Tribal HUD-VA Supportive Housing Program Awards, Fiscal Year 2015

AGENCY:

Office of Native American Programs, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing, HUD.

ACTION:

Announcement of funding awards.

SUMMARY:

In accordance with Section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989, this announcement notifies the public of funding decisions made by the Department under the Tribal HUD-VA Supportive Housing Program (Tribal HUD-VASH) for Fiscal Year 2015. This announcement contains the names of the grantees and amounts of the awards made available by HUD.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Randall R. Akers, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Native American Programs, Office of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 4126, Washington, DC 20410-5000, telephone, (202) 402-7598 (this is not a toll-free number). Hearing or speech-impaired individuals may access this number via TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (Pub. L. 113-235, approved December 16, 2014) (“2015 Appropriations Act”), authorizes funding for a demonstration program in order to expand the HUD-VA Supportive Housing Program (HUD-VASH) into Indian Country. The Tribal HUD-VASH Program does this by combining Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) rental assistance with Case Management and clinical services provided by or through the VA through Veterans Administration Medical Centers to Native American veterans that are Homeless or At Risk of Homelessness living on or near a reservation or other Indian areas. The program was announced by a notice posted on HUD's Web site on October 19, 2015, and published in the Federal Register on October 21, 2015 (80 FR 63822). The notice announced $4 million allowed for Tribal HUD-VASH awards; however, additional funds became available and awarded. Applicants were invited to apply for the demonstration program, and were evaluated based on the criteria contained in the notice.

For Fiscal Year 2015, 26 awards totaling $5,878,516 were awarded to 26 tribes/tribally designated housing entities nationwide. In accordance with Section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 (103 Stat. 1987, 42 U.S.C. 3545), the Department is publishing the names of the grantees and the amounts of the awards in Appendix A to this document.

Appendix A—Fiscal Year 2015 Tribal HUD VA Supportive Housing Awards