It was recently announced that Haven House will be receiving nearly $400,000 in grant funding from the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Continuum of Care (CoC) Program to assist in the mission to end homelessness in the region.
According to the Homeless Alliance of WNY (HAWNY) “Point in Time” report, 924 people in the five WNY counties faced homelessness in 2019. HUD’s 2019 Homeless Assessment Report to Congress found an estimated 568,000 people in the United States, including 171,670 individuals in families with children and 35,038 unaccompanied youth, experienced homelessness on any given night in America.
“This [grant bonus] provides financial support to individuals and families who are moving on to permanent housing after leaving their domestic violence situation,” said Sara Grady, Director of Domestic Violence Prevention and Intervention Services for Haven House. “It will help them with the first and last months’ rent, as well as supplementing some of their rent while they work to find employment, seek treatment or counseling. Essentially, it provides short-term support while the survivors are able to better their situations for the long-term.”
In addition to the grant bonus to Haven House, Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-26) announced that the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Continuum of Care (CoC) Program has awarded almost $12.3 million in federal funding to Western New York organizations to assist in their mission to end homelessness in the region.
The following shows the organizations/projects that will receive funding:
| Organization/Project | Grant Amount |
| Continuum of Care Funding: | |
| BestSelf | $443,436 |
| Cazenovia Recovery Systems | $586,751 |
| Child and Family Services/Haven House – Domestic Violence Bonus | $395,516 |
| Community Missions of Niagara Frontier | $307,537 |
| Compass House | $275,454 |
| Erie County Department of Mental Health | $5,668,805 |
| Evergreen | $707,867 |
| Gerard Place | $266,437 |
| Hispanics United of Buffalo | $205,890 |
| Lt. Col. Matt Urban Human Services Center of WNY | $1,295,234 |
| Spectrum Chronic Homeless | $566,936 |
| Housing Council at Pathstone | $230,533 |
| Restoration Society Inc. | $618,963 |
| Homeless Alliance of WNY- Homeless Management Information System | $210,255 |
| Homeless Alliance of WNY – Planning | $498,435 |
| TOTAL: | $12,278,049 |