Several agencies that fight homelessness in Western Virginia are receiving federal stimulus fund grants, Gov. Tim Kaine's office announced Wednesday.

Some 13 agencies in Virginia will receive a total of $11 million through the Homelessness and Rapid Re-Housing Program administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Roanoke-based Council of Community Services and New River Community Action each will receive $363,631. Combined, they serve a region stretching from Covington to Pulaski County.

Support to Eliminate Poverty, whose service area includes Franklin County, will receive $545,447, and Total Action Against Poverty in Rockbridge, Bath, Highland and Augusta counties will receive $666,657.

Families must be at or below 50 percent of their region's median income to be eligible. They also must be homeless or at risk of homelessness with no housing options.