Our community seeks $5 million from HUD

Our community is seeking $5 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for 14 new and renewal projects to serve those experiencing homelessness. The national Continuum of Care grant competition provides funds for projects in rapid rehousing, permanent supportive housing, permanency navigation for youth, Coordinated Entry enrollments, data management and more. Most of the projects continue work already underway; two would add to the inventory of housing.

Our Continuum of Care application deeply examines our commitment, effectiveness and coordination in efforts to solve homelessness. It includes a collaborative, communitywide application as well as local project proposals that have been ranked locally. The stronger the collaborative application, the better the chance of getting local projects funded. The Anchorage Homelessness Prevention and Response Services Advisory Council has approved the ranking of local project applications as well as the collaborative application, which has been submitted to HUD.

The applications can be reviewed here.