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WASHINGTON (AP) - The federal government awarded nearly $1.4 billion in grants to support local homeless programs Tuesday, a slight increase from the amount doled out a year ago.
Local agencies compete for most of the grants, which support more than 5,300 programs across the nation. The grants pay for a range of programs, from emergency and transitional housing to job training and substance abuse counseling.
The goal is to get people off the street and provide them with the services they need to keep them from returning.
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