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r Helping homeless persons (especially chronically homeless individuals and families, families ' with children, veterans and their families, and unaccompanied youth) make the transition to permanent housing and independent living, including shortening the period of time that ' individuals and families experience homelessness, facilitating access for homeless individuals and families to affordable housing units, and preventing individuals and families who were r recently homeless from becoming homeless again The chronically homeless, severely mentally ill, veterans, persons with HIV/AIDS,victims of domestic violence, and youth were moved into rapid re-housing options rather than the traditional shelter system whenever possible.The chronic substance abuse homeless subpopulation used a traditional shelter r model with expanded services and programs. In 2015, a team from South Bend attended the Indiana Supportive Housing Institute for the opportunity ' to learn best practices for developing housing with support services. With insight gained from the institute, a tax credit application for a Frequent Users System Engagement (FUSE)facility to be located in the City of South Bend, was submitted to the Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority (IHCDA).The application/project was unanimously supported by the St.Joseph County Continuum of Care. IHCDA announced the award of tax credits to the project in February 2016. Construction of the r 32-unit facility began in November, with completion anticipated in the fall of 2017. The City, in partnership with the Center for the Homeless Robert L. Miller, Sr.Veteran's Center, Life ' Treatment Centers, the Veteran's Administration, and the Continuum of Care, announced on November 11, 2016 the intent to join the Mayor's Challenge to End Veteran Homelessness. All partners will r continue their work to create the required 'By Name List' to identify at-risk veterans and connect them with permanent housing and related services. 1 1 r r r r CAPER 18 OMB Control No:2506-0117(exp.07/31/2015)