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Show Page THE DAILY HERALD, Provo, Utah, AS Thursday, September 29, 1994 Government awards grants to states, By SONYA ROSS Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - The Clinton administration awarded nearly $108 million Wednesday to states and groups to find housing for homeless veterans and homeless people with drug addictions, mental illness or AIDS. The Department of Housing and non-prof- it Urban Development gave $102 million to 32 states and the District of Columbia, to help find permanent housing for homeless people with AIDS and those with substance abuse problems or severe mental illness. HUD estimated that 600,000 people are homeless on any given night, and as many as 6 million people have been homeless for at least a month over a span of five years. The grants can be used as rental assistance, or as support funding for community programs that combine housing w ith drug or mental health treatment, job training and other services. "Now, we have increasing complexes of disabilities and illness among the homeless popula groups for homeless non-prof- it tion," said HUD Secretary Henry Cisneros. "The combination of mental illness and an epidemic of AIDS is a frightening prospect, but it's what our homeless providers arc encountering on the streets." The Department of Veterans Affairs issued $5.6 million to public and private groups in 29 cities that offer support services. The VA grants, which ranged non-pro- fit rSrri m EMM mwi THIS II igirciiinHaasmic1, fl j Will 1 ffjLf jf3- 1 jflltvp : "Jl . s . - J AMyJJjJ film ffl.sff r S JLs J JJ Hi V-- (1 1 -- i , flBBB v r J7 - ,, . fl fin ii'pf ygft flaa mont, Washington and Wisconsin! MiMMS if. IfJlf t;i; jflnw were Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky; Louisiana, Maine, Maryland; Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnej sou, North Carolina, New Jersey t New York, Ohio, Oregon, PeniK Dasylvania, Rhode Island, South Ve kota, Texas, Utah, Virginia, iLsiU tflrA vT iccr veer iiccr . I - -- . WEEKERIID) W M ft i qgMiaMjMi from $7,800 to more than $2 million, will help these groups buy or repair buildings that will operate as service centers for homeless vets. "These grants mean we can put fresh resources on the front lines and give more homeless veterans the help they need," said Veterans Affairs Secretary Jesse Brown. Besides the District of Columbia, states receiving HUD grants .ouflcjs. oitoi OE1D& FI270 " I! Z' 4E3imu C3G QODaDDar " Sm ra sro-jco- |