The $13 million initiative will support local organizations providing wrap-around services and housing assistance to residents at risk of eviction or experiencing homelessness.
Georgia’s DeKalb County announced a $13 million homelessness reduction and eviction prevention program.
According to a WSBTV.com News article, the DeKalb County Integrated Community Care Initiative, funded by the federal Emergency Rental Assistance Program, will provide funding via nine local nonprofits to support households facing or at risk of becoming unhoused. “This public-private initiative focuses on stabilizing our fellow DeKalb residents by partnering with nine nonprofit organizations that are already compassionately committed to providing housing assistance and wrap-around services,” said Allen Mitchell, director of the DeKalb County Community Development Department.
Residents can apply for assistance if they can prove financial hardship and risk of homelessness. “County officials said priority would be given to households with one or more members who had been unemployed for at least 90 days.”
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