Appropriations:

In FY24, $2.5 million
In FY23, $2.5 million

FY23 Program Highlights

• $2.5M Appropriated by Congress
• $2.1M Funding awarded
• 18 Months allocated for each grant
• 8 Community action agencies and one tribal nation that own affordable housing communities are receiving funding for supportive services through the AHSSD demonstration program:
  • Northern Kentucky Community Action Commission
  • Hawkeye Area Community Action Program, Inc.
  • The Chickasaw Nation
  • People Incorporated of Virginia
  • Mesa Community Action Network, Inc.
  • Affordable Housing Alliance, Inc.
  • Northwest Indiana Community Action
  • Action, Inc.
  • Rural Alaska Community Action Program, Inc.

Why Do We Need AHSSD?

Housing instability, including challenges such as high housing cost burdens, frequent moves, trouble paying for housing, and overcrowding, can impact access to health care and health for children and families.

• Nearly 50% of renters are cost-burdened — spending more than 30% of their income on rent.
• One in four renters spend over half of their income on rent.
• According to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) point-in-time assessment conducted in January 2023, more than 650,000 people were experiencing homelessness across the country.
• Children moving three or more times in a year more likely to experience negative health outcomes. more likely to experience negative health outcomes.
• Mortality rates are higher for homeless individuals. In one study conducted in Boston of adults ages 25 — 44 , men who were homeless had a mortality rate that was nine times higher than that of the general population, and women who were homeless had a rate that was 10 times higher.

Program Contact:

Affordable Housing and Supportive Services Demonstration Program
Division of Community Discretionary and Demonstration Programs
Office of Community Services
OCSgrants@acf.hhs.gov