PATH (Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness): A program that provides funds services for people with serious mental illness experiencing homelessness. Prevention – Services or programs designed to prevent the incidence of homelessness that include: rent short-term rent subsidies, security deposits or first month’s rent to rehouse individuals/families, mediation programs for landlord-tenant disputes, legal services programs for tenants in eviction proceedings, payments to prevent home foreclosures, and other innovative programs and activities designed to prevent homelessness.