PROGRAM OBJECTIVES:
To award grants for the purpose of enabling grantees, directly or through contracts, to provide for the delivery of primary health services and substance abuse (alcohol and/or illicit drugs) services to homeless individuals including homeless children. The grants may be used to continue to provide the services listed above for up to 12 months to individuals who have obtained permanent housing if services were provided to these individuals when they were homeless. For the purpose of this program, the term "homeless individual" means an individual who lacks housing (without regard to whether the individual is a member of a family), including an individual whose primary residence during the night is a supervised public or private facility that provides temporary living accommodations or an individual who is a resident in transitional housing.

 ELIGIBLE FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES:
1. HEALTH;
- General Health and Medical;
- Maternity, Infants, Children;
- Prevention and Control;
2. INCOME SECURITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES;
- Emergency and Crisis Assistance;
- Public Assistance;
- Specialized Family and Child Welfare Services;

 WHO CAN BENEFIT FROM THIS PROGRAM:
- Individual/Family;
- American Indian;
- Veteran/Service person/Reservist (including dependents);
- Handicapped;
- Infant (0-5);
- Child (6-15);
- Youth (16-21);
- Senior Citizen (60+);

 WHO CAN APPLY:
- State (includes District of Columbia, public institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- Local (includes State-designated Indian Tribes, excludes institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- Public non-profit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- Federally Recognized Indian Tribal Governments;
- U.S. Territories and possessions (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- Private non-profit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals);