#continuum-of-care

#continuum-of-care

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 announced the reversal of its proposed funding allocation in the Continuum of Care Program, which will restore billions of resources for the permanent housing necessary to avoid pushing 170,000 extremely low-income families out to the street. The Administration's withdrawal of its Notice of Funding Opportunity follows significant pressure by housing advocates including San Jose Congressman Sam Liccardo, who rallied 32 colleagues

The Trump administration has temporarily paused plans to divert billions of dollars in homelessness spending away from permanent housing, a funding shift state officials warned could push tens of thousands of formerly homeless Californians back to the street. The administration had sought to redirect the money toward transitional housing and outreach efforts, prioritizing programs that impose work requirements, mandate addiction or mental health treatment and help police close encampments.