Wes Hickman (202-224-5972) or Kevin Bishop (864-250-1417)

WASHINGTON-  U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham and Jim DeMint today announced more than $7.7 million in competitive grants for agencies throughout South Carolina to assist homeless individuals and families.

Continuum of Care Homeless Awards

The Continuum of Care Homeless (CoC) awards in South Carolina were awarded in two program areas:

• The Supportive Housing Program (SHP) helps develop housing and related supportive services for people moving from homelessness to independent living. 
• The Shelter Plus Care Program (SPC) provides rental assistance that, when combined with social services, provides supportive housing for homeless people with disabilities and their families.  Grantees must match the rental assistance with supportive services that are at least equal in value to the amount of HUD's rental assistance. 

South Carolina is divided into five CoC regions.  Award recipients are listed by region.  Several grantees received multiple awards.

Charleston/Low Country CoC

Crisis Ministries- $149,264 SHP
Housing Authority of the City of Charleston-$84,994 SHP

Columbia Midlands CoC

Family Shelter, Inc.- $606,359 SHP
Mental Illness Recovery Center, Inc. (MIRCI)- $247,380 SPC
Mental Illness Recovery Center, Inc. (MIRCI)- $246,804 SPC
Sistercare, Inc. $331,142- SHP
The Salvation Army, A Georgia Corporation- $108,943 SHP
Trinity Housing Corporation- $140,170 SHP
Trinity Housing Corporation- $128,419 SHP

Florence City & County/Pee Dee CoC

Lighthouse Ministries- $60,294 SHPR
Pee Dee Community Action Partnership- $179,098 SHP
Pee Dee Community Action Partnership- $49,002 SHP

Greenville/Anderson/Spartanburg Upstate CoC

Greenville Area Interfaith Hospitality Network (GAIHN)- $21,775 SHP
Homes of Hope, Inc.- $55,866 SHP
MEG's House Shelter for Abused Women- $320,178 SHP
MEG's House Shelter for Abused Women- $109,334 SHP
MEG's House Shelter for Abused Women- $109,322 SHP
Mental Health Association of Greenville County Housing Corporation- $121,716 SPC
Project Care- $166,667 SHP
Rosewood House of Recovery, Inc.- $178,488 SHP
Rosewood House of Recovery, Inc.- $57,085 SHP
Spartanburg County- $160,164 SHP
Sunbelt Human Advancement Resources, Inc. (SHARE)- $545,315 SHP
Sunbelt Human Advancement Resources, Inc. (SHARE)- $98,675 SHP
Upstate Homeless Coalition of South Carolina- $99,936 SPC
Upstate Homeless Coalition of SC- $184,305 SHP
Upstate Homeless Coalition of SC- $17,348 SHP
Upstate Homeless Coalition of SC- $642,151 SHP

Myrtle Beach/Sumter City & County CoC

Any Length Recovery, Inc.- $78,746 SHP
Home Alliance, Inc.- $123,900 SHP
Home Alliance, Inc.- $69,998 SHP
Home Alliance, Inc.- $98,648 SHP
Waccamaw Housing, Inc.- $186,816 SPC
Wateree Community Actions, Incorporated- $121,150 SHP
Williamsburg Enterprise Community Commission, Inc.- $127,188 SHP

Emergency Shelter Grants

In addition, three Emergency Shelter Grants (ESG) were awarded in South Carolina.  ESG funds are available for the rehabilitation or remodeling of a building used as a new shelter, operations and maintenance of the facility, essential supportive services, and homeless prevention.  Grantees, except for state governments, must match ESG grant funds dollar for dollar with their own locally generated amounts.
 
Grantees include:

Charleston County- $89,708
Greenville County- $105,437
State of South Carolina- $1,491,489

All grants were awarded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

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