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Cartwright Announces Over $3 Million in HUD Funds to Address Homelessness
Lackawanna, PA ,
January 31, 2019
Lackawanna, PA – Today, U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded $3,897,139 in Continuum of Care (CoC) funds to local agencies and organizations based in Lackawanna County working to address homelessness. "This type of funding will help many people in our own communities who find themselves in need of housing,” said Rep. Cartwright, a member of the Appropriations Committee. “By helping people access housing and supportive services, we are giving them a chance to move toward productive, rewarding lives. I congratulate these organizations for their great work and am proud to support the programs that make this grant funding possible.” The CoC program is part of a strategic plan to solve homelessness for veterans, adults, families, youth, and children. The program provides federal funding to nonprofit organizations and local government agencies to rehouse homeless individuals, increase access to mainstream programs for the homeless, and promote self-sufficiency. Program funds will be disbursed to member agencies listed below. Catholic Social Services of the Diocese of Scranton Gabriel House $113,140 Holy Family Housing $63,725 Mother Teresa’s Haven PSHP $87,355 RRH-1 $84,516 St. Ann Expansion $272,359 St. Hedwig’s Veterans Village $72,936 VA-PSHP Luzerne $147,243 CSS PSHP #1 $130,336 Permanent Supportive Housing 2 $98,375 VA-PSHP Lackawanna $99,803 PSHP Pike County $93,954 Rural Permanent Supportive Housing $114,686 Susquehanna/Wayne PSHP $103,347 Catherine McAuley Center Permanent Supportive Housing $152,982 Permanent Supportive Housing #2 $188,136 Rapid Re-Housing Consolidation $154,996 The Community Intervention Center of Lackawanna County CIC Permanent Supportive Housing #1 $162,620 CIC Permanent Supportive Housing #2 $121,544 CIC Permanent Supportive Housing #3 $214,807 Shelter Me Safe Haven $146,031 Women’s Resource Center Inc. WRC Rapid Re-Housing for Domestic & Sexual Violence Survivors $205,604 United Neighborhood Centers of Northeastern Pennsylvania Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS) $59,556 Permanent Supportive Housing for Families #1 $421,993 UNC Permanent Supportive Housing #1 $337,923 UNC Rapid Re-Housing for Families C $249,172 |