U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Assistance Programs Relevant to Chronic Homelessness

Program

Agency

Focus

Type of Awards

FY ’04 President’s
Budget (in millions)

HHS Mainstream Programs (listed alphabetically)

Access to Recovery

http://www.samhsa.gov/news/
newsreleases/030620fs_atr_rev.htm

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services (SAMHSA)

Access to Recovery funds drug and alcohol treatment using vouchers to pay for a range of appropriate community-based services.

Competitive Grants to:

  • 50 States
  • DC
  • U.S. Territories & Commonwealths
  • Indian Tribes

$200

Community Mental Health Services
Block Grant (CMHSBG)

http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/
publications/allpubs/KEN95-0022/default.asp

SAMHSA

CMHSBG funds mental health services, and improved access to services, for adults with serious mental illness and children with severe emotional disturbances.

Formula Grants to:

  • 50 States
  • DC
  • U.S. Territories & Commonwealths
  • Indian Tribes

$433

Community Services Block Grant (CSBG)

http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/ocs/csbg/

Administration for Children and Families (ACF)

CSBG funds services and activities to reduce poverty among low-income citizens; including services to address employment, education, health, substance abuse, income management, nutrition, and emergency services.

Formula Grants to:

  • 50 States
  • DC
  • U.S. Territories & Commonwealths
  • Indian Tribes

$495

Consolidated Health Centers (CHC’s)

http://bphc.hrsa.gov/

Health Resources & Service Administration (HRSA)

CHC’s fund basic preventive and primary health services to underserved persons; including services to reduce barriers to care such as case management, outreach, transportation, and interpretive services.

Competitive grants to:

  • Community-based public and private nonprofit organizations

$1,627

Head Start

http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/hsb/

ACF

Head Start and Early Head Start are comprehensive child development programs that serve children from birth to age 5, pregnant women, and their families with the overall goal of improving school readiness of young children in low-income families.

Competitive Grants to:

  • Community-based public and private non-profit organizations
  • Indian Tribes
  • School systems

$6,816

Maternal & Child Health Services Block
Grant (MCHBG)

http://mchb.hrsa.gov/programs/blockgrant/
overview.htm

HRSA

MCHBG funds are dedicated to the improvement of the health of all mothers and children, especially those with low-income or limited access to health care. Services include direct health care, enabling services, population-based services, and infrastructure building for MCH-funded programs.

Formula Block grants to:

  • 50 States
  • DC
  • U.S. Territories & Commonwealths
  • Indian Tribes

Competitive grants for Special Projects of Regional and National Significance (SPRANS) and for Community Integrated Service Systems (CISS) to:

  • State/ local governments
  • Public and private nonprofit institutions

$751

Medicaid

http://www.cms.gov/medicaid/

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Health insurance program for certain low-income and needy people; it may include children, the aged, blind and/or disabled, and people who are eligible to receive federally assisted income maintenance programs.

Medicaid is a means-tested entitlement program jointly funded by Federal and State governments.

  • 50 States
  • DC
  • U.S. Territories & Commonwealths
  • Indian Tribes

$182,543

Ryan White CARE Act (RWCA- Titles I, II, III, IV)

http://hab.hrsa.gov/history.htm

HRSA

RWCA provides funding for health care for people with HIV disease, filling gaps in care faced by those with low-incomes and little or no insurance. Services include primarily ambulatory health care and support services.

Competitive grants to

  • 50 States
  • DC
  • U.S. Territories & Commonwealths
  • Urban areas
  • Public and private nonprofit institutions
    Each title of RWCA has different funding requirements for applicants

$2,010

Social Services Block Grant (SSBG)

http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/ocs/ssbg/

ACF

SSBG provides funds for delivering social services directed towards the needs of children & adults; such as employment services, education/training, childcare, family planning services, and substance abuse services.

Formula Grants to:

  • 50 States
  • DC
  • U.S. Territories & Commonwealths
  • Indian Tribes

$1,700

State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)

http://www.cms.gov/schip/

CMS

SCHIP provides health coverage to uninsured children whose families earn too much to qualify for Medicaid, but too little to afford private coverage.

Formula grants to:

  • 50 States
  • DC
  • U.S. Territories & Commonwealths
  • Indian Tribes

$5,090

Substance Abuse Prevention & Treatment Block Grant (SAPTBG)

http://www.samhsa.gov/programs/content/
brief2001/01csaptblock.htm

SAMHSA

SAPTBG provides funds for substance abuse prevention and treatment programs. Services generally target populations with greatest need, including high-risk youth and youth involved with the criminal justice system, pregnant and postpartum women, and people with HIV/AIDS.

Formula Grants to:

  • 50 States
  • DC
  • U.S. Territories & Commonwealths
  • Indian Tribes

$1,785

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)

http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/ofa/

ACF

TANF funds may be used in any manner “reasonably calculated to accomplish the goals of TANF;” assisting needy families so that children can be cared for in their own homes; reducing dependency of needy parents by promoting job preparation, work, and marriage; preventing out-of-wedlock pregnancies, and encouraging the formation and maintenance of two-parent families.

Formula Block Grants to:

  • 50 states
  • DC
  • U.S. Territories & Commonwealths
  • Indian Tribes

$17,609

HHS Homeless Specific Service Programs

Treatment for Homeless Persons

http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-02-150.html

SAMHSA

Funds capacity development to help communities serve homeless persons with substance use disorders.

Competitive grants to:

  • Public and private nonprofit agencies

TBD

Collaborative Initiative on Chronic Homelessness

http://www.ich.gov/library/100303-a.html

HRSA and SAMHSA (Total HHS contribution $10.5)

Additional contributions from the Department of Veteran’s Affairs ($4.8), Department of Housing and Urban Development ($19.5)

Funds eleven communities who will address chronic homelessness through the integration of housing, primary care, psychiatric and substance abuse treatment, and services to veterans.

Competitive grant opportunity for FY ’03 open to:

  • 50 states
  • DC
  • Local Government
  • Indian Tribes
  • Public and private nonprofit agencies

$10

Health Care for the Homeless (HCH)

http://www.bphc.hrsa.gov/homeless/

HRSA

HCH funds health care, substance abuse, and other supportive services to persons who are homeless or living in transitional housing arrangements.

Competitive grants to:

  • Community-based public and private nonprofit organizations

8 to 9 percent of the annual appropriation for CHC (see above)

Programs for Runaway and Homeless Youth (RHY)

http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/fysb/

ACF

RHY funds services for the runaway and homeless youth population in 3 grant programs: Basic Center Program, Transitional Living Program, and the Street Outreach Program.

Competitive Grants to:

  • State or local government,
  • Public and private nonprofit institutions
  • Indian tribes

Street Outreach Program:

  • Public and private nonprofit institutions
  • Indian tribes

$103

Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH)

http://pathprogram.samhsa.gov/

SAMHSA

PATH funds are distributed by states to community-based agencies and used to provide services for homeless persons with psychiatric illnesses from a menu of ten core services.

Formula grants to:

  • 50 states
  • DC
  • U.S. Territories & Commonwealths
  • Indian Tribes

$50