Officials announce $8.9 million in funding to help end homelessness in Delaware

WILMINGTON, Del. – U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons, along with Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester, have announced the award of over $8.9 million to 31 programs in Delaware that work to end homelessness and improve the lives of Delawareans.

We’re told the funding comes from the Fiscal Year 2021 Continuum of Care Competition Awards that aim to provide funding to communities to help individuals and families experiencing homelessness move into permanent housing with access to supportive services, with the goal of long-term stability.

A total of 31 projects in Delaware were chosen. The projects aim to do a multitude of things, including ending homelessness for all experiencing homelessness, reducing unsheltered homelessness and reducing the criminalization of homelessness, advancing racial equity and addressing racial disparities in homelessness, and more.

The full list of projects can be found here.