Homeless Outreach Projects & Evaluation

Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Florida, Hawaii, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Texas, Washington, Wisconsin

September 2004

Summary

Congress provided $8 million annually in FY 2003, 2004 and 2005 directing SSA to conduct outreach to "homeless and other under-served populations." SSA used this earmarked funding to establish the Homeless Outreach Projects and Evaluation (HOPE) in support of the President's Initiative to end chronic homelessness within 10 years. The HOPE initiative is focused on assisting eligible, homeless individuals in applying for SSI and SSDI benefits. The HOPE projects will help SSA to demonstrate the effectiveness of using skilled medical and social service providers to identify and engage homeless individuals with disabilities as well as assist them with the application process.

Detailed Description

View the Detailed Description of the Demonstration online.
Print out a Detailed Factsheet.

Related Links

SSA Service to the Homeless Website
HOPE Final Evaluation Report

This project is underway at this time, in its second year. SSA awarded $6.6 million in cooperative agreement funding to 34 public and private organizations in April 2004 and conducted an Orientation Conference for the organizations in August 2004. SSA awarded an additional $1.2 million in cooperative agreement funding to 7 organizations in November 2004. Work is underway to provide a technical assistance conference for these new grantees in January 2005. Work was completed through the competitive process to secure the HOPE evaluation contractor.