The Economic Consequences of Homelessness in The US

OPPAGA Report Report No. 05-01
Appendix A
Many Funding Sources Exist to Assist Homeless
Program
Education for Homeless Children
and Youths - McKinney Act
Elementary and Secondary
Education Act Part A of Title I
Homeless Veterans Reintegration
Project - McKinney Act
Veterans Employment Program -
Title IV-C of JTPA
Workforce Investment Act (WIA)
Emergency Food & Shelter
Program
State Apartment Incentive Loan
Community Health Centers
Community Services Block Grant
Head Start
Health Care for the Homeless -
McKinney Act
Purpose
Ensures homeless children, including
pre-schoolers, equal access to free and
appropriate public education.
Provides before/after school programs,
summer school, preschool, alternative
school programs, home visits, parent
education, and childcare.
Funds projects designed to expedite the
reintegration of homeless veterans into
the labor force.
Provides employment and training
grants.
Increase employment, retention, and
earning of participants.
Provides a broad range of food, shelter,
and supportive services.
Provides financial assistance to
construct or renovate apartments for
those with very low incomes; 8% setaside
specifically targeted for formerly
homeless.
Supports development and operation of
community health centers in medically
underserved areas/populations.
For services and activities to reduce
poverty, includes employment,
education, housing assistance, nutrition,
energy, emergency, and health
services.
Provides health, educational, nutritional,
social and other services to preschool
children from low-income families.
Provides primary health care, substance
abuse treatment, case management,
outreach and mental health treatment
Funding Source
and Level
U.S. Department of
Education Federal Fiscal
Year FFY04 $2.8 million.
U.S. Department of
Education State Fiscal
Year (SFY) 2003-04
$523,834,879
U.S. Department of Labor
FFY04 $150,000
U.S. Department of Labor
FFY04 $8,421,000
U.S. Department of Labor
FFY04 $143,371,066
Federal Emergency
Management Agency
FFY04 $7,695,570
Florida Housing Finance
Corporation SFY03-04
$56,499,140
U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services 2003
$51,873,732
U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services
FFY04 $18,678,760
U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services
FFY04 $262,647,907
U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services
Calendar year 03
$5,323,136
Target
Funds
Yes
No
Lead Agency
Florida
Department of
Education
Florida
Department of
Education
Allocation
Process
Formula grant
Formula grant
Yes Direct to locals Project grants
(competitive)
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
Agency for
Workforce
Innovation
Agency for
Workforce
Innovation
United Way of
Florida
Florida Housing
Finance
Corporation
Florida
Department of
Health
Florida
Department of
Community
Affairs
Formula grant
Formula grant
Formula grant
Provides low
interest loans
(competitive)
Project grant
(discretionary)
Formula grant
Eligible Populations
Homeless children and youth, including
preschool children.
Educationally deprived homeless children are
eligible.
Homeless veterans.
Veterans who are disabled, from the Vietnam
era, or have applied for service within 12
months of military separation.
Youth with education and employment
barriers. Adults with employment barriers,
certain dislocated workers.
Hungry and homeless people and those at
risk of becoming homeless.
Very low income individuals and families.
Residents of medically underserved areas.
The poor and near-poor.
No Direct to locals Project grant Primarily children ages 3-5 from low-income
families.
Yes Direct to locals Project grants
(discretionary)
Homeless individuals and families.
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