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      <P></FONT><FONT size=3D4><B>State Cuts Funding for Homeless=20
      Services</B></P></FONT>
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      <P><STRONG>By Karen Lewis<SMALL><BR><SMALL>Capital News=20
      Service</SMALL></SMALL><BR><SMALL><SMALL>(From the issue of=20
      3/13/03)</SMALL></SMALL></STRONG></FONT></P><FONT face=3D"Courier =
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      <P>RICHMOND =96 Virginia=92s budget crisis has torn a hole in the =
safety net.=20
      Almost $1 million in state funding for services for homeless =
Virginians=20
      has fallen through the rip.</P>
      <P>Among the programs cut:
      <UL>
        <LI>The shelter expansion program, which provides grants for new =

        construction, expansion or rehabilitation of emergency shelter =
and=20
        transitional housing facilities.=20
        <LI>The homeless intervention program, which provides grants to=20
        nonprofits and local governments that in turn give money to =
persons=20
        facing homelessness. Funds can be used for temporary mortgage or =
rental=20
        assistance, security deposits and housing counseling.=20
        <LI>Child services coordinator grants, money to shelters to =
provide=20
        services to families with children.=20
        <LI>The child care for homeless children program, grants that =
aid=20
        homeless families with the cost of child care while the parent =
works,=20
        participates in a training program or seeks work.=20
        <LI>The homelessness intervention program stands to lose =
$191,000 of an=20
        allocated $300,000. The child services coordinator will lose =
$50,000,=20
        and the shelter expansion program will lose $343,900. </LI></UL>
      <P>"These are the first major cuts that we=92ve taken from the =
state," said=20
      Sue Capers, coordinator for public policy at the Virginia =
Coalition for=20
      the Homeless. "We had hoped they would hold homelessness =
harmless."</P>
      <P>The General Assembly enacted the cuts while restoring funding =
for the=20
      Department of Motor Vehicles.</P>
      <P>"It=92s one thing to make people stand in line longer at DMV," =
Capers=20
      said. But she added: "Across the board cuts are not fair because =
some=20
      things really can mean the difference between life and death; =
they=92re not=20
      all equal. What would we give up if we had to make a budget cut? =
We=20
      certainly wouldn=92t cut our home."</P>
      <P>Capers said the projected cuts for homeless services for =
2003-2004=20
      originally totaled $1.4 million. But the budget conference =
committee=20
      restored half a million dollars during the last week of the =
legislative=20
      session. </P>
      <P>Despite the restoration, homeless-services providers must now =
work with=20
      $900,000 less than they had last year during a time of increasing =
demand,=20
      Capers said.</P>
      <P>"It=92s a really dismal outlook, and it=92s worse next year," =
she said.=20
      "We=92re not meeting the needs of people already. That=92s what =
makes this so,=20
      so difficult."</P>
      <P>For example, Capers said that 20,000 people who requested =
shelter were=20
      turned away because of lack of beds last year in Virginia. During =
that=20
      time, the Department of Housing and Community Development reported =
50,844=20
      requests for shelter.</P>
      <P>Children under 18 make up a third of all homeless-shelter =
residents and=20
      the average age of a homeless person is nine years old. </P>
      <P>Nationally, women and children represent the fastest-growing =
segment of=20
      the homeless population and make up nearly 40 percent of the =
total,=20
      according to figures from the National Law Center on Homelessness =
and=20
      Poverty.</P>
      <P>Capers said that homelessness has been on the rise in the last =
few=20
      years.</P>
      <P>"One of the most astounding figures -- and I think the saddest =
-- is=20
      the number of people living in shelters who have jobs. And =
that=92s the=20
      majority," she said.</P>
      <P>Homelessness occurs because of the gap between wages and =
housing costs,=20
      she said. </P>
      <P>Education and better jobs would help solve homelessness, Capers =
said,=20
      but "we also need to value the work they do now. We need to pay =
them at=20
      least a decent wage so they can meet their basic needs. A loaf of =
bread=20
      costs the same for all of us."</P>
      <P>Christ House in Alexandria, the homeless shelter for men =
operated by=20
      Catholic Charities of the Arlington Diocese, receives $14,400 per =
year as=20
      part of a state shelter grant. It=92s unclear at this time whether =
that=20
      grant will be impacted by the state cuts.</P>
      <P>As director of Fauquier Family Services, Bruce Jamison said his =
shelter=20
      and its related programs will suffer from each of the areas =
cut.</P>
      <P>"I look at all government funding at various levels as at great =

      jeopardy," he said. "Inevitably, if we have a serious revenue =
shortfall,=20
      we=92re going to have to selectively cut back services."</P>
      <P>For example, Jamison estimated that children make up roughly 40 =
percent=20
      of shelter residents.</P>
      <P>Cuts in the child-services coordinator grants will eliminate =
many of=20
      the programs that, as Jamison puts it, "make the life of a =
homeless child=20
      more normal."</P>
      <P>That includes activities such as kite flying, going to the =
movies or=20
      the zoo, or self-esteem counseling. The coordinator also makes =
sure that=20
      the children=92s educational, health and mental health needs are =
met.</P>
      <P>"We think it=92s so important," he said. "If we lose part or =
all of that=20
      grant funding, it puts us under a great strain."</P>
      <P>Jamison said in October, working parents at the shelter lost =
child care=20
      grants, which provide them with a subsidy to pay for child care. =
</P>
      <P>Jamison said he hopes homeless parents will qualify for a =
similar=20
      program from the Department of Social Services called the fee =
system.</P>
      <P>The shelter has also been affected by the loss of shelter =
expansion=20
      funds and cannot complete a planned expansion.</P>
      <P>In its third year, the shelter is already running at capacity. =
Last=20
      year it turned away 18 percent of eligible applicants because of =
lack of=20
      beds.</P>
      <P>"We saw a rising demand even when the economy was better," =
Jamison=20
      said. That=92s because economic expansion was "broad but thin," =
and created=20
      large numbers of the "working poor," particularly in =
service-related=20
      jobs.</P>
      <P>"Many adults work," he said, but "they=92re not making enough =
to afford=20
      housing in this community."&nbsp;</P></FONT>
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      Catholic Herald.&nbsp; All rights reserved.=20
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