Please read the following regarding the Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP).

If you are working

with a client that meets the program criteria please encourage your client to call TODAY.

Subject: City & County Reopen Homelessness Prevention Hotline

LUKE RAVENSTAHL
DAN ONORATO MAYOR
COUNTY EXECUTIVE

COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY City of Pittsburgh

City & County Reopen Homelessness Prevention Hotline
Residents may call 1-877-350-HPRP to see if they qualify for assistance

PITTSBURGH (February 22, 2010) – Allegheny County and the City of Pittsburgh today reopened the hotline
for the Homelessness Prevention & Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP), which provides financial assistance
and services to homeless individuals and families, as well as those who would become homeless without
assistance.

More than 470 people who applied to the program since it was launched in October have been assigned to
lead agencies to work through the qualification process. Of those, 233 are currently enrolled in the
program, meaning they met the qualifications and are receiving financial assistance, such as rental
payments, rental arrearage payments, security deposits, utility payments, utility arrearage payments,
and utility deposits. Sixty-eight cases were determined to be ineligible, and the remaining individuals are
working through the qualification and needs-assessment process.

Individuals and families can call the HPRP Hotline, 1-877-350-HPRP (4777), from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
Monday through Friday. Information on the program is also available online at
www.alleghenycounty.us/recovery/hprp/program.aspx.

In order to qualify for assistance under the program, participants must be homeless or about to become
homeless. In addition, households must be below 50 percent of the area median income, which for a family of
four is $31,250, and must have no other housing options or financial resources to obtain housing.

ACTION-Housing, Community Human Services, North Hills Community Outreach, Veteran’s Leadership
Program, and the Urban League of Pittsburgh are providing the homeless prevention programming and housing
relocation services. In addition, the Allegheny County Department of Human Services Call Center and
Homeless Management Information Systems, Neighborhood Legal Services, Three Rivers Communities-
Apartment Search Locator, and Three Rivers Communities-Housing Quality Inspections are assisting grantees
with implementation of their programs.
The HPRP efforts are made possible by more than $14 million from the American Recovery & Reinvestment
Act. Allegheny County received $6.7 million in HPRP funds, and the City of Pittsburgh received $6.8 million.
Allegheny County also received $826,654 from the Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic
Development for the program. The Allegheny County Department of Economic Development and the City of
Pittsburgh partnered in creating the HPRP program that was designated for both city and county residents.

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MEDIA CONTACTS ONLY

RESIDENTS MUST CALL HPRP HOTLINE FOR QUESTIONS REGARDING ELIGIBILITY

Kevin Evanto Joanna Doven

Allegheny County City of Pittsburgh
412-350-3171 office 412-255-2694 office
412-352-4075 cell 412-475-2387 cell