Pierce County made approximately $12.9M available in funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Washington State Department of Commerce, the Tacoma Housing Authority and local Homeless Document Recording Fee for our annual Homeless Housing Program (HHP) competitive funding process. These funds are awarded to support the Homeless Crisis Response System in alignment with the Comprehensive Plan to End Homelessness and the Continuum of Care’s Five-Year Plan to End Homelessness. The funding will be used to support programs like Street Outreach, Emergency Shelter, Transitional Housing, Rapid Re-Housing, and Permanent Supportive Housing, as well as new initiatives like Safe Parking sites. Applications were accepted this Spring and the following agencies were awarded:
| Agency | Project | Award |
|---|
| Associated Ministries | Homeless Housing and Assistance | $1,162,229
|
| BIMA | Transitional Housing | $25,000 |
| CCS | Bridges Village PSH | $111,564 |
| CCS | Family Day Center | $80,000 |
| CCS | Matsusaka PHS | $30,886 |
| CCS | Rapid Rehousing | $437,565 |
| City of Puyallup | Emergency Shelters | $210,838 |
| CCS Nativity | Men's Shelter | $700,000 |
| CCS Nativity | Women's Shelter | $300,000 |
| CCS Nativity Apartments | Permanent Supportive Housing | $546,092 |
| Comprehensive Life Resources | Day Shelter | $450,000 |
| Coffee Oasis | Emergency Shelter | $150,000 |
| Coffee Oasis | Emergency Shelter | $150,000 |
| Community Youth Services | Emergency Shelter | $55,408 |
| Exodus Housing | Rapid Rehousing | $525,000 |
| Greater Lakes Mental Health | Street Outreach | $50,000 |
| Greater Lakes Mental Health | Permanent Supportive Housing | $21,000 |
| Homeward Bound | Day Shelter | $199,224 |
| Homeward Bound | Street Outreach | $209,030 |
| Helping Hand House | Rapid Rehousing | $568,572 |
| LASA | Emergency Shelter | $14,211 |
| LASA | Rapid Rehousing | $103,615 |
| Lutheran Community Services NW | Rapid Rehousing | $394,500 |
| Life Enrichment Group | Day Shelter | $661,380 |
| Multicultural Child and Family Hope | Street Outreach | $362,180 |
| MDC | Permanent Supportive Housing | $173,000 |
| MDC | Permanent Supportive Housing
| $500,000 |
| MDC | Permanent Supportive Housing
| $524,700 |
| MDC | Permanent Supportive Housing
| $318,222 |
| Quixote Communities | Transitional Housing | $137,034 |
| REACH | Street Outreach | $280,847 |
| Share and Care House | Permanent Supportive Housing
| $343,000 |
| Share and Care House | Permanent Supportive Housing
| $155,000 |
| Share and Care House | Permanent Supportive Housing
| $73,000 |
| Share and Care House | Permanent Supportive Housing
| $22,600 |
| Share and Care House | Permanent Supportive Housing
| $125,000 |
| The Rescue Mission | Emergency Shelter | $1,162,075 |
| The Rescue Mission | Emergency Shelter | $855,862 |
| The Rescue Mission | Street Outreach | $527,604 |
| YWCA | Emergency Shelter | $247,150 |
The contract period for these funds runs July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023. For more information on homeless programs, visit www.piercecountywa.gov/homeless.