Rockville Housing Enterprises awarded $154K through $3.4M HUD program
Summary
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Friday awarded Rockville Housing Enterprises $154,000 as part of a $3.4 million grant to 38 public housing agencies for 257 vouchers and administrative fees to provide housing assistance to young adults who exited or are transitioning out of foster care and are experiencing or at risk of experiencing homelessness.The funding was awarded through HUDs Foster Youth to Independence (FYI) Initiative.The FYI initiative aims to prevent youth who have been involved in the child welfare system from ever experiencing homelessness. FYI makes housing choice voucher assistance available to PHAs who have a partnership with public child welfare agencies (PCWA). Under the program, public housing agencies can provide housing assistance to young adult in between the ages of 18 years and not more than 24 years old who left foster care or will leave foster care in the next 90 days and are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless.Through the Foster Youth to Independence initiative, HUD is investing in a community response to homelessness faced by child welfare involved youth.