HUDs Homeless Budget

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HUDs Homeless Budget

• FY 2002 - 1.123B
• FY 2003 - 1.225B
• FY 2004 - 1.325 (request)

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Definition of Chronic Homelessness

• An unaccompanied homeless individual with a
  disabling condition who either

• has been continuously homeless for
• 1 year or more or
• has had at least 4 episodes of
• homelessness in the past 3 years

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Ending Chronic Homelessness

• Ending chronic homelessness will require a
  minimum of 150,000 additional permanent
  supportive housing units
• HUDs homeless programs currently creating on
  average 10,000 new permanent supportive housing
  units
• annually

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Actions to End Chronic Homelessness

• Use Continuum of Care to effect change
• - require 10-year plans
• - encourage use of HUD funds for housing
• - encourage use of mainstream services
• - encourage discharge planning

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Require 10-year plans

• - COC goals and strategy
• - Actions steps
• - Progress

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Encourage HUD Funds Used for Housing

• - More housing needed
• - Congressional directive 30 for PH
• - Initiatives
• Housing Emphasis Points
• PH Bonus

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Encourage Use of Mainstream Programs

• - Narrative on systematically accessing
• - Assess actual performance (APRs)
• - Progress is being made!

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Discharge Planning

• - Each community must implement approach so
  people being discharged dont fall into HUD and
  other homeless programs

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Actions to EndChronic Homelessness

• Stimulate Innovative Solutions
• - Joint Chronic Initiative w/HHS
• and VA
• - HUD/DOL Chronic Employment
• Initiative
• - Additional technical assistance
• - Samaritan Initiative

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Actions to End Chronic Homelessness

• Better target mainstream housing resources
• HOME
• Housing Choice Vouchers
• Public Housing
• Section 811

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HMIS

• Unduplicated count/identify characteristics/track
  movement
• Resources and incentives
• National standards for comment
• Technical assistance available
• Progress to date

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Growth in HMIS