HUD Includes One-Stop Service Centers In Their Priorities

Every year, the Department of Housing and Urban Development publishes their guidelines for their annual funding for housing and homelessness. It is called the SuperNOFA (Super Notice of Funding Availability). Each year they spend more than one billion dollars on a national level.

In the 2006 SuperNOFA, along with permanent supportive housing, they have included the importance of establishing One-Stop Assistance Centers. The idea is to house services for the homeless all under one roof. So a person who is homeless has easy access to services. The model here in Los Angeles is the PATH Mall.

Here is what the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness said about this:
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Today’s notice underscores the Administration’s commitment to end chronic homelessness, noting, “President Bush has set a national goal to end chronic homelessness. HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson has embraced this goal and has pledged that HUD’s grant programs will be used to support the President’s goal and better meet the needs of chronically homeless individuals.” According to the Notice, applicants are encouraged to target assistance to chronically homeless persons by undertaking activities that will result in creation of permanent and permanent supportive housing, as well as services, including the use of one-stop assistance centers or service coordinators to ensure that persons experiencing chronic homelessness have access to a variety of social services.
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