Hud Awards Over $30 Million To Help Elderly And People With Disabilities Live At Home
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has announced $30.9 million in service coordinator grants to provide more than 23,000 low-income elderly and residents with disabilities in federally supported housing with assistance to identify and receive health care, meals and other critical support services.
The grants are directed to owners of private housing developments in 42 states and the District of Columbia that receive money from HUD to house low-income individuals. The owners or their management companies then either hire or contract service coordinators with backgrounds in providing social services, especially to the frail elderly and people with disabilities, to assist their residents with special needs.
HUD notes that as the U.S. population ages and the number of older Americans grows, there will be an increased need for programs to help the elderly continue living independently in their homes.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there were 35 million people age 65 years or older in the U.S. in 2000, and it estimates that by 2050 that number will climb to 80 million.
Each year, HUD provides rental assistance to approximately 1.5 million elderly low-income households so that they may live in decent, safe and affordable homes.
The grants are:
Alabama $992,175
Montana $108,126
Arizona $256,791
Nebraska $169,231
Arkansas $114,302
New Jersey $1,572,724
California $3,287,274
New York $1,011,300
Colorado $331,792
New Mexico $205,516
Delaware $291,840
North Carolina $282,997
District of Columbia $186,871
North Dakota $236,982
Florida $925,794
Ohio $4,390,855
Georgia $793,111
Oklahoma $596,045
Idaho $179,281
Oregon $227,553
Illinois $2,131,991
Pennsylvania $1,314,845
Indiana $303,567
Rhode Island $144,044
Iowa $236,932
South Carolina $169,956
Kentucky $551,644
South Dakota $261,462
Louisiana $242,218
Tennessee $1,051,552
Maine $120,800
Texas $330,148
Maryland $1,110,025
Utah $67,924
Massachusetts $1,505,403
Virginia $514,705
Michigan $2,677,709
Washington $173,184
Minnesota $256,767
West Virginia $247,444
Mississippi $170,433
Wisconsin $549,458
Missouri $669,875
TOTAL: $30,962,646