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Fiscal Year 2013 Continuum of Care Program Grant Application (NB)
The City of Gainesville will partner with North Central Florida Continuum of Care to develop an application for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Continuum of Care Program funding. The City will participate by serving as the sponsor grantee for two local transitional housing projects, VETSPACE, Inc. and Meridian Behavioral Healthcare, Inc.
Explanation
This item supports City Commission Strategic Initiative 3.1: Continue Implementation of the 10 Year Plan to End Homelessness.
HUD is making available approximately $1.7 billion in Fiscal Year 2013 for Continuum of Care (CoC) Programs to supplement funding for local homeless programs. The purpose the CoC Program is to reduce the incidence of homelessness in local communities by assisting homeless individuals and families to move to self-sufficiency and permanent housing.
Since 1995, the City of Gainesville has participated in this application process to assist various organizations to apply for grant funding under HUD's CoC. The Alachua County Coalition for the Homeless and Hungry is the lead agency for the North Central Florida CoC, which is a group of local community agencies working together to address the full continuum of causes, consequences, and solutions to homelessness. As part of the North Central Florida CoC, non-profit homeless providers have an opportunity to apply for CoC grant funding from HUD to provide various homeless services.
The City of Gainesville will again partner with the North Central Florida CoC to prepare applications for grant funding for the Fiscal Year 2013 Continuum of Care Program funds. As part of this process, the City sponsors the following two transitional housing projects, serving as both the applicant and grantee: 1) Meridian Behavioral Healthcare, Inc., "Project HOPE" Program, which provides supportive services and transitional housing for mentally ill and dually diagnosed ho...
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