The Obama Administration announced last week the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is renewing grant funding to keep thousands of local homeless assistance programs operating.
Seven Vermont organizations will receive a total of nearly $3.4 million:
- Addison County Community Action Group
- Bennington Housing Authority
- Brattleboro Housing Authority
- Burlington Housing Authority
- Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity
- HowardCenter
- Vermont State Housing Authority
HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan (pictured) said a total of nearly $1.4 billion will help an unprecedented 6,400 programs to continue offering critically needed housing and services to homeless persons and families.
The grants are being awarded through HUD's Continuum of Care programs. For the first time, HUD's quickly providing renewal grants to local programs to prevent any interruption in federal assistance and will announce funding to new projects in early 2010.
Visit HUD's Web site for a local summary of the grants announced.