Baltimore to award nearly $10M in stimulus funds to help the homeless - Baltimore Business Journal:

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In partnership with the , plans to awarde up to $1 million apiecde to nonprofits that will help put homeless residents into new housing units and keep resident s indoors who are at risk of losing their The $9.5 million in federapl American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds coulxd be available as early as Septembeer and will be awarderd to nonprofit groups alreaduy receiving other funds from Baltimore City. “Thesd types of partnerships can go a long way to ensurse peopleremain safe, healthy and United Way president Larrty E.
Walton said in a “We look forward to helping not only the butthe region, combat The effort is part of Mayor Sheilaz Dixon’s January 2008 plan to end homelessness in the city withihn 10 years, which has been dubbe the Journey Home. About 60 perceng of the money will go towardrapidf re-housing, to help place people into permanenrt housing who are now living on the street or in emergency Another 30 percent will go toward prevention, including headingv off evictions and providing subsidiese and other assistance to people seekinvg to stay in their homes. There are more than 3,400 homeless people in the according to citycensus data.
“This is really an opportunitty to fund a number of initiatives within the plan whichwe couldn’ otherwise do,” Diane Glauber, director of city homelessw services, said in a telephone Glauber said the city has strugglesd to find enough money in its budget to pay for program in the Journey Home program, including providiny emergency subsidies to homeless residents and securityu deposits to help place people into new The money will also help take the burden of the city’sa existing homeless shelters, which aren’t alway s able to accommodate as largde families and people recently discharged from area Proposals are due by July 20.