Project Grant PR0205L4N032501

The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development awarded $426,423 to Centro Deambulantes Cristo Pobre Inc. on September 1, 2026, under the Continuum of Care Program (CFDA 14.267) for permanent housing activities serving homeless individuals and families in Ponce, Puerto Rico.

The award funds eligible costs to establish and operate permanent housing projects, including permanent supportive housing for persons with disabilities and rapid rehousing. The Continuum of Care Program supports community-wide efforts to end homelessness by providing funding to nonprofit providers to quickly house homeless individuals and families while minimizing trauma and dislocation, promoting access to mainstream programs, and optimizing self-sufficiency. Eligible activities span five program components: permanent housing, transitional housing, supportive services only, homeless management information systems, and in some cases homelessness prevention. Funding may also support planning activities, unified funding agency costs for fiscal control and accounting, property acquisition and rehabilitation, new construction, and related administrative expenses.

Performance period runs from September 1, 2026, through August 31, 2027. Centro Deambulantes Cristo Pobre, a tax-exempt nonprofit incorporated in Puerto Rico, has a history of federal grant awards from HUD and SAMHSA focused on homeless services, substance abuse treatment, and mental health care for vulnerable populations.