亚利桑那州拨款1600万美元应对无家可归：78家机构提出申请，旗杆市庇护服务与UMOM各获200万
亚利桑那州菲尼克斯——州长凯蒂·霍布斯（Katie Hobbs）与亚利桑那州住房部（ADOH）宣布，从州住房信托基金中拨出1600万美元赠款应对无家可归问题，帮助社区组织与地方政府建造更多庇护床位，并确保为无家可归者提供的服务不中断。
霍布斯说：「获得安全的庇护，对亚利桑那人的安全与福祉至关重要。有了这笔资金，我们将确保更多亚利桑那家庭有屋檐遮头、有服务帮助他们重新站起来。」获款机构中金额最高的包括旗杆市庇护服务（Flagstaff Shelter Services）200万美元与菲尼克斯的UMOM New Day Centers 200万美元；菲尼克斯市、图森市、钥匙改变（Keys to Change）、COPA Health与天主教慈善会社区服务等各获100万美元，中亚利桑那庇护服务获90.1万美元，南亚利桑那天主教会社区服务获81.5万美元。
住房部主任鲁比·迪伦-威廉姆斯（Ruby Dhillon-Williams）透露，本轮1600万美元共收到78家服务机构的申请，「需求之大可见一斑」，部门的工作重点是拿出资金方案、减少无家可归的亚利桑那人数量。UMOM首席执行官莫妮克·洛佩兹（Monique Lopez）表示，这笔投资每年将帮助数百名无家可归女性获得安全庇护与走向住房的通道。
州府同时回顾，霍布斯任内此前已通过普通基金投入6000万美元设立无家可归者庇护与服务基金、通过住房信托基金拨出3800万美元用于住房不安全预防、过渡住房与快速再住房，并投入1350万美元用于驱逐预防与无家可归应对。
Arizona Invests $16 Million to Address Homelessness: 78 Providers Applied as Flagstaff Shelter Services and UMOM Each Receive $2 Million
PHOENIX, Arizona — Governor Katie Hobbs and the Arizona Department of Housing (ADOH) announced $16 million in grant funding to address homelessness. The awards, from the State Housing Trust Fund, will help community organizations and local governments construct more shelter units and ensure continuity of services for Arizonans experiencing homelessness.
"Access to safe shelter is critical for the security and wellbeing of Arizonans," said Governor Hobbs. "With this funding, we will ensure more Arizona families have a roof over their heads and the services they need to get back on their feet." The largest awards include $2 million each to Flagstaff Shelter Services and UMOM New Day Centers in Phoenix; $1 million each to the City of Phoenix, the City of Tucson, Keys to Change, COPA Health and Catholic Charities Community Services; $901,000 to Central Arizona Shelter Services; and $815,000 to Catholic Community Services of Southern Arizona.
"The need for support is great as evidenced by the 78 provider applications we received for this $16 million in homelessness funding," said ADOH Director Ruby Dhillon-Williams. "Our focus is on meeting that need and putting forth funding solutions that help reduce the number of unhoused Arizonans." UMOM chief executive Monique Lopez said the investment will help provide safe shelter and a pathway forward for hundreds of women experiencing homelessness each year.
The administration noted previous investments including $60 million for the Homeless Shelter and Services Fund, $38 million through the Housing Trust Fund for housing insecurity prevention, transitional housing and rapid rehousing, and $13.5 million for eviction prevention and homelessness response.
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