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WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today announced a $160,727 Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) grant to assist homeless women veterans in Santa Rosa. The Grant and Per Diem Program (GPD) Special Need Grant is being awarded to Vietnam Veterans of California, Inc. so it can continue providing housing and necessary services to homeless women veterans, including women who have to care for children.
WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today announced $135,867 in U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development grants for the City of Santa Rosa and Sonoma County Community Development Commission. The City of Santa Rosa received a $67,433 Family Self-Sufficiency Program grant, and the Sonoma County Community Development Commission received a $68,424 Family Self-Sufficiency Program grant.
WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, bipartisan legislation authored by U.S. Reps. Mike Thompson (D-CA-5) and Tom Reed (R-NY-23) to improve access to quality hospice care was signed into law by President Obama at a White House ceremony. Thompson and Reed's Hospice Opportunities for Supporting Patients with Integrity and Care Evaluations (HOSPICE) Act was included in the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation (IMPACT) Act of 2014.
WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-05) today announced a $400,352 Federal grant to provide assistance to homeless veterans in Contra Costa County. The grant was awarded through The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development – Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) voucher program.
Legislation co-authored by U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (D-St. Helena) and New York Republican Tom Reed was signed into law Monday by President Obama at a White House ceremony, Thompson's office announced.
The bipartisan legislation seeks to improve access to quality hospice care, according to the announcement.
The Hospice Opportunities for Supporting Patients with Integrity and Care Evaluations (HOSPICE) Act was included in the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation (IMPACT) Act of 2014, Thompson's office said.
U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson announced that the Sonoma Valley Community Health Center will receive a $211,840 grant from the Department of Health and Human Services (DHS).
The funds will be used to hire additional staff for the health center's new dental clinic and support staff for the primary care clinic.
WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-05) today announced a $525,444 Federal grant to provide assistance to homeless veterans in Santa Rosa. The grant was awarded through The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development – Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) voucher program.
WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-05) today announced a $108,281 Federal grant to provide assistance to homeless veterans in Vallejo. The grant was awarded through The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development – Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) voucher program.
Vallejo Housing Authority has been awarded $68,107 in U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development grants that will continue a program to educate those living in public housing, U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson, D-Napa, said Tuesday.
Thompson represents Benicia in the U.S. House.
The money will be used for a Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) program coordinator, said Anne Putney, director of the Vallejo Housing Authority (VHA).
The expert hired to help Vallejo residents become self-sufficient will stay another year, as a new federal grant replaces an old one.
U.S. Rep Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, on Tuesday, announced $68,107 in U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) grants for the Vallejo Housing Authority. The funds come from HUD's Family Self-Sufficiency Program, and can only be used for that purpose, Vallejo Housing Authority Director Anne Putney said.