2008 Woodie Awards
Grants aid homeless
Faith Franklin
Issue date: 1/24/08 Section: News
Murfreesboro Housing Authority will continue providing assistance for the homeless, and Greenhouse Ministries will begin to offer support, both thanks to grants from the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Three grants totaling $251,334 will allow the Murfreesboro Housing Authority to continue to provide housing for homeless people with mental disabilities, U.S. Rep. Bart Gordon announced.
"HUD's Continuum of Care Assistance programs provide funding for transitional housing, permanent housing and a variety of supportive services for homeless persons, helping them on their way to becoming more self-sufficient," Gordon said.
One grant totaling $79,154 will allow Greenhouse Ministries to provide transitional housing through its Cottage Program, set to launch this summer.
The three grants being awarded to the Murfreesboro Housing Authority are being allocated in two areas.
The first goes to a Homeless Management Information System renewal of $47,166.
"HMIS is a Web-based program that homeless assistance providers can [access] and track homeless individuals, to give them better service," said Deborah Fox, Section 8 Administrator for Murfreesboro.
The other grants are allocated to Shelter and Care renewals of $97,968 and $106,200.
These renewals "help us to continue housing families that we are currently housing with grant [funds] from the previous year," said Fox. "If the [grants] were not renewed, then those people would be homeless again."
The funds from grants received are meant to give rental assistance for homeless people with mental disabilities. "We help to pay a portion of their rent and they have to continue using services for their disabilities," Fox said.
The Murfreesboro Housing Authority partners with agencies that assist such individuals.
Fox says the majority of the people receiving assistance do have a mental disability. "Some of them have a mental and physical [disability]."
Three grants totaling $251,334 will allow the Murfreesboro Housing Authority to continue to provide housing for homeless people with mental disabilities, U.S. Rep. Bart Gordon announced.
"HUD's Continuum of Care Assistance programs provide funding for transitional housing, permanent housing and a variety of supportive services for homeless persons, helping them on their way to becoming more self-sufficient," Gordon said.
One grant totaling $79,154 will allow Greenhouse Ministries to provide transitional housing through its Cottage Program, set to launch this summer.
The three grants being awarded to the Murfreesboro Housing Authority are being allocated in two areas.
The first goes to a Homeless Management Information System renewal of $47,166.
"HMIS is a Web-based program that homeless assistance providers can [access] and track homeless individuals, to give them better service," said Deborah Fox, Section 8 Administrator for Murfreesboro.
The other grants are allocated to Shelter and Care renewals of $97,968 and $106,200.
These renewals "help us to continue housing families that we are currently housing with grant [funds] from the previous year," said Fox. "If the [grants] were not renewed, then those people would be homeless again."
The funds from grants received are meant to give rental assistance for homeless people with mental disabilities. "We help to pay a portion of their rent and they have to continue using services for their disabilities," Fox said.
The Murfreesboro Housing Authority partners with agencies that assist such individuals.
Fox says the majority of the people receiving assistance do have a mental disability. "Some of them have a mental and physical [disability]."
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