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);
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