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HSH presents $60M Continuum of Care bid, outlines $50M Safer Families investment and family shelter expansion
Summary
Deputy Director Emily Cohen told the Homelessness and Oversight Commission that HSH submitted a $60 million Continuum of Care (CoC) application and is rolling out a $50 million Safer Families initiative to expand family shelter and housing through hotel vouchers, rapid rehousing slots and new subsidies.
Deputy Director Emily Cohen presented the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing—s director—s report, announcing a $60,000,000 Continuum of Care application and new local and state investments aimed at reducing family homelessness.
Cohen said HSH—s outreach teams conducted roughly 2,800 engagements in September and distributed more than 6,200 resource packets; the department completed about 1,100 coordinated-entry assessments that month and reported 168 housing placements in September. She said homelessness-prevention partners helped 198 households using about $1.1 million in financial assistance…
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