Rural homelessness
Subtitle: better collaboration by HHS and HUD could improve delivery of services in rural areas : report to congressional committees
Publisher: U.S. Govt. Accountability Office
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Washington D.C.]
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 53
Subjects: Homeless persons; Services for; Homelessness; Rural Housing; Rural conditions; Interagency coordination; Government policy; United States. Department of Health and Human Services; United States; United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Other titles: Rural homelessness :; Better collaboration by HHS and HUD could improve delivery of services in rural areas
Description: "The Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing (HEARTH) Act of 2009 directed GAO to conduct a broad study of homelessness in rural areas. In this report, we provide information about rural homelessness issues, based in significant part on our work in rural areas within six selected states. Specifically, the report addresses the following questions: (1) What are the characteristics of homelessness in rural areas? (2) What assistance is available to individuals or families experiencing homelessness and what amount of funding have the federal departments and agencies awarded to organizations that assist persons experiencing homelessness in rural areas? (3) What barriers do persons experiencing homelessness and homeless service providers encounter when seeking assistance or funding to provide assistance? To address these issues, GAO reviewed relevant literature, conducted site visits, and interviewed agency officials"--Why GAO did this study.
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"July 2010."

"GAO-10-724."

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Mode of access : Internet via World Wide Web. Available at : http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d10724.pdf.
Table of contents: title: Why GAO Did This Study; title: What GAO Recommends; title: What GAO Found; title: Background; title: Conclusions; title: Recommendation for Executive Action; title: Agency Comments and Our Evaluation; title: Appendix I. Scope and Methodology; title: Appendix II. Comments from the Department of Health and Human Services; title: Appendix III. Comments from the Department of Housing and Urban Development; title: Appendix IV. GAO Contact and Staff Acknowledgments.