[homeles_ot-l] USA FW: President's Budget Proposes Historic Funding Levels for Homelessness Programs
Lynne Browne
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Mon Feb 14 18:06:37 EST 2011
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From: U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness
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on Homelessness
Sent: February 14, 2011 5:22 PM
To: Lynne Browne
Subject: President's Budget Proposes Historic Funding Levels for
Homelessness Programs
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Historic Funding Levels for Homelessness Programs in President's FY12
Budget
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2Uw==> Building on the watershed year in efforts to prevent and end
homelessness, President Obama today released his Fiscal Year 2012 (FY
2012) Budget proposal that includes a significant funding commitment for
Opening Doors
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includes $4.8 billion for targeted homeless assistance funding, a 23.4%
increase over the previously enacted Fiscal Year 2010 Budget and a 13.3%
increase over the President's Fiscal Year 2011 Budget proposal. As
President Obama said last year, "Now more than ever, we have a
responsibility to tackle national challenges like homelessness in the
most cost-effective ways possible."
"The President's FY 2012 Budget reflects the Administration's commitment
to Opening Doors," said Special Assistant to the President for Urban
Affairs Derek Douglas. "We need to fund what works. A fiscally prudent
government response to preventing and ending homelessness is
imperative-local, state, and federal governments cannot afford to invest
in anything but the most evidence-based, cost-effective strategies that
are found in Opening Doors."
2010 brought unprecedented collaboration across the Federal government
in efforts to prevent and end homelessness. When President Obama took
office in January 2009, the Administration recognized that it had to
make progress on ending homelessness. Since 2009, the Administration
took decisive action through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act,
which included $1.5 billion for the Homeless Prevention and Rapid
Re-Housing Program. In addition, the Affordable Care Act passed by
Congress last year will provide new and more effective methods for
helping uninsured, chronically ill individuals as well as other key
populations.
Reflecting the Administration's belief that ending homelessness in
America must be a national priority, USICH released the first ever
comprehensive plan to prevent and end homelessness in the United States.
As Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan
has said, "The culmination of a decade of bipartisan progress at the
federal, state and local levels, Opening Doors marshals the collective
force of 19 separate agencies to this cause-reflecting President Obama's
belief that homelessness isn't simply a noble fight, but a problem we
can solve."
Since the release of Opening Doors, we have seen unprecedented
collaboration between USICH staff and our Council member agencies, which
has allowed the Federal government to make meaningful progress towards
the goals in the plan.
"The President's historic budget proposal for targeted homeless
assistance programs demonstrates our resolve to ending homelessness for
families, youth, and children within a decade, and chronic homelessness
and homelessness among Veterans in five years," said USICH Executive
Director Barbara Poppe. "Congressional support for this proposal is
vital in our efforts to invest in cost-effective and proven solutions
across the country."
During the current Fiscal Year (2011), the Federal government has been
funded through a series of temporary stopgap spending measures because
the last Congress did not adopt a budget resolution or pass any of its
regular spending bills. The latest continuing resolution expires March
4.
- President Obama's Fiscal Year 2012 Budget
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- Fiscal Year 2012 Budget's Homelessness Fact Sheet
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Highlights of the FY12 Budget:
* To support implementation of the Homeless Emergency Assistance
and Rapid Transition to Housing (HEARTH) Act signed into law in 2009 by
President Obama, the FY 2012 budget proposes a nearly $580 million
increase in homeless assistance funding for the Department of Housing
and Urban Development
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Recovery Act-funded Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program,
increase investment in evidence-based models (such as Housing First),
and support local planning and coordination efforts. These investments
will create long-term savings in the costs of addressing homelessness
while reducing the number of people who become homeless. The FY 2012
Budget includes $2.37 billion for Homeless Assistance Grants, up from
$1.865 billion in FY2010 and $2.055 billion in FY2011.
* As part of Opening Doors' goal to prevent and end Veterans
homelessness by 2015, the President's Budget proposes additional
vouchers for HUD-VASH (a program jointly administered by HUD and the
Department of Veterans Affairs
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million. The HUD-VASH program combines tenant-based voucher assistance
with case management and clinical services tailored to Veterans and
their families. Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) that have been awarded
HUD-VASH vouchers develop critical partnerships with VA Medical Centers
to help homeless Veterans find and maintain permanent supportive
housing.
* In addition to the HUD-VASH vouchers, the President's Budget
underscores the Administration's commitment to ending Veterans
homelessness by investing $939 million to continue the expansion of VA
services for homeless and at-risk veterans (increasing targeted homeless
assistance funding for Veterans by 75 percent).
* HUD and the Department of Health and Human Services
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(HHS) will combine 7,500 Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers in
combination with $16 million in HHS funding to serve individuals and
families experiencing chronic homelessness, which are two of Opening
Doors' signature initiatives. Health Care for the Homeless programs
would also receive an $87 million increase over FY 2010 levels to $258
million.
* The Budget also invests in Mental Health and Substance Abuse
Prevention Efforts by including $154 million for behavioral health
supportive services for individuals and families experiencing
homelessness with mental and substance abuse disorders to transition
into permanent supportive housing.
Proposed Budget Would Bolster States' and Municipalities' Efforts to
Prevent and End Homelessness
In the FY 2012 budget, President Obama has taken the common-sense steps
that every family and small business takes to adjust their budgets and
make sure we spend money wisely. State and local officials from
Massachusetts to Washington State are on the front lines dealing with
the effects of the economic climate and homelessness. Federal funding is
absolutely critical to the services they provide. The President's
Budget makes clear that the Administration is committed to helping local
governments prevent and end homelessness around the country.
"I am so pleased that the President's Budget allows USICH to implement
the important and innovative work that they do," said Newton,
Massachusetts Mayor and U.S. Conference of Mayors Chair of the Community
Development and Housing Committee Setti Warren. "Their collaborative
approach that combines housing, job training and education has produced
proven results."
By working together, we can harness public and private
resources-consistent with principles of fiscal discipline-to fulfill the
commitment of mayors, governors, legislatures, nonprofits, faith based
and community organizations, and business leaders across our country to
end homelessness. In communities across the country, federal investments
are the backbone of the effort, inspiring and supporting local
investments.
"HUD has been an excellent partner in Washington DC's efforts to solve
homelessness. By providing funds and technical assistance, the Federal
government has made it possible to house families and children
experiencing homelessness, as well as Veterans, the mentally ill and
other individuals," said Executive Director of the Community Partnership
Sue Marshall. "We are grateful for their partnership, while recognizing
that its funding stream is critical to the District's efforts."
As explained by Bill Block, Project Director of the Ten Year Plan to End
Homelessness in King County, Washington: "In Seattle/King County, our
Housing Authority subsidies and units, and our McKinney-Vento Homeless
Assistance Grants have joined with state, city, county and philanthropic
investments in a coordinated system of funding. This allows us to bring
stability to severely disabled people cycling through our emergency
systems and provide housing and job training to homeless moms whose
greatest wish is to see their kids succeed in school. Federal funding
provides the base on which we build highly effective joint programs. If
that base is removed, those state, city, county and philanthropic
investments all suffer, and the people we are trying to help suffer most
of all."
FY2012 Budget
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