HUD awards $10 million to area organizations to fight homelessness

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The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded nearly $10 million to dozens of Finger Lakes organizations to help fight homelessness.

The $9.96 million was allocated through HUD‘s Continuum of Care Program, which provides funding to nonprofits, as well as local and state governments, to quickly rehouse homeless individuals and families and promote access to programs that encourage self-sufficiency among those experiencing homelessness.

“One homeless family is one too many, and we must do everything we can to help provide those truly in need with a place to live,” U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer said in a statement. “By supporting affordable housing initiatives in the Rochester-Finger Lakes region and across New York State, and helping organizations work with homeless families and individuals to get them back on their feet, we can make a real dent in homelessness across the state. This is a sound investment in organizations in our community that are skilled at helping those in need.”

Organizations receiving funding include:

• Finger Lakes Addictions Counseling and Referral Agency / HMIS, Clifton Springs, $21,185
• Finger Lakes Addictions Counseling and Referral Agency / Wayne County Permanent Supportive Housing, Clifton Springs, $106,184
• Lakeview Health Services / Lakeview SRO Tompkins, Geneva, $35,537
• Geneva Housing Authority / Finger Lakes Regional Shelter Plus Care, Geneva, $37,983
• Geneva Housing Authority / Finger Lakes Regional Shelter Plus Care II, Geneva, $78,584
• Geneva Housing Authority / S+C for the Chronically Homeless II, Geneva, $13,781
• Wayne County Action Program, Inc. / Success Center TH-RRH, Lyons, $48,123
• Chances and Changes, Inc. / SHP Permanent Housing Livingston (2018), Mt. Morris, $60,290
• Catholic Charities of Rochester dba Catholic Family Center / Consolidated Lafayette Housing Program, Rochester, $270,257
• Coordinated Care Services, Inc. / Coordinated Entry, Rochester, $252,622
• Delphi Drug and Alcohol Council Inc. / HomeSafeConsolidated, Rochester, $489,862
• Person Centered Housing Options Inc. / PCHO Housing First, Rochester, $955,638
• Person Centered Housing Options Inc. / PCHO RRH, Rochester, $128,173
• Person Centered Housing Options Inc. / PCHO RRH II, Rochester, $472,901
• Providence Housing Development Corporation / Providence PBV Permanent Housing, Rochester, $595,688
• Providence Housing Development Corporation / Providence Shelter Plus Care, Rochester, $467,824
• Providence Housing Development Corporation / Providence Supportive Suburban Housing Initiative, Rochester, $280,989
• Providence Housing Development Corporation / Providence Veterans Permanent Housing Program, Rochester, $182,082
• Rochester Housing Authority / RHA/ Frederick Douglass Apartments PSH-PBRA #24, Rochester, $24,797
• Rochester Housing Authority / RHA/1630 Dewey Ave PSH-PBRA #23, Rochester, $245,915
• Rochester Housing Authority / RHA/JPC PSH-RA #18, Rochester, $135,209
• Rochester Housing Authority / RHA/Monroe County DHS PSH-RA #5, Rochester, $646,212
• Rochester Housing Authority / RHA/PCHO PSH-RA #27, Rochester, $196,406
• Rochester Housing Authority / RHA/Salvation Army Chronically Homeless PSH-RA #12, Rochester, $391,189
• Rochester Housing Authority / RHA/Son House PSH-PBRA #26, Rochester, $94,061
• Rochester Housing Authority / RHA/Strong Ties PSH-RA #8, Rochester, $168,448
• Rochester Housing Authority / RHA/VOA Family Housing Program PSH-RA #21, Rochester, $102,048
• Rochester Housing Authority / RHA/VOA PSH-RA #7, Rochester, $572,506
• Rochester Housing Authority / RHA/VOC PSH-RA #6, Rochester, $81,934
• Rochester Housing Authority / RHA/Voter’s Block PSH-PBRA #20, Rochester, $78,247
• Rochester/Monroe County Homeless Continuum of Care, Inc. / HMIS for RMCCoC, Rochester, $251,880
• Spiritus Christi Prison Outreach, Inc. / SCPO TH/RRH, Rochester, $278,402
• Spiritus Christi Prison Outreach, Inc. / Voter Block Community, Rochester, $41,327
• The Center for Youth Services, Inc. / Parenting Teens, Rochester, $83,935
• The Center for Youth Services, Inc. / Transition Age Youth Rapid Rehousing Project – Consolidated, Rochester, $255,581
• The Center for Youth Services, Inc. / Transitional Living Program, Rochester, $129,288
• Trillium Health, Inc. / Trillium Health Permanent Supportive Housing Renewal, Rochester, $146,556
• Volunteers of America of Western New York, Inc. / VOAWNY Permanent Supportive Housing in Rochester, NY – Foundation House, Rochester, $256,325
• Volunteers of America of Western New York, Inc. / VOAWNY’s Reentry Rapid Rehousing Program, Rochester, $277,458
• Volunteers of America of Western New York, Inc. / Volunteers of America of WNY’s Permanent Supportive Housing for Chronically Homeless Individuals (Pinnacle Heights), Rochester, $242,132
• Volunteers of America of Western New York, Inc. / Volunteers of America of WNY’s Project ReDirect, Rochester, $169,752
• Volunteers of America of Western New York, Inc. / Volunteers of America’s of WNY’s Permanent Supportive Housing, Rochester, $158,366
• YWCA of Rochester and Monroe County / YWCA Family Rapid Re-Housing, Rochester, $118,008
• The Housing Council / The Housing Council at PathStone GOW RRH 2018 Program, Rochester, $91,761
• Volunteers of America of Western New York, Inc. / VOAWNY PSH for Chronically Homeless Individuals and Families in Binghamton, Rochester, $224,461

“No family should ever be without a place to call home. This federal investment will support organizations throughout the Rochester-Finger Lakes region that provide critical services to New Yorkers who are facing homelessness,” said U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand. “Access to safe and reliable housing is absolutely essential for the health of our communities, and I will continue to fight to ensure communities have the resources they need to combat homelessness.”

HUD’s Continuum of Care program promotes community-wide commitment to the goal of ending homelessness; provides funding for efforts by nonprofit providers and state and local governments to quickly rehouse homeless individuals and families while minimizing trauma; promotes access to mainstream programs; and optimizes self-sufficiency among those experiencing homelessness.

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