Annual report, 2004

State Housing Trust Fund for the Homeless
Annual Report
January 1, 2005
Programs Administered by: Georgia Department of Community Affairs
Mike Beatty, Commissioner

The mission of the State Housing Trust Fund for the Homeless is to support the efforts of organizations that provide housing and essential services for individuals and families striving to end their state of homelessness. These groups include:
Nonprofits
Faith-Based Organizations
Community Homeless Provider Networks, and
Public Programs
The mission of the State Housing Trust Fund for the Homeless will be accomplished by:
Providing Resources For The Groups Listed Above
Supporting Opportunities That Promote Self-. .Sufficiency, and
Forming Partnerships With Organizations That Embrace The Goal Of Ending Homelessness In .Georgia

Commissioners
State Housing Trust Fund for the Homeless
Virginia B. Gray
Chair, Jonesboro
Yolanda Castillo
Vice-Chair, Smyrna
Margaret Armstrong
Augusta
Carmen Chubb
Atlanta
Kay Durand
LaGrange
Walter R. Huntley, Jr.
Atlanta
Debi Starnes
Atlanta
Neatha Young
Savannah

Letter from the Chairman
In fiscal year 2004, the Department of Community Affairs' (DCA's) Office of the State Housing Trust Fund for the Homeless, administratively supported by the Housing Trust Fund Commission (HTF), made $13.5 million dollars in direct awards to programs throughout the state.
With those funds, the Trust Fund leveraged about $2 million dollars in Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG) funding from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD); $1.9 million dollars in Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS from HUD; and $6.9 million dollars in Shelter Plus Care (S+C) funds from HUD.
In addition, the Trust fund Provided $900,000 to supplement S+C and technical assistance programs, Supported the development of "Progressive Hope House" (a 70-bed substance abuse treatment facility for homeless men in Atlanta); and Made staff support available to develop a Sixth Balance of State Continuum of Care Plan, resulting in $9.2 million dollars in funding for 28 projects state-wide.
This year, we have made progress in our goal to provide more permanent supported housing for persons with disabilities, especially those who have long histories of sleeping on the street and/or utilizing shelter. We continue to add about 100 new S+C units per year and now have 633 units under contract with HUD.
Governor Perdue made history this year with his February 11, 2004 Executive Order directing the Commissioners of the Departments of Human Resources and Community Affairs to convene a workgroup of state agency officials to continue the work of the State's Policy Academy. At the close of the year, this group was nearing completion of its proposed plan. Preliminary work of the "Georgia Interagency Homeless Coordination Council" affirms the work of the Academy to address how homeless persons access mainstream resources, the production of supportive housing for homeless persons with disabilities, the movement of homeless persons to and from state institutions, the development of best practices, access to funding, and lastly, state leadership.
The goals of the Trust Fund for the coming year will remain consistent with past goals and the work of the Interagency Council. We will continue to make collaboration a priority so that mainstream services will be more readily accessible to homeless persons. Our HMIS collaborative with the Pathways Community Network is an integral part of this strategy. We will continue to heavily support the outreach, shelter, transitional housing and supportive service work of the ESG program. And lastly, we will continue to make a strong commitment to the development of permanent supportive housing through the S+C program and DCA's Permanent Supportive Housing Program (utilizing HOME and HTF funds to support larger-scale developments).
Respectfully submitted,
Virginia Gray
Chairman, State Housing Trust Fund Commission

Prevention

Emergency Shelter

Permanent Supportive Housing

Outreach/Intake Assessment

Transitional Housing

S u p p o r t i v e

S e r v i c e s

Permanent Housing

The Georgia Department of Community Affairs (DCA) develops an annual Continuum of Care Plan for the `Balance of State'. This document serves as the state's blueprint for providing a series of comprehensive and progressive resources to homeless individuals and families such that they become self-sufficient and permanently housed. The plan outlines specific projects and activities that the DCA and the Trust Fund will undertake in the coming year. In addition to being used as a planning tool, the continuum of care document is also a means for accessing federal funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Each year since 1998, the State and its many community partners have developed a plan that to date has generated over thirty-one million dollars for transitional housing, mental health programs, day facilities, child-care and a host of other programs. What follows is a description of initiatives operating during the period July 1, 2003 - June 30, 2004.
Prevention
The first line of defense against homelessness is the prevention program. In State Fiscal Year (SFY04), $450,000 was awarded to thirty-one organizations to help them stabilize families that experienced a temporary economic setback. Prevention funds are used to pay security deposits, past due rental and/or mortgage payments, and utility bills. Once a family provides proof of financial need, the grantee makes a direct payment to the landlord, mortgage company, builder, or utility company. In addition to making these payments, many grantees coordinate consumer credit counseling courses and other services to help families increase their employability, learn financial management skills, and minimize the possibility of future episodes of financial distress.
Emergency Shelters
Emergency shelters are the points of entry for thousands of persons that have become homeless. Families and individuals living in these emergency facilities receive food, shelter and essential services designed to stabilize them for a period of thirty to sixty days. On some occasions, a family may stay in a shelter for six months. Shelters are frequently distinguished by large open dormitory style rooms furnished with one to several hundred blankets, cots or beds. Emergency shelter staff guides clients through the maze of social services available to

them,including social security, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF), employment training and other resources designed to return them to permanent housing.
Transitional Housing
The next phase in the Continuum of Care is transitional housing. These facilities are frequently co-located with emergency shelters or may exist as apartments or houses scattered throughout a city. Families and individuals in transitional housing typically have private to semi-private living quarters. The daily regimen in these facilities is more relaxed than in shelters, but greater responsibilities are placed on the families to adhere to a plan for selfsufficiency. Participants typically stay in transitional housing for up to twenty-four months. In SFY04, the Trust Fund assisted 118 grantees in 5,598 bed spaces in emergency shelter and transitional housing facilities with an average of 4,311 clients receiving housing per day.
Supportive Services
In addition to housing, the Trust Fund awards money to organizations that provide services designed to address issues that may have contributed to the individuals or the family's homelessness. The range of services include things such as housing counseling, childcare, education, employment training, financial counseling, legal aid, mental health counseling, primary health care, and substance abuse therapy. In SFY04, the Trust Fund assisted 81 grantees in providing supportive services to an average of 9,036 clients per day.
Homeless Management Information System
In the 2002 Balance of State Continuum of Care, DCA was awarded funds from HUD for a comprehensive, state-wide Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) initiative. The purpose of HMIS, as mandated by Congress, is to generate an unduplicated count of each continuum of care's homeless population. As data is accumulated there will be a much more comprehensive picture of the homeless population's needs and demographics, and we will be able to see how those needs and demographics change over time. This data will allow agencies to better allocate resources and serve their communities in their mission, and the State's, to end homelessness. Through this HUD grant, DCA has provided funding to eligible agencies to assist with hardware procurement, internet connection fees, and supportive software to make this project successful. During SFY2004, over $97,000 was expended through DCA's HMIS grant making it possible for many agencies to become active with HMIS or increase their level of participation. Each of Georgia's continuums has a substantial number of homeless service providers using the HMIS system and more are expected to join over the next 12 months. There is representation from many sectors of the homeless service/shelter system information and referral, emergency shelters, transitional housing, HOPWA providers, domestic violence shelters, and service-only agencies. The system was recently upgraded to accommodate the Universal Data Elements of HUD's finalized HMIS data standards.
Acquisition & Rehabilitation
Each year the Trust Fund helps local governments and nonprofit organizations acquire land and buildings, or make substantial repairs to facilities used to house or provide services to homeless persons. As there is a growing need for emergency shelter space, the Trust Fund makes the largest portion of its development budget available to organizations seeking to develop additional space for shelter beds. The Trust Fund awarded over $580,000 for seven acquisition and rehabilitation projects in SFY04.

Some homeless individuals may never become completely independent of charitable assistance from the public and private sector because of the complex nature of their homelessness. These individuals suffer from a range of medical issues that include physical disabilities, mental illnesses, and/or chemical addictions and may require longterm social and psychological support. To keep such persons housed and treated, a comprehensive support mechanism is often needed.
Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS
HOPWA is a federally funded program that has been in operation since 1994. It was borne out of Congress' desire to address the housing crisis associated with the AIDS epidemic. The program serves individuals and families affected by HIV/AIDS. Because this disease often leaves individuals and families financially devastated due to accumulating medical bills and lost wages due to sickness, HOPWA makes rental assistance and supportive services available to eligible persons. For persons impacted by HIV/AIDS, this is a very important component of the continuum of care. In SFY04, the Trust Fund administered over $2.1 million dollars to organizations in non-metropolitan areas of Georgia to serve persons affected by HIV/AIDS. During the program year, 266 families and 1,133 individuals were provided needed housing assistance and an additional 1,562 individuals were provided supportive services. Trust Fund staff efforts connected with HOPWA continue to focus on assisting designated sponsors with the expansion or enhancement of their organizational capacity and/or current programs.
Shelter Plus Care (S+C)
The Shelter Plus Care program is designed to provide housing and supportive services on a long-term basis for homeless persons with disabilities and their families. Persons served by this program primarily have disabilities associated with serious mental illness, chronic problems with alcohol and/or drugs, and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) or related diseases. Since Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 1995, DCA has received $19.3 million dollars in S+C commitments to assist 32 sponsors. Beginning in FFY1996, approximately $5.7 million was received to assist two sponsors with project-based rental assistance on rehabilitated units for a 10-year period and to assist two sponsors with five-year commitments for project-based rental assistance without rehabilitation. In FFY1999, DCA received an additional $3.7 million dollars to provide sponsor-based rental assistance to an additional nine agencies. In FFY2000, DCA received an additional $3.3 million dollars to provide sponsor-based rental assistance to eight additional agencies. In FFY2001, another $1.3 million dollars was awarded to DCA for sponsor-based rental assistance to assist 3 sponsors, and the award amount for FFY2002 was $2.5 million dollars. The most recent award in FFY2003 was $2.8 million dollars to assist 6 sponsors. In all, 769 homeless and disabled individuals are targeted to receive shelter and supportive services within 617 housing units over five or ten year periods. An additional 299 family members will also benefit raising the total estimated benefit to 1,068 persons per year.

Providers of homeless assistance benefit from ongoing training to stay abreast of innovative social work strategies as well as resources for funding, staff and volunteers -- that's why the Trust Fund committed some $67,500 for a broad range of training opportunities in SFY04.
Best Practices Technical Assistance Program
Sixteen organizations in Georgia participate in the Best Practices Technical Assistance Program as trainers. This innovative project is devised to have local organizations with expertise in one or more areas of homeless facilities and services provide peer training to other homeless service providers. The objective of this program is to ensure that homeless service providers have access to tools and resources that will enable them to provide high quality services to persons in need of assistance. Training under this program occurs year round in all regions of the state. To date more than 625 hours of technical assistance has been provided to over 200 homeless assistance organizations and other nonprofit agencies in Georgia.
Regional Homeless Resource Fairs
The Regional Homeless Resource Fairs are designed to facilitate communication between providers and effectively coordinate services offered to homeless families. These fairs were held in eight of the State's regions last year. Homeless Services providers and others interested in homeless issues attend these events to exchange ideas, discuss new projects and propose new ways of serving homeless people. The fairs also feature national and local speakers as well as trainers from the Best Practices Technical Assistance Program. Fair participants have opportunities to attend workshops on a variety of topics such as tips for start-up organizations, policies and procedures for operating homeless facilities, and standards of care.
Staff Directed Technical Assistance Program and Grantee Monitoring
Trust Fund staff provides ongoing training to grantees and persons who are interested in starting new homeless projects. Each week, one or more members of the staff visit several facilities around the state and during those visits, one-on-one technical assistance support is offered. Another important function of Trust Fund staff is the monitoring of each Grantee's participation in the various programs to ensure compliance with program regulations. Monitoring visit reviews include such areas as financial record systems, program benefits, and other program rules. The State also provides written certifications to HUD regarding compliance of each project with appropriate environmental regulations, and all ESGP and Shelter Plus Care grantees must conform to the HUD rule for verifying homelessness. For the past two years, all Trust Fund grantees have been required to submit formal policies addressing their methods of documenting homelessness. After identifying where their homeless populations are coming from (streets, shelters, institutions, etc.), agencies must show that protocols for documentation ensuring proper eligibility are in place. Grantees receiving HOPWA and/or Shelter Plus Care funding will receive an on-site monitoring visit each contract year. Grantees receiving ESGP funding will receive on-site monitoring visits once every three years or more often as deemed necessary by Trust Fund staff based on application, reimbursements, desk audits, or reporting submissions.

Daniel-Flagg Villas Savannah
In 1990, Union Mission, Inc. opened the first housing program for persons living with HIV/AIDS outside of Atlanta. It is now much more than just a housing facility. Phoenix Project offers numerous onsite supportive services such as: HIV/AIDS healthcare assessment and treatment, peer education, resource coordination, support groups, health education, legal service, planned social/educational activities, chaplain services, and individual/group level substance abuse treatment.
To fulfill the dire need to create affordable permanent housing to support persons living with HIV/AIDS, the Daniel-Flagg Villas were established. This undertaking included restoration, renovation, and new construction. Luckily, a badly deteriorated block of historic railroad cottages were adjacent to the Phoenix Project. This offered an opportunity to create more housing in a convenient location. Revitalizing an entire residential block within a challenged inner city neighborhood was an attractive prospect to everyone involved, including HUD, DCA, and the City of Savannah. Since the completion

of the Villas, they have also become widely known through an eclectic array of awards including, of course, the 2004 Magnolia Award for Excellence in Affordable Housing in the Special Needs category. The next awards include an historic preservation award from The Historic Savannah Foundation and an architecture award from the Association of the American Institute of Architects which certainly gives honor to the impressive group, Lominack Kolman Smith Architects, who did an amazing job with the Villas. Funding partners for this project include DCA and HUD.
Daniel-Flagg Villas is a ten unit permanent housing community for persons living with HIV/AIDS and/or family members. The complex consists of 1/1-bedroom apartment, 8/2bedroom apartments, and 1/3-bedroom apartment. Two of the apartments are Handicap

accessible. Daniel-Flagg Villas allows persons living with HIV/AIDS and/or their families the opportunity to live in safe, decent, and affordable housing. Because Phoenix Project is located across the street from Daniel-Flagg Villas, the residents are able to utilize all supportive services with ease.
Each Daniel-Flagg resident is required to participate in case management, which ensures continuity of services. In a joint effort, the case managers and housing participant write an Individualized Service Plan (ISP) tailored to meet the needs of the individual and their family. The ISP assists in guiding the resident into independent living. Should Union Mission, Inc. not offer a particular service, Phoenix Project then refers the client to the appropriate agency to ensure continuity of care for the client.
As a long-time HOPWA grantee, Union Mission's program also represents a partnership with the Office of the State Housing Trust Fund for the Homeless in providing permanent supportive housing for persons living with HIV/AIDS along with their families. Union Mission's HOPWA Program promotes many of the objectives of the State Housing Trust Fund for the Homeless. The project utilizes the technical and financial resources of the Trust Fund in a creative and sustaining manner, supports activities that promote individual self-sufficiency, and forms partnerships with organizations that embrace the goal of ending homelessness in our State.

The Trust Fund makes important decisions about managing homeless assistance funds by consulting with parties with special interests and expertise in homeless issues. Today, several communication tools exist to support the exchange of information among homeless providers, staff, homeless persons and Commissioners of the State Housing Trust Fund for the Homeless.
State Homeless Advisory Council
To facilitate a proactive dialog about preventing and eliminating homelessness, the Trust Fund regularly convenes meetings of the State Homeless Advisory Council. The council is composed of twenty-five representatives from the homeless service provider community, local homeless coalitions, local governments, nonprofit organizations, ecumenical community and many others interested in addressing issues of homelessness. This year the Council updated and exchanged information with each of the seven continuums of care in Georgia, considered staff proposals regarding the update of DCA's technical assistance programs, worked on the planning of the Homeless Management Information System, and made recommendations concerning DCA's programs for the Trust Fund Commissioners to consider.
Georgia Homeless Policy Academy Team
The Georgia Academy for State and Local Policymakers began meeting in 2002 and in that year authored the State's Action Plan to End Homelessness in Ten Years. The Action Plan was presented to the Commissioners of DCA, DHR (human resources) and DCH (community health). Unfortunately, there had not been sufficient time for action by Governor Barnes when Governor Perdue assumed the office in January 2003. The Academy requested and has held numerous meetings with the Governor since that time. This work resulted in the Governor's Executive Order which was issued February 11, 2004.
State Homeless Interagency Coordination Council
By Executive Order Governor Perdue established the Georgia Interagency Homeless Coordination Council (GIHCC). Co-chairs include DCA Commissioner Mike Beatty and DHR Commissioner B.J. Walker. Members of the Council represent widely diverse State agencies, entities, and policymakers. The GIHCC was appointed soon following the Executive Order and began meeting on April 9, 2004. Since that time, the GIHCC has readdressed each specific Goal and Action Step in the Action Plan through monthly meetings. The Georgia Homeless Action Plan was submitted to the Governor in October 2004.
Georgia Mental Health Planning Council
To address the goal of ending chronic homelessness and in procuring mainstream resources for homeless services, DCA staff serves on the Board of this important planning council. The Council has responsibilities for the monitoring and evaluation of the state's mental health delivery process, including the provision of mental health services for individuals who are homeless, or at risk of homelessness. This past year the Council held 7 meetings.

Georgia Department Human Resources Housing Coalition
This group is responsible for reviewing policies and procedures related to the provision of supportive housing as a function of the State's efforts to abide by the directives of the Olmstead Decision. This council met quarterly during the most recent fiscal year.
Collaborative Initiative to Help End Chronic Homelessness
In response to the Interagency NOFA, DCA staff chaired a team that developed and submitted an application to the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness. This past year, DCA Commissioner Mike Beatty co-chaired along with DHR Commissioner B.J. Walker on the Governor's Interagency Homeless Coordination Council. Ongoing work is focused on ending chronic homelessness; policies that will eliminate discharging clients back into homeless situations; improving state agency coordination; improving access to SSI with consideration given to presumptive eligibility; evaluation of fiscal effectiveness; effective homeless prevention policies; and coordination strategies that will best achieve the Council and the Governor's goals for ending chronic homelessness in Georgia by 2012.
Regional Planning Partnerships
DCA continues to collaborate with the Mayor's (Atlanta) Homeless Commission in an effort to address needs in the Atlanta region. This Commission is staffed by the United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta which has established a regional entity that includes Atlanta, Fulton, DeKalb, Cobb, Douglas, and Clayton Counties. Extending from this effort is the United Way's new Supportive Housing Council. This group is specifically working to establish new resources for housing chronic homeless persons in the metro Atlanta area. DCA also attends local homeless coalition and CoC planning meetings throughout the State.
Blueprint to End Homelessness in Atlanta in Ten Years
Clayton County and Douglas County (both in the Balance of State CoC) have committed to be a part of this regional approach. Over the past 12 months, DCA staff have met for countless hours with various persons and organizations in an effort to provide a collaborative response to all 3 of the ICH NOFA's. Recently, DCA staff have participated in permanent supportive housing and support service workgroups.
Homeless Management Information System Strategy Meetings
With the rest of Georgia's CoC and Pathways Community Network as its key non-profit partner, DCA leads the State's HMIS collaborative. DCA staff members regularly attend or lead HMIS provider group meetings. Just this year, DCA staff appointed and convened a group of key domestic violence partners across the state to study and to, hopefully, resolve issues surrounding the reluctance of this group to participate in the HMIS initiative.
Web Page
The Trust Fund's Homeless Services Web Page features a directory of homeless service providers in the state that receive Trust Fund money. There are also web-site links to each of the organizations listed in the directory that are on-line as well as other links to important state and federal agencies including the Office of the Georgia Secretary of State, and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Users can also read or request copies of applications, the continuum of care plan, and other useful documents. The web site is located at www.dca.state.ga.us/housing/homeless.

During State Fiscal Year 2004, the Housing Trust Fund collected the following client data from ESGP Grantees. This data is a requirement of the Integrated Disbursement Information System (IDIS) from which Federal ESGP dollars are dispersed.

Of the 62,118 clients who received housing (emergency or transitional), the number below have the following characteristics*...

Characteristic Victim of Domestic Violence Runaway/Throwaway Youth Chronically Mentally Ill Developmentally Disabled HIV/AIDS Alcohol Dependent Drug Dependent Elderly (>60 years old) Veterans Physically Disabled Illiterate or Marginally Literate Criminal History Other

Number 16,291 88 13,373 1,792 5,678 32,918 33,749 1,738 3,938 1,311

Percentage 26% <1% 22% 3% 9% 53% 54% 3% 6% 2%

499

1%

Of the 174,632 clients who received supportive services, the number below have the following characteristics*...

Characteristic Victim of Domestic Violence Runaway/Throwaway Youth Chronically Mentally Ill Developmentally Disabled HIV/AIDS Alcohol Dependent Drug Dependent Elderly (>60 years old) Veterans Physically Disabled Illiterate or Marginally Literate Criminal History Other

Number 10,451 3,123 21,452 13,352 6,628 25,052 30,860 3,950 7,634 10,741

Percentage 6% 2%
12% 8% 4%
14% 18%
2% 4% 6%

1,182

1%

* Since many homeless clients have dual issues, the total will not equal 100%.

$14.6 million dollars was awarded for over 237 programs that shelter or serve homeless individuals and families.
Under the ESG Program, housing was provided to a daily average of 4,311 clients and supportive services were provided to a daily average of 9,036 clients.
$450,000 was awarded to 31 organizations under the ESG Program for the purpose of preventing homelessness.
$9.2 million dollars was awarded to 28 organizations under the 2004 Continuum Of Care Plan for the `Balance Of The State'.
$1,465,861 in Shelter Plus Care program funds supported 463 housing units, which provided housing assistance to over 800 disabled homeless persons.
$2.1 million dollars was administered to 12 HOPWA organizations to serve persons affected by HIV/AIDS.
During the program year, 266 families and 1,133 individuals were provided needed housing assistance, 1,562 individuals were provided supportive services, and an additional 2,657 individuals received housing information services under the HOPWA Program.
Eight Regional Resource Fairs were held in Athens, Atlanta, Augusta, Columbus, Dublin, Macon, Rome, and Valdosta.
Through the Best Practices Technical Assistance Program, technical assistance has been delivered to some 800 staff, volunteers, and partners of homeless organizations throughout the State.
$5.5 million dollars was awarded under the 2004 Continuum Of Care for the `Balance Of State' for 8 New / 1 Renewal Shelter Plus Care Projects in coordination with the Georgia Department Of Human Resources, an additional $403,080 was awarded to DCA's Shelter Plus Care Project submitted through the Marietta-Cobb Continuum Of Care, and another $569,208 was awarded to DCA's Shelter Plus Care Renewal Projects submitted through both the City of Atlanta Continuum of Care and the ColumbusMuscogee/Russell County Continuum of Care.

Allocation of Funds
From July 1, 2003 to June 30, 2004, over $14.6 million dollars was awarded through the Office of the State Housing Trust Fund for the Homeless to support homeless assistance programs operated by local governments and nonprofit organizations throughout Georgia. Monies for these programs come from federal and state agencies as well as repayments and interests from prior loan projects.
During this period, the Trust Fund received $3.6 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for two programs -- Emergency Shelter Grant

Program (ESGP) and Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS Program (HOPWA). It also received a special $3 million award under HUD's Continuum of Care Program to administer six new Shelter Plus Care projects for fragile clients. The Trust Fund received an additional $3 million allocation from the Georgia General Assembly to match the HUD ESG award, as well as to support a series of other homeless assistance projects.
The chart below illustrates how these dollars were distributed to projects in SFY'04.

Final FY 2004 State Housing Trust Fund Allocations

Program Name Emergency Shelter Grant Matching Funds Nonprofit Technical Assistance Shelter Plus Care Permanent Supportive Housing Program (PSHP) Supportive Facilities Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) Administration (Includes 5-YR SPC Awards)
Total Obligation

Amount Obligated 4,946,100 264,600 126,980 5,519,170 0 500,000 1,971,225 163,700 1,175,202
$14,666,977

% 34%
2% 1% 38% 0% 3% 13% 1% 8% 100%

Source of Funding For Major Programs

State-HTF

Federal-HUD

Transitional Housing

Emergency Shelter Grant Program

Homeless Management Information System (HMIS)

Best Practices Technical Assistance

Shelter Plus Care (S+C)

Regional Resource Fairs

Housing Opportunities for Persons

Homeless Prevention

With AIDS Program

Essential Services

Permanent Supportive Housing S+C Match

for Permanent Supportive Housing

Supportive Facilities

FY 2004 Grantees
Organization
Achor Center, Inc. Action Ministries, Inc. (Central Office) Action Ministries, Inc. (d/b/a Atlanta Ministries) Action Ministries, Inc. (d/b/a Augusta Ministries) Action Ministries, Inc. (d/b/a Gainesville Ministries) Action Ministries, Inc. (d/b/a Rome Ministries) AIDS Athens, Inc. (f/k/a AIDS Coalition of Northeast Georgia) Albany, City of Albany Outreach Center, Inc. Alternate Life Paths Programs, Inc. Amethyst Project, Inc. Area Christians Together In Service, Inc. Area Committee To Improve Opportunities Now, Inc. Athens Area Homeless Shelter Athens Nurses Clinic, Inc. Atlanta Children's Shelter, Inc. Atlanta City Mission Corporation Atlanta Community Food Bank, Inc. Atlanta Enterprise Center, Inc. Atlanta Union Mission Corporation Augusta Task Force for the Homeless, Inc. Breakthru House, Inc. Buckhead Christian Ministry Calvary Refuge, Inc. Camden Community Crisis Center, Inc. Carroll County Emergency Shelter, Inc. Central City AIDS Network, Inc. Central Presbyterian Church Outreach Center Chatham-Savannah Authority for the Homeless Cherokee Family Violence Center, Inc. Christian League For Battered Women, Inc. (a/k/a Tranquility House)

County
Fulton Multi-Co
Fulton Fulton Fulton Fulton Clarke Dougherty Dougherty Fulton Bulloch Bulloch Clarke Clarke Clarke Fulton Fulton Fulton Fulton Fulton Richmond DeKalb Fulton Clayton Camden Carroll
Bibb Fulton Chatham Cherokee Bartow

FY 2004 Grantees
Organization
Circle of Love Center, Inc. Citizens Against Violence, Inc. Clayton County Family Care, Inc. Clifton Sanctuary Ministries, Inc. (f/k/a Lake Claire Community Apts.) Coastal Area Support Team, Inc. Cobb Family Resources, Inc. (a/k/a Center for Family Resources) Colquitt County Serenity House Columbus Regional Healthcare System, Inc. Community Advanced Practice Nurses, Inc. Community Concerns, Inc. Community Info Line for Coosa Valley, Inc. Comprehensive AIDS Resource Encounter, Inc. Concerted Services, Inc. Congregation Shearith Israel Coordinated Health Services, Inc. Covenant Community, Inc. Crossroads Community Ministries, Inc. CSRA Economic Opportunity Authority, Inc. Decatur Cooperative Ministry, Inc. Douglas County Community Services Board (CSB) Douglas County Shelter, Inc. Druid Hills Presbyterian Church Economic Opportunity for Savannah-Chatham County Area, Inc.
Episcopal Church of the Holy Family, Inc. (a/k/a Community Food Pantry) Extension, Inc (The) Faith Community Outreach Center, Inc. Faith in Action of Fannin County, Inc. Families First, Inc. Family Crisis Center of Walker, Dade, Catoosa & Chattooga Counties, Inc. Flint Circuit Council on Family Violence, Inc. Food Bank of Northeast Georgia, Inc.

County
Greene Bulloch Clayton
Fulton Glynn Cobb Colquitt Muscogee Fulton Fulton Floyd Wayne Ware Fulton Richmond Fulton Fulton Richmond DeKalb Cobb Douglas Fulton Chatham Pickens Cobb Dougherty Fannin Fulton Walker Henry Clarke

FY 2004 Grantees
Organization
Fulfilling God's Assignments, Inc. (d/b/a The Light Homeless Shelter) Fulton County Board of Commissioners Furniture Bank of Metro Atlanta, Inc.
Gateway House, Inc. Genesis Shelter, Inc. Georgia Coalition to End Homelessness, Inc. Georgia Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty, Inc. Georgia Legal Services Program, Inc. (Augusta) Georgia Mountain Women's Center, Inc. (a/k/a Circle of Hope) Golden Harvest Food Bank, Inc. Golden Rule, Inc. Greenbriar Children's Center, Inc.
Habersham Homeless Ministries Inc., f/k/a Refuge Ministries Halcyon Home For Battered Women, Inc. Healing Place of Athens, Inc., (The) Hinesville, City of
HODAC, Inc. Houston Homeless Shelter Action Committee, Inc. Homeless Resource Network, Inc. Homeless Shelter Action Committee, Inc. Hope House, Inc. Hope House of Savannah, Inc. Hope Shelter, Inc., (The) Hospitality House for Women, Inc. House of Grace Inc. House of T.I.M.E., Inc. Housing Initiative of North Fulton, Inc. Inner City Night Shelter, Inc. Interfaith Hospitality Network of Athens, Inc. Interfaith Hospitality Network of Augusta, Inc. Interfaith Hospitality Network of Coastal Georgia Interfaith Outreach Home, Inc.

County
Barrow Fulton Fulton
Hall Fulton Cobb Fulton Richmond Habersham Richmond Taylor Chatham Habersham Thomas Clarke Liberty Bartow Muscogee Bartow Richmond Chatham Fulton Floyd Cook Muscogee Fulton Chatham Clarke Richmond Chatham DeKalb

FY 2004 Grantees
Organization
Jewish Family & Career Services, Inc. Liberty House of Albany, Inc. Loaves and Fishes Ministry of Macon, Inc. Lowndes Associated Ministries to People (LAMP), Inc. Macon Bibb County Economic Opportunity Council, Inc. Maranatha Outreach, Inc. Martin Luther King Jr. Poor People's Church of Love, Inc. Midtown Assistance Center, Inc. Ministries United for Service and Training, Inc. Mulberry Street United Methodist Church N.O.A.'s Ark, Inc. Nicholas House, Inc. North Fulton Community Charities, Inc. North Georgia Mountain Crisis Network, Inc. Northeast Georgia Council on Domestic Violence, Inc. Northeast Georgia Homeless Coalition Northwest Georgia Family Crisis Center, Inc. Open Door Community House, Inc. Our House, Inc. Park Place Outreach, Inc. (f/k/a Marshlands Foundation) Partnership Against Domestic Violence, Inc. Peace Place, Inc. Project Community Connections, Inc. Quest 35, Inc. Rainbow Village, Inc. Refuge Domestic Violence Shelter, Inc. Rockdale County Emergency Relief Fund, Inc. S.H.A.R.E. House, Inc. Safe Haven Transitional, Inc. SAFE Homes of Augusta, Inc. Saint Joseph's Mercy Care Services, Inc.

County
Fulton Dougherty
Bibb Lowndes
Bibb Baldwin
Fulton Fulton Cobb
Bibb Lumpkin
Fulton Fulton Fannin
Hart Clarke Whitfield Muscogee DeKalb Chatham Fulton Barrow Fulton Fulton Gwinnett Toombs Rockdale Douglas DeKalb Richmond Fulton

FY 2004 Grantees
Organization
Salvation Army, A Georgia Corporation (Augusta) Salvation Army, A Georgia Corporation (Columbus) Salvation Army, A Georgia Corporation (Griffin) Salvation Army, A Georgia Corporation (Macon) Salvation Army, A Georgia Corporation (Savannah) Salvation Army, A Georgia Corporation (Thomasville) Salvation Army, A Georgia Corporation (Warner Robins) Salvation Army, (Atlanta), d/b/a Metro Atlanta Family Emergency Services Salvation Army (Atlanta), d/b/a Metro Atlanta Red Shield Services Samaritan House of Atlanta, Inc. Savannah Area Family Emergency Shelter, Inc. Shepherd's Rest Ministries, Inc. Social Apostolate of Savannah South Georgia Coalition to End Homelessness Southwest Georgia Community Action Council, Inc. St. Jude's Recovery Center, Inc. St. Vincent de Paul Society, Inc. Sullivan Center, Inc., (The) Support in Abusive Family Emergencies, Inc. (SAFE, Inc.) The IMPACT! Group, Inc. (f/k/a Gwinnett Housing Resource Partnership) Tifton Judicial Circuit Shelter, Inc. (f/k/a Tiftarea Judiciary Shelter) Transition House, Inc. Travelers Aid of Metropolitan Atlanta, Inc.
Tri-County Protective Agency, Inc. Trinity Community Ministries Union Mission, Inc. (Savannah) United Ministries of Savannah, Inc. United Way of Metro Atlanta W.O.L. Inc. / d/b/a Carter Hope Center Women In Need of God's Shelter, Inc. Women Moving On, Inc.

County
Richmond Muscogee
Spalding Bibb
Chatham Thomas Houston
Fulton Fulton Fulton Chatham Paulding Chatham Lowndes Colquitt Fulton Fulton Fulton Union Gwinnett
Tift Fulton Fulton Liberty Fulton Chatham Chatham Fulton Whitfield Laurens DeKalb

FY 2004 Grantees
Organization
Women's Crisis Center, Inc. Young Adult Guidance Center, Inc. Young Women's Christian Association of Greater Atlanta, Inc. Young Women's Christian Association of Northwest Georgia, Inc.

County
Fulton Fulton Fulton Cobb

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