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FY 2014 CoC Funding Notice Webcast

Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 Funds in the FY 2013-FY 2014 Continuum of Care Competition Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs September xx, 2014

Broadcast Overview

A. General Information for FY 2014 B. Policy Priorities C. Budget Limitations and Implications D. Permanent Supportive Housing Bonus E. Selection F. Project Application G. CoC Priority Listing H. Helpful Hints and Reminders I. Tools and Resources

General Information for FY 2014

What’s New for 2014

• FY 2014 Funding Notice
• FY 2013 General Section NOFA still applies –

NOT the FY 2014 General Section NOFA

• No CoC Application
• CoC Priority Listing
• Section VI.C. of the FY 2014 Funding Notice
• New forms added
• Reallocation
• Attachments

What’s New for 2014

• Project Applications
• New
• Created through reallocation
• Permanent Supportive Housing

Bonus

• CoC Planning
• Unified Funding Agency (UFA)

Costs

• Renewal

Unified Funding Agency (UFA)

• Designation approved by HUD
• Approved designation for UFA has been

communicated to selected CAs

13% 87%

UFA Applicants

Approved for UFA Not Approved for UFA

Mistakes to Avoid

• ALL projects must pass threshold

 Including new projects created through reallocation

• Tier 1 and Tier 2 Allocation
• Review NOFA
• Eligible Populations
• Incomplete Answers
• Reallocated projects are New projects -

NOT continuing projects

• Review “Lessons Learned in FY 2013"

A Note About Project Changes

• Had to be identified during the FY 2014

Registration process

• MUST be have an executed grant

agreement on or before October 30, 2014

• Leasing to Rental Assistance
• Component Changes
• SSO to Housing
• TH to RRH

Policy and Other Priorities

Policy Priorities

• Strategic Resource Allocation
• Ending Chronic Homelessness
• Ending Family Homelessness
• Removing Barriers to CoC Resources
• Maximizing the use of Mainstream

Resources

• Building Partnerships
• Other Priority Populations

Housing First

• Connect families to permanent housing
• No preconditions
• No barriers to entry
• Includes supportive services
• Housing First MUST be selected in FY 2014

project application if selected in the FY 2013 project application.

• Adopting Housing First
• Review existing program policies and procedures
• Implementing new services and practices
• Review the “Housing First in Permanent

Supportive Housing Brief”

Rapid Re-Housing

• Tailored Intervention
• Time-limited financial assistance
• Targeted supportive services
• Benefits
• House families quickly
• Reduce amount of time experiencing

homelessness

• Avoid near-term return to homelessness
• Link to community resources
• New rapid re-housing projects can be

created through reallocation

• Review the “Rapid Re-Housing Brief”

Budget Limitations and Implications

GIW 7 Day Grace Period

• See Section II.B.4. of the FY 2014 Funding

Notice for details.

• NO changes to the GIW after the 7 day grace

period

• Due date for final HUD approval is

September 22, 2014

Funding Availability

• $1.83 Billion available under this funding

notice

• CoCs will rank projects in Tier 1 or Tier 2
• Tier 1 is equal to CoC’s ARD less 2%
• Tier 2 is the amount between a CoC’s Tier 1

and CoC’s ARD, plus any approved amounts for CoC planning and UFA costs.

• Permanent Supportive Housing Bonus
• $40 million set-aside – NOT included in

the Tier process

Reallocation Limits

Reallocation

PSH for chronically homeless persons Rapid Re- Housing for homeless households w/children

Use of Actuals for Fair Market Rent (FMR)

Amount Less than the FMR

• Renewal rental assistance projects are permitted to

request a per-unit amount less than the FMR; based

• n actual rent costs per unit.
• The change will help reduce the number of projects

that have large balances of unspent funds at the end of the operating year.

• The amount requested must be sufficient to cover all

eligible costs as HUD cannot provide funds beyond what is awarded through the competition.

• Project applicants cannot request more than 100% of

published FMR.

• New project applications requesting rental assistance

MUST request use FMR (24 CFR 578.51(f)).

Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) Bonus

PSH Bonus Competition – Section II.C.

• Exclusively serve chronically homeless persons
• Limited to one project per CoC
• Prioritize CoCs with highest need in relation to

chronic homelessness

• Must meet eligibility, threshold and scoring criteria
• Do NOT rank project within Tier 1 or Tier 2.

Rank project as “999”.

• Maximum Amount per CoC = 15% of FPRN or $10

million

• FPRN = higher of ARD or PPRN – Section II.A.2.b of

the FY 2014 CoC Registration Notice

PSH Bonus Competition - Criteria

100% Chronically Homeless Scattered-site Leasing, Tenant or Project based Rental Assistance, or Operating Costs Good Standing 70% Leasing, Rental Assistance, or Operating Costs Rapid Implementation Mainstream Service Systems Coordinated Assessment System

PSH Bonus Competition - Scoring

Criteria Score

CoC Need:

• Extreme High Need: 60 pts.
• High Relative Need: 45 pts.
• Medium Relative Need: 30 pts.
• Medium-low Relative Need: 15 pts.

Maximum: 60 points Project Quality

• Prioritizing Highest Need: 10 pts.
• Housing First: 10 pts.
• Mainstream Services: 10 pts.
• Leveraging: 5 pts.
• CoC Score from FY 2013/FY 2014

CoC Applications: 5 pts.

Maximum: 40 points

Selection

Overview of Selection

1. Renewal Permanent Housing Projects, RRH and PSH; 2. New PSH Projects created through reallocation 3. New RRH created through reallocation 4. Renewal safe havens 5. Renewal Transitional Housing 6. CoC Planning Costs 7. UFA Costs 8. SSO Projects for Coordinated Assessment 9. Renewal HMIS

• 10. All other Renewal SSO Projects
• 11. Any project application submitted by the CoC that was

not included in the HUD-approved GIW

Selection and the GIW

• After the 7-day grace period closes, no additions can be

made to ARD.

• HUD can remove projects from ARD if they do not go to

grant agreement by December 31.

• If a project is missing from the final HUD-approved GIW,

and the CoC realizes this after the grace period ends, no new funds will be added to ARD and the Tier 1 amount will remain the same.

• The project, however, is still eligible for renewal and can

submit an application.

• That project will be selected last in Tier 1 or Tier 2,

depending on where it is placed.

How a Missing Project Impacts Tier 1

ARA Amount After Error on GIW is Realized Project Amounts After 19.82% Across the Board Cut Project 1 $ 100,000 $ 80,180.00 Project 2 $ 200,000 $ 160,360.00 Project 3 $ 100,000 $ 80,180.00 Project 4 $ 50,000 $ 40,090.00 Project 5 Added After Grace Period $ 100,000 $ 80,180.00 NEW TOTAL Projects Eligible for Renewal $ 550,000 $ 440,990.00 CoC's ARD Remains at: $ 450,000 Tier 1 Remains at: $ 441,000 Across the Board Cut Required to Have All Renewals in Tier 1 19.82% Final HUD-Approved ARA Amount on GIW Project 1 $100,000 Project 2 $200,000 Project 3 $100,000 Project 4 $50,000 CoC’s ARD $450,000 2 Percent Cut $9,000 Tier 1 $441,000

Project Application

Overview of Project Application

• Project applications
• Renewal projects
• New projects created through reallocation
• CoC planning
• UFA costs
• New PSH Bonus projects
• Solo applicants
• 24 CFR 578.35
• Notice CPD-14-01: Notice on Appeals for the FY 2013 - FY 2014 CoC

Program Competition

• Must submit the Solo Application by project application submission date:

7:59:59 pm, eastern time, October 30, 2014

• CoC should have provided written rejection of the project
• Read the Project Application Detailed Instructions on HUD

Exchange website and proofread each application!

Attachments

• Project application charts, narratives and attachments
• SF-424 Application for Federal Assistance
• SF-424 Supplement
• Documentation of Applicant and Subrecipient

Eligibility

• Applicant Certifications
• Form HUD-2880
• SF-LLL
• Applicant Code of Conduct
• Form HUD-50070

CoC Priority Listing

Priority Listing

• Listing of all project applications approved by

CoC

• Local CoC Competition Requirement
• The CoC MUST notify project applicants within 10

days prior to the HUD application deadline if their project application has been rejected

• All parts must be completed before submission
• Every project assigned a unique rank number
• PSH Bonus project needs to be assigned a

rank of ‘999’ in esnaps.

Priority Listing

Priority Listing

Reallocation Forms Project application ranking Form HUD- 2991 Final HUD- approved GIW PSH projects prioritizing the chronically homeless

Helpful Hints and Reminders

Helpful Hints and Reminders

Points to Consider

CoCs AND Project Applicants are expected to read:

• CoC Program Interim Rule;
• FY 2013 NOFA General Section;
• FY 2013 – FY 2014 CoC Program

Competition NOFA;

• FY 2014 Funding Notice; and
• All additional training and instructions.

Helpful Hints and Reminders

Numbers entered must be consistent throughout the application (e.g. units, persons served, performance measures universe, HMIS and budgets)

• Many grant applicants listed numbers that did

not match when taken together in context.

Helpful Hints and Reminders

Collaborative Applicants should read the project applications prior to submission

• There were instances of text cut and pasted in

the wrong sections and questions that were missed.

• A review by the CA prior to submission would

catch many of the minor project application errors.

• Strongly recommend the CA review the

project applications prior to submission.

Tools and Resources

Tools and Resources

Visit HUD Exchange to access the following resources:

• E-snaps Ask a Question
• Application Training Modules/Guidance
• This broadcast and slides archived
• Listserv