City of Pittsburgh - File #: 2006-0076

• File #: 2006-0076
• Version: 1
• Type: Proclamation
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 2/7/2006
• In control: City Council
• Enactment date: 2/7/2006
• Enactment #: 37
• Title: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the Council of the City of Pittsburgh urges the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development to restore full funding to Allegheny County's Continuum of Care initiative.
• Sponsors: William Peduto, Luke Ravensthal, Tonya D. Payne, Len Bodack, Jim Motznik, Douglas Shields
• Indexes: PROCLAMATION - MR. PEDUTO

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
2/7/2006	1	City Council	Adopted	Pass

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WHEREAS, the funds allocated for Allegheny County's Continuum of Care initiative by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development have been decreased by an astonishing 76%; and

WHEREAS, the more than 20 programs that span Allegheny County provide integral services for everything from permanent housing for the chronically homeless to placing families affected by mental illness in intermediary housing; and

WHEREAS, one of Allegheny County's largest programs, the Neighborhood Living Project, was the recipient of the 2005 Exemplary Program Award from the United States Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration based on "outstanding achievements… and promising practice"; and

WHEREAS, the reduced funding from $11.2 million in 2005 to $2.7 million for 2006 will result in the termination of essential continuum of care programs.

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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the Council of the City of Pittsburgh urges the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development to restore full funding to Allegheny County's Continuum of Care initiative.