Community Services Consortium

Serving Linn, Benton, and Lincoln counties in Oregon. Helping people. Changing lives.

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Homeless Prevention and Rapid Rehousing Program Makes a Difference

As part of the federal stimulus funding opportunities provided with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), CSC's Emergency Services staff helped 160 households find housing or remain in their homes in the last fiscal year, which equates to 500 individuals.

Following is a brief rundown of how each office — and CSC as a whole -- utilized the Homeless Prevention and Rapid Rehousing funds.

Homeless Prevention
Albany Regional Office: 30 Households served/ $25,626 spent
Lebanon Regional Office: 34 Households served/ $26,662 spent
Corvallis Regional Office: 28 Households served/ $23,303 spent
Newport Regional Office: 18 Households served/ $17,791 spent

TOTAL homeless prevention: 110 Households served/$93,382 spent

Rapid Re-Housing
Albany Regional Office: 13 Households served/ $11,321 spent
Lebanon Regional Office: 20 Households served/ $16,820 spent
Corvallis Regional Office: 16 Households served/ $14,258 spent
Newport Regional Office: 4 Households served/ $4,744 spent

TOTAL rapid rehousing: 50 Households/ $47,143 funds spent

TOTAL FUNDS SPENT: $140,525 (Dec. 1, 2009 thru June 21, 2010).

For more information on other CSC stimulus/ARRA projects - or CSC programs and services generally - please go to CSC's website.

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