Project Grant WA0311L0T012511

The Department of Housing and Urban Development Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development awarded $312,090 to Yakima Neighborhood Health Services on July 1, 2026, under the Continuum of Care Program (CFDA 14.267). The award funds eligible costs to establish and operate projects across five program components: permanent housing (including permanent supportive housing for persons with disabilities and rapid rehousing), transitional housing, supportive services only, Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS), and homelessness prevention. Eligible activities include COC planning, United Funding Agency costs for fiscal control and accounting, acquisition and rehabilitation of real property for housing or supportive services, and new construction.

The recipient, a nonprofit tax-exempt organization based in Yakima, Washington, operates homeless assistance, healthcare access, and employment support programs and holds a Federally Qualified Health Center designation. The award period runs from July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027, with performance in Yakima, Washington. The Continuum of Care Program is designed to promote community-wide commitment to ending homelessness, provide funding to quickly house homeless individuals and families while minimizing trauma and dislocation, promote access to mainstream programs, and optimize self-sufficiency among individuals and families experiencing homelessness.