Grants to Benefit Homeless Individuals
Type
Services
Source
Federal
Procurement Agency
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
AKA/Previously Known As
In 2011, this grant was called Cooperative Agreements to End Homelessness.
Total Annual Award
Amounts vary. See below for details.
Eligible Populations
Homeless adults, families and children.
Eligible Projects
Nonprofits and other organizations for mental health and substance abuse services including case management.
Funding Award Details
$74 million in 2009. 2010 funding was distributed as Cooperative Agreements to Benefit Homeless Individuals.
Rate Details
Grants range from $350,000 to 400,000 per year.
Term of Service/Length of Grant
Five-year grant term.
Limitations
Grants may be hard to renew or replace. They come with an expectation that they will be supplanted by mainstream resources (i.e. Medicaid).
Network Notes
Grants are often targeted to specific catagories of homeless people. Chronically homeless, serial inebriates and young adults have been the focus in past grant cycles. This is a growing funding stream that should take on increased significance with the advent of health care reform, making it more possible for services in supportive housing to be paid for via Medicaid. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) grants are widely regarded as one of the most complicated and time-consuming funding streams. Grants to Benefit Homeless Individuals is a generic label the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services customizes and targets.
For More Information
Read the grant application here.
Contact
Gwendolyn Simpson
Office of Program Services, Division of Grants Management
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
1 Choke Cherry Road
Room 7-1085
Rockville, Maryland 20857
(240) 276-1408
gwendolyn.simpson@samhsa.hhs.gov
Last updated: 10/11/2011
Did you know…
Supportive housing in San Francisco helped formerly homeless people reduce their use of emergency rooms by 58%.