Program areas at Hogar Ruth
Continuum of Care Program. The program is designed to promote community-wide commitment to the goal of ending homelessness; provide funding for efforts by nonprofit providers, States, and local governments to quickly house homeless individuals and families while minimizing the trauma and dislocation caused to homeless individuals, families, and communities by homelessness; promote access to and effective utilization of mainstream programs by homeless individuals and families, and optimize self-sufficiency among individuals and families experiencing homelessness. Continuum of Care Program funds may be used to pay for the eligible costs used to establish and operate projects under five program components: (i) permanent housing, which includes permanent supportive housing for persons with disabilities, and rapid rehousing; (ii) transitional housing; (iii) supportive services only; (iv) Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS), and (v) in some cases, homelessness prevention.
Women's Support Services Program: The Program includes psychological services, payments of childcare and transportation, coordination of psychological therapies and other support services coordination. It's goal is to help women make transition to permanent housing.
Emergency Shelter Grants Program. The Emergency Solutions Grants (EGS) Program provides grants to States, metropolitan cities, urban counties, and Territories for (1) the rehabilitation or conversion of buildings for use as an emergency shelter for the homeless, (2) the payment of certain expenses related to operating emergency shelters, (3) essential services related to emergency shelters and street outreach for the homeless, and (4) homelessness prevention and rapid re-housing assistance.