced today that $190 million has been awarded to fund 550 new projects across the country that will provide housing and supportive services to thousands of homeless individuals and families. Homeless Services Network and the Continuum of Care received over $1.6 million in new project funding as follows: You may download [...]

The following announcement comes from the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH): USICH is excited to announce the release of the nation’s first comprehensive strategy to prevent and end homelessness titled Opening Doors: The Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness on Tuesday, June 22. Opening Doors will serve as a roadmap for [...]

Today, HUD published the proposed rule for the definition of homelessness. The publication of the proposed rule commences HUD’s regulatory process of the implementation of the Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act of 2009 (HEARTH Act), enacted into law on May 20, 2009. This proposed rule only addresses definitions of the following [...]

The HUD HEARTH/HMIS Conference will take place September 14-17 in Denver, CO and September 27-30 in Atlanta, GA. The same program, including topics, sessions, and materials will be offered at each location; attendees may only register for one of the conferences. Pre-registration is required and opens June 2010. The conference will provide a lot of [...]

Two additional studies look at life after transitional housing and access to mainstream benefits WASHINGTON – When an individual or a family becomes homeless for the first time, the cost of providing them housing and services can vary widely, from $581 a month for an individual’s stay in an emergency shelter in Des Moines, Iowa [...]

HUD announced today that it has awarded to Homeless Services Network more than $3.6 million dollars in funding for Supportive Housing Program and Shelter Plus Care Program projects. This funding will allow HSN’s currently operating programs to continue their good work throughout the City of Orlando and Orange, Osceola, and Seminole Counties. HSN’s application for [...]

With the economic stimulus package just around the corner, there are bad people ready to take advantage of those in need. HUD recently sent out an email to alert HUD customers to a bogus and deceptive website (http://bailout.hud-gov.us) posing as HUD. The website attempts to dupe people into providing personal information. And because it has [...]

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. [...]

Anyone receiving funding through HUD’s Supportive Housing Program (SHP) or anyone who wants to receive funding through SHP will be interested in the revised SHP Desk Guide.  The revised SHP Desk Guide incorporates new policy issues, and allows grantees to use a word search to find key information in the document. Grantees are encouraged to [...]