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Jan. 01, 2008
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Homeless programs get $6.5 million grant

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Programs for the homeless in Southern Nevada are getting a $6.5 million boost from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

The new grant will fund eight local projects, including the creation of 70 new housing units; the continuation of 177 transitional housing beds for the chronically homeless and mentally ill; and the continuation of 236 permanent housing units for mentally ill individuals who were once homeless.

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    • Clark County government officials see the grant as a huge step forward. The grant to combat chronic homelessness was 25 percent more than originally requested, an increase awarded because the federal government used a more current count of chronically homeless individuals in Clark County. The grant calculation also used updated rental rates for Clark County.

    "We were helped this year by the first accurate count of our homeless population, which enables us to identify our needs and show the federal government where this money will have the largest impact," Clark County Manager Virginia Valentine said in the announcement of the grant.

    About $3.5 million of the grant will go toward new project funding over the next five years, including the creation of new housing by Clark County Social Service. The remaining money will support programs now offered by agencies such as Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada, the Salvation Army, and Southern Nevada Adult Mental Health Services.

    About 11,500 homeless people live in the Las Vegas Valley, according to the last homeless census released by the Southern Nevada Regional Planning Coalition's Committee on Homelessness.



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    Bill wrote on January 01, 2008 09:45 PM: Can you say "boondoggle"? What a waste of OUR money.


    Herb wrote on January 01, 2008 06:13 PM: Chase, the situations you speak of are exceptions to the rule. They also tend to be the temporary homeless..not the chronic homeless i.e bums.


    Chase wrote on January 01, 2008 01:58 PM: You're right Herb, teens forced out of their homes due to abuse or other circumstances aren't victims. Neither are people who lose their home to fires or death or illegal activity not of their doing. Thank you for clearing the air on that. People who live on the street aren't victims. Let's not make tha tmistake again. Good job, Herb.


    delray wrote on January 01, 2008 10:57 AM: what a waste of tax money... metro police needs a grant to start the first ever death squad to clean up these so called people. these bums will never leave unless brutal and lethal force is used. than, maybe they would move to some softer city.


    Herb wrote on January 01, 2008 09:13 AM: The chronic homeless used to be called bums. We went down the wrong road when we started thinking of them as victims.