The budget compromise worked out in Congress over the last two weeks
will allow funds going to homeless programs to increase by 9% for 2014.
The problem is that getting to that point will mean some tough choices,
and those programs cannot be made whole in 2014. This year and last we
had to cut programs and reduce administrative costs. Last year, every
group took a 5% cut in funds. Nationally, this is a $80 million above
the pre Sequester level of $2.03 billion in 2013. This will mean an
additional $2.16 million locally in 2014 for homeless and housing
programs. In the last month, the County decided to cut a number of
programs and submit four projects that may or may not get funding. The
rules do not allow going back and restoring the funds cut over the last
few years, and a couple of projects will most likely have closed down
over the last few years.
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