Crs Report for Congress Received through the Crs Web Homelessness : Recent Statistics, Targeted Federal Programs, And Recent Legislation Updated May 31, 2005

By Mccarty, Maggie

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Title:	Crs Report for Congress Received through the Crs Web Homelessness : Recent Statistics, Targeted Federal Programs, And Recent Legislation Updated May 31, 2005
Author:	Mccarty, Maggie
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Summary: There is no single federal definition of homelessness. However, most federal programs for the homeless define a homeless individual as a person who lacks a fixed and night-time residence or whose primary residence is a supervised public or private shelter designed to provide temporary living accommodations, an institution accommodating persons intended to be institutionalized, or a public or private place not designed for, or ordinarily used as, a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings. Existing data estimate the homeless population in the United States as ranging from 600,000 to 2.5 million. A congressionally mandated Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) to count the homeless is expected to produce annual data about the number of homeless individuals beginning in late 2005.

Table of Contents
Contents Recent Data on the Homeless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 The 2004 U.S. Conference of Mayors Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 The NSHAPC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 The Federal Response to Homelessness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Department of Education (ED) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Education for Homeless Children and Youth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Health Care for the Homeless (HCH) Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH) . . . . 6 Consolidated Runaway and Homeless Youth Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Runaway and Homeless Youth — Street Outreach Program . . . . . . . . 8 Department of Justice (DOJ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Transitional Housing Assistance for Victims of Domestic Violence . . 9 Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Homeless Assistance Grants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Department of Labor (DOL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Health Care for Homeless Veterans (HCHV) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Domiciliary Care for Homeless Veterans (DCHV) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Compensated Work Therapy Program (formerly the Special Therapeutic and Rehabilitation Activities Fund) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Guaranteed Transitional Housing for Homeless Veterans . . . . . . . . . . 14 Technical Assistance Grants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 HUD VA Supported Housing (HUD-VASH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Other VA Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Administration Initiatives and Legislation in the 109th Congress . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Administration Initiatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 The Chronic Homelessness Initiative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Homeless Assistance Grants Funding and Proposed Consolidation . . 18 Legislative Activities in the 109th Congress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Funding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 List of Tables Table 1. Homelessness: Targeted Federal Programs Appropriations, FY2002-FY2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Table 2. Homelessness: Targeted VA Program Obligations, FY2002-FY2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21