the homeless, says Smith.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has allocated $210 million in direct aid to 3,650 volunteer organizations. And January 1985, the Housingand Urban Development Agency had distrib- uted roughly $53 million in Community Development Block Grants to
U.S. cities. On Capitol Hill, legislation to create a National Endowment for the Homeless is awaiting Senate approval. Costing $160 million per year, the endowment would supplant FEMA in financing programs for the...