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Federal homeless grants short for our region
Feb 06, 2011 11:17 am
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[/caption]The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced a series of grants to keep local homeless assistance programs operating, although last year HUD gave our area substantially less funding. The Mid-Hudson News Network reports 16 programs have received $1.2 million in Dutchess County. In Orange County, 14 programs received $1.9 million. In Westchester County, 42 programs received $11.3 million. In Ulster County, nine programs received $1 million. Columbia and Greene counties together had only four programs that received a total of $110,000.
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WGXC will be covering this issue with The Homelessness Marathon, an annual 12-hour radio broadcast featuring the voices and stories of homeless people from around the United States that will air on WGXC Online Radio at www.wgxc.org starting at 7 p.m. on the evening of Wednesday, February 23, 2011 through 9 a.m the morning of Thursday, February 24, with additional coverage of the issue that morning on the wgXC Morning Show at 9 a.m. and "Tell It Like It Is" at 10 a.m.
[/caption]The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced a series of grants to keep local homeless assistance programs operating, although last year HUD gave our area substantially less funding. The Mid-Hudson News Network reports 16 programs have received $1.2 million in Dutchess County. In Orange County, 14 programs received $1.9 million. In Westchester County, 42 programs received $11.3 million. In Ulster County, nine programs received $1 million. Columbia and Greene counties together had only four programs that received a total of $110,000.Continued...
WGXC will be covering this issue with The Homelessness Marathon, an annual 12-hour radio broadcast featuring the voices and stories of homeless people from around the United States that will air on WGXC Online Radio at www.wgxc.org starting at 7 p.m. on the evening of Wednesday, February 23, 2011 through 9 a.m the morning of Thursday, February 24, with additional coverage of the issue that morning on the wgXC Morning Show at 9 a.m. and "Tell It Like It Is" at 10 a.m.