ANCHORAGE - The federal government has renewed grant funding to keep 22 homeless assistance programs in Alaska in operation.
The grants total more than $3 million in Alaska and were announced Wednesday by Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan.
The funding is part of nearly $1.4 billion awarded to 6,400 existing programs nationwide to continue offering housing and service to homeless people and their families.
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