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RCED-94-239R 1 (1994-07-11)

handle is hein.gao/gaobackpk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 12 076 GAO United States G 4fl General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division B-254977 July 11, 1994 The Honorable Kurt Schmoke Mayor of Baltimore Baltimore, Maryland 21202 Dear Mayor Schmoke: At the request of the Chairman, Subcommittee on Housing and Urban Affairs, Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, we recently reviewed the role of federal McKinney Act programs in assisting the homeless in four cities, including Baltimore.' This letter responds to your request, as well as requests from program administrators and providers of services for the homeless, for certain information we gathered during our work in Baltimore. This information concerns the city's (1) efforts to assist the homeless before the McKinney Act's enactment, (2) use of McKinney Act programs to meet the needs of the city's homeless, and (3) unmet needs identified by local service providers, including the need for affordable housing. We developed the information presented in this letter through a case study approach that relied on three principal techniques: individual interviews with a wide range of local people who were assisting the homeless, focus groups with providers of services funded by McKinney Act programs, and a panel discussion with local experts on homelessness. We conducted our work from June 1992 through April 1994. Enclosure I lists the persons we interviewed. In summary, we were told that emergency services have been available in Baltimore since the 1800s, when churches, missions, and a few private groups provided food and shelter for the homeless. Since then, the number and types of services have been expanded in Baltimore. Baltimore also increased advocacy activities to draw public attention to the needs of the homeless during this period. 'Homelessness: McKinney Act Programs Provide Assistance but Are Not Designed to Be the Solution (GAO/RCED-94-37. May 31, 1994) presents the results of our work in Baltimore, San Antonio, Seattle, and St. Louis. GAO/RCED-94-239R, Efforts to Assist the Homeless in Baltimore

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