(BOISE) Homeless Idahoans will continue to have access to essential services through a grant distributed by Idaho Housing and Finance Association (IHFA). IHFA has received $2.59 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 people in Idaho.

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 $1.5 billion in homeless assistance that HUD committed nationwide. This funding will offer transitional and permanent supportive housing to more than 168,000 homeless individuals and families across the country.

“The funding from this grant will allow many organizations statewide to continue their important and necessary work to help the homeless,” said IHFA President and Executive Director Gerald Hunter.

Idaho’s award includes the Supportive Housing Program (SHP), the Shelter Plus Care (SPC) program, and the Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS) 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. HMIS helps agencies track outcomes of their work and how many people they have served.

To fill these programs, IHFA accepts applications and referrals from the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, Behavioral Health Division.

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

Supportive Housing Program

North Idaho

• Bonner County Homeless Task Force, $75,967 for Trestle Creek, 5 units of transitional housing in Sandpoint.
• Bonner Housing Homeless Task Force, $116,378 for Blue Haven, 6 units of transitional housing in Sandpoint.
• Clearwater Housing program, $66,402 for 12 units of permanent housing in Lewiston.
• St. Vincent de Paul, $187,929 for 12 units of transitional housing in Coeur d’Alene.
• St. Vincent de Paul, $41,576 for Kamps Apartments in Post Falls, which provides 4 units of transitional housing.
• Sojourner’s Alliance, $81,735 for 5 units of transitional housing in Moscow.
• Sojourner’s Alliance, $116,235 for Project Warmth in Moscow, which will provide 10 units of permanent housing for people with disabilities.
• YWCA of Lewiston, $76,054 for 9 units of transitional housing in Lewiston.

Southwestern Idaho

• IDAHO, Inc., $131,250 for Arbor Cove in Caldwell, which provides 9 units of permanent housing for persons with disabilities.
• IDAHO, Inc., $79,539 for 8 units of transitional housing in Caldwell.
• Idaho Housing and Finance Association, $69,050 for Statewide HMIS, a data collection tool for reporting to HUD.
• Salvation Army, $55,840 for Nearly Home, 10 units of transitional housing in Nampa.
• Valley Crisis Center, $81,539 for Your Way Home of Nampa, which provides transitional housing for 8 households who have been victims of domestic violence.

Southcentral Idaho

• CORE, Inc., $24,436 for CORE Lodge in Twin Falls, which provides permanent housing for 8 people with mental illness.
• South Central Community Action Partnership, $44,208 for Twin Falls Transitional Housing – 4 units.
• South Central Community Action Partnership, $49,488 for Twin Falls, Magic Valley Transitional Housing, which provides 6 units of transitional housing in Filer, Jerome, Burley and Rupert for families with children.

Southeastern Idaho

• Aid for Friends, $116,235 for Pocatello Transitional Housing – 11 units.
• C.L.U.B. Inc., $154,350 for Eagle Pointe in Ammon, which provides 3 permanent housing units for persons with mental illness.
• C.L.U.B. Inc., $81,435 for Idaho Falls Permanent Housing, which provides 3 permanent housing units for persons with mental illness.
• C.L.U.B. Inc., $193,128 for Community Crisis Housing, a new program which will provide 8 permanent housing beds for persons with mental illness.
• Eastern Idaho Community Action Partnership, $75,412 for Homeless 2 Homeowner, 8 units of transitional housing for women and families in Idaho Falls.
• Family Care Center, $75,277 for The Ark in Idaho Falls, which provides 12 units of permanent housing for people who have been chronically homeless.
• South Eastern Idaho Community Action Agency, $46,597 for the Freedom LZ project in Pocatello, which provides 8 transitional housing beds for homeless veterans.
• South Eastern Idaho Community Action Agency, $30,135 for Jefferson House in Pocatello, which provides 8 beds of transitional housing for homeless veterans.

Shelter Plus Care

• Idaho Housing and Finance Association, $107,508 for North Idaho - 12 units.
• Idaho Housing and Finance Association, $49,416 for Southeastern Idaho – 9 units.
• Idaho Housing and Finance Association, $70,632 for Eastern Idaho – 11 units.
• Idaho Housing and Finance Association, $305,388 for Statewide Idaho – 42 units.

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Idaho Housing and Finance Association, a financial services and housing business organization, provides funding for affordable housing in Idaho communities where it is most needed and when it is economically feasible. For more information, visit our Web site at www.ihfa.org.