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HR 161 115th Congress House Health Disability and paralysis Drug, alcohol, tobacco use Family services Health care quality Health programs administration and funding Health promotion and preventive care Homelessness and emergency shelter Housing and community development funding Housing supply and affordability Mental health Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Services for Ending Long-Term Homelessness Act

Introduced: January 3, 2017 See on congress.gov
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Jan 25, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 3, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jan 3, 2017
Introduced in House
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Services for Ending Long-Term Homelessness Act

This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to design national strategies and implement programs to address chronic homelessness.

To promote an end to chronic homelessness, the Department of Health and Human Services must award grants to provide:

  • mental health services;
  • substance use disorder treatment;
  • integrated, coordinated treatment for co-occurring disorders;
  • health education;
  • services designed to help individuals and families make progress toward self-sufficiency; and
  • other supportive services that promote an end to chronic homelessness.

Priority for grants is given to applicants that target services to individuals and families who have experienced more homelessness, use more public emergency care, or have a history with the criminal justice system.

What's happening now January 25, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
D
Carbajal, Salud O.
California · May 15, 2018
 D
Takano, Mark
California · Feb 16, 2017
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Jan 13, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 161: Services for Ending Long-Term Homelessness Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-161/
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