Idaho Housing and Finance Association has received $2.26 million in Continuum of Care grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) that will provide permanent and transitional housing to homeless persons.

These grants fund important services, including job training, health care, mental health counseling, substance abuse treatment and child care. Idaho's award is part of $1.4 billion in homeless assistance that HUD committed nationwide. An unprecedented number of programs - more than 5,300 - will benefit from this funding across the country.

"IHFA is pleased that HUD has approved funding to ensure that much-needed shelter and services will continue to be available across the state," said IHFA President and Executive Director Gerald Hunter.

Idaho's award includes the Supportive Housing Program (SHP) and the Shelter Plus Care (SPC) program. SHP promotes supportive housing and services by helping homeless persons transition from homelessness to living as independently as possible.

The SPC program links rental assistance with supportive services and more effectively helps homeless individuals who are seriously mentally ill. IHFA accepts applications and referrals from the state of Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, Behavioral Health Division, to fill these programs.

The SHP and SPC funding that IHFA will administer to organizations throughout the state is listed on the following pages.

Supportive Housing Program

North Idaho

• Bonner County Homeless Task Force, $136,920 for Sandpoint/Blue Haven transitional housing.
• Bonner Housing Homeless Task Force, $96,967 for Hope, Trestle Creek transitional housing.
• St. Vincent de Paul, $187,929 for Coeur d'Alene Transitional Housing.
• Saint Vincent de Paul, $41,427 for Kamps Apartments in Post Falls, which provide transitional housing.
• Sojourner's Alliance, $81,735 for the Truth House in Moscow, transitional housing.
• YWCA of Lewiston, $95,729 for Lewiston Transitional Housing.

• IDAHO, Inc., $131,250 for Arbor Cove in Caldwell, which provides permanent housing for persons with disabilities.
• IDAHO, Inc., $88,989 for Caldwell, Canyon County Transitional Housing.
• Idaho Housing and Finance Association, $72,502 for Statewide HMIS, a data collection tool for reporting to HUD.
• Salvation Army, $55,840 for Nearly Home, transitional housing in Nampa.
• Valley Crisis Center, $85,037 for Your Way Home of Nampa, which provides transitional housing for victims of domestic violence

• CORE, Inc., $24,437 for CORE Lodge in Twin Falls, which provides permanent housing for persons with mental illness.
• South Central Community Action Partnership, $55,708 for Twin Falls Transitional Housing.
• South Central Community Action Partnership, $49,489 for Twin Falls, Magic Valley Transitional Housing, which provides transitional housing for families with children.

• Aid for Friends, $123,511 for Pocatello Transitional Housing.
• C.L.U.B. Inc., $154,350 for Eagle Pointe in Idaho Falls, which provides permanent housing for persons with mental illness.
• C.L.U.B. Inc., $82,363 for Idaho Falls Permanent Housing, which provides permanent housing for persons with mental illness.
• Eastern Idaho Community Action Partnership, $96,495 for Homeless 2 Homeowner, transitional housing for women and families in Idaho Falls.
• Family Care Center, $90,397 for The Ark in Idaho Falls, which provides transitional housing for the chronically homeless.
• Family Care Center, $190,950 for Samaritan Housing in Idaho Falls, which provides permanent housing for chronically homeless women.
• South Eastern Idaho Community Action Agency, $59,535 for Jefferson House in Pocatello, which provides transitional housing for homeless veterans.
• South Eastern Idaho Community Action Agency, $50,797 for Freedom LZ in Pocatello to provide transitional housing for homeless veterans.

• Idaho Housing and Finance Association, $98,340 for Northern Idaho - 12 units.
• Idaho Housing and Finance Association, $45,348 for Southeastern Idaho - 9 units.
• Idaho Housing and Finance Association, $64,644 for Eastern Idaho - 11 units.

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The Idaho Housing and Finance Association, a financial services and housing business organization, provides funding for affordable housing in communities where it is most needed and when economically feasible.