United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2000-05-23 monographic deposited born digital 12 p. GA 1.13:T-RCED-00-187 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-RCED-00-187 P0b002ee18038fbca f:rc00187t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-T-RCED-00-187 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-T-RCED-00-187 T-RCED-00-187 Redundancy Homelessness Housing programs State-administered programs Federal grants Federal aid for housing Interagency relations Eligibility determinations HUD Emergency Shelter Grant Program HUD Supportive Housing Program HUD Section 8 Single Room Occupancy Program HUD Shelter Plus Care for the Homeless Program Community Development Block Grant Testimony RCED Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the potential need to consolidate homeless assistance programs administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), focusing on the: (1) different program requirements for HUD's four Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act programs--The Emergency Shelter Grants Program, the Supportive Housing Program, the Shelter Plus Care Program, and the Section 8 Single-Room Occupancy Program; (2) coordination and administrative challenges that the four programs pose; and (3) actions that HUD has taken to overcome these challenges.<p/>GAO noted that: (1) to each of HUD's four McKinney programs addresses a distinct need of a specific segment of the homeless population; (2) each of the four programs has its own set of eligibility and funding requirements that are established by the authorizing legislation; (3) these varying requirements have resulted in challenges for HUD in ensuring that adequate coordination occurs among the programs and that they are delivered efficiently without creating undue administrative burdens for the states and communities; (4) HUD has taken actions to overcome the coordination and administrative challenges that these separate programs with varying requirements pose; (5) to improve coordination, HUD developed a Continuum of Care model for homeless assistance that requires communities to implement a coordinated process for identifying the diverse needs of the homeless population in their area and developing systems to respond these needs; (6) to address the needs identified in their Continuum of Care plans, communities can receive funds from all four of HUD's McKinney programs; (7) to help reduce the administrative burden of applying for three separate competitive grant programs, HUD streamlined the application process for the three programs and combined them into a single national competition, with a single application process, and similar timeframes and rating criteria; (8) HUD's actions have improved the coordination of homeless assistance programs within communities and have helped reduce some of the administrative burdens that separate programs cause; (9) however, additional efficiencies can only be achieved if the underlying differences between these programs are addressed; and (10) consolidation of HUD's McKinney programs can help further reduce the administrative burdens on communities if program eligibility and funding requirements are also streamlined and simplified. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-T-RCED-00-187/html/GAOREPORTS-T-RCED-00-187.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-T-RCED-00-187/pdf/GAOREPORTS-T-RCED-00-187.pdf GAO/T-RCED-00-187 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-RCED-00-187 Testimony GAO/T-RCED-00-187; Homelessness: Consolidating HUD's McKinney Programs; Redundancy Homelessness Housing programs State-administered programs Federal grants Federal aid for housing Interagency relations Eligibility determinations HUD Emergency Shelter Grant Program HUD Supportive Housing Program HUD Section 8 Single Room Occupancy Program HUD Shelter Plus Care for the Homeless Program Community Development Block Grant Public Law 100-77