How will the vouchers for chronically homeless persons be allocated?
The voucher effort represents an historic partnership among HUD and the Department of Health and Human Services. Although the details of the initiative are still being developed, it is anticipated that the vouchers will be allocated through a competitive process designed to incentivize communities to integrate mainstream housing and service resources. The vouchers targeted to chronically homeless persons will be linked with HHS mainstream programs including Medicaid and other HHS health resources (e.g., mental health and substance abuse treatment funding from SAMHSA).
