On December 19, in a press release sent via email, HUD announced that it was awarding approximately $10 million in funding for new family unification program (FUP) vouchers. These vouchers serve families whose lack of adequate housing is a primary factor in the imminent placement of the family’s child in out-of-home care or youth exiting the foster care system who are homeless or at risk of being homeless.

To administer these vouchers, housing agencies work collaboratively with public child welfare agencies (PCWAs). These PCWAs refer potentially eligible households to the housing agency, which provides the voucher and any other services.

The awards were made to the housing agencies listed below.

	PHA Name	Vouchers Award	Funding
1.	Santa Clara County Housing Authority	42	$1,175,590
2.	Sonoma County Housing Authority	53	$1,182,229
3.	Housing Authority of the County of San Diego	49	$1,131,976
4.	Housing Authority of the City and County of Denver	52	$862,761
5.	Hialeah Housing Authority	44	$566,650
6.	Chicago Housing Authority	55	$778,477
7.	Jefferson Parish Housing Services and Development District	46	$417,064
8.	Mississippi Regional Housing Authority VIII	52	$376,940
9.	Home Forward (Portland, OR)	56	$788,081
10.	Rhode Island Housing and Mortgage Finance Corporation	28	$354,369
11.	Housing Authority of the City of Austin	50	$772,020
12.	Housing Authority of the County of Salt Lake dba Housing Connect	50	$628,548
13.	King County Housing Authority (WA)	48	$934,197
	Total Award	625	$9,968,902

NAHRO congratulates these agencies on receiving these vouchers.