"The county received nearly $600,000 from the Emergency Solutions Grants Program, which can be used to fund shelter operations, outreach, homelessness prevention or rapid rehousing. Over the past five years, the county has received $2.5 million in these grants and largely used the money to fund rapid rehousing programs, which give people time-limited rental subsidies. "(These) funds are an important source of funds for our rapid rehousing program, assisting approximately 50 households a year to obtain and maintain permanent housing,""
"The Trump administration has attempted to undercut homeless funds that helps keep people permanently housed by shifting Continuum of Care grants - the largest source of federal homelessness funding - to temporary housing programs. That move has been temporarily blocked by a federal judge due to a lawsuit from the county and other organizations. Continuum of Care grants help roughly 1,800 county residents stay housed."
Santa Clara County allocated nearly $600,000 from the Emergency Solutions Grants Program to rapidly house people in apartments. The county has received about $2.5 million from the program over five years and has largely used the funds for rapid rehousing that provides time-limited rental subsidies, assisting around 50 households annually. Federal 2023-24 grants were awarded before the Trump administration, and officials see no sign of funding being stopped despite proposed federal changes. The Trump administration sought to shift Continuum of Care grants to temporary housing; a federal judge temporarily blocked that shift. Continuum grants help roughly 1,800 residents stay housed.
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