Southern Nevada Homeless Continuum of Care: 2016 Local Application - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Southern Nevada Homeless Continuum of Care: 2016 Local Application Technical Assistance Training CoC Grants Coordinator: Danyell Cadell cadelldt@clarkcountynv.gov 702-455-8638 HelpHopeHome.org HelpHopeHome@ClarkCountyNV.gov 1

THE RAD TEAM 2

Become Familiar With:  www.helphopehome.org  Southern Nevada’s Regional Plan to End Homelessness  Business Case  Implementation Plan  Southern Nevada Gaps Analysis  Opening Doors: The Federal Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness  HEARTH Act  Local Homeless Definitions  Acronym Glossary 3

LEARNING OBJECTIVES  Participants will review and understand:  The purpose of CoC Programs  The goals and objectives of legislation focused on preventing and ending homelessness  The performance measures identified in the HEARTH Act  The Local Application Process in preparation for the HUD e-Snaps Application 4

PURPOSE OF CoC PROGRAMS  Promote a community-wide commitment to the goal of ending homelessness  Provide funding for efforts for rapidly re- housing homeless individuals and families  Promote access to and effective use of mainstream programs  Optimize self-sufficiency among individuals and families experiencing homelessness 5

HEARTH Act  The Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act of 2009  Re-authorization of McKinney-Vento Funds  Codifies the CoC structure  Coordinated Intake and Assessment  CoC’s responsible for evaluation of projects  Collaborative Applicant  Unified Funding Agency (UFA) 6

COORDINATED INTAKE AND ASSESSMENT  Foster a community – wide commitment to addressing homelessness through a coordinated community based process of identifying needs and building a system of housing and services that addresses those needs.  Allows CoC to move beyond the evaluation and prioritization of specific projects to a system- wide evaluation of the community’s response to homelessness. 7

HEARTH PERFORMANCE MEASURES  Reduce the number of people experiencing homelessness  Reduce first time homelessness  Reduce the length of time homeless  Reduce returns to homelessness  Improve program coverage  Improve employment and other income for homeless households 8

Southern Nevada Homelessness Continuum of Care (CoC) Board  Primary Decision Making Entity for CoC  Final authority on prioritization of applications included in the HUD Consolidated CoC Application  Oversight for CoC planning 9

Continuum of Care Southern Nevada Homelessness Continuum of Care (SNH CoC) Board Ad Hoc Working Groups (more may be added as needed) Collaborative Applicant SNH CoC Board Member Selection Process (Currently CCSS) Evaluation/Audit of CoC Operations Working Groups Community Evaluation Planning HMIS Monitoring Engagement 10

HUD Continuum of Care Homeless Funds

HUD’s Mission  HUD's mission is to create strong, sustainable, inclusive communities and quality affordable homes for all. HUD is working to strengthen the housing market to bolster the economy and protect consumers;  Meet the need for quality affordable rental homes;  Utilize housing as a platform for improving quality of life;  Build inclusive and sustainable communities free from discrimination, and transform the way HUD does business. 12

HUD’S HOMELESS POLICY  Projects will be evaluated in part based on the extent in which they further HUD’s goals as articulated in:  HUD’s Strategic Plan  Opening Doors (Goals)  End Veteran Homelessness in 2015  End Chronic Homelessness in 2017  Family/Youth Homelessness in 2020  Set a path to ending all types of homelessness in 2020 13

FUNCTIONAL ZERO Functional Zero is when a homeless system is robust with programs available to serve any homeless individual and/or family with a housing option if and when they so choose to seek those services.  Homelessness is rare, brief and non- recurring. 14

HUD’s Policy Priorities  Strategic Resource Allocations  Ending Chronic Homelessness  Ending Family Homelessness  Ending Youth Homelessness  Ending Veteran Homelessness  Using a Housing First Approach  Successful placement in and retention of permanent housing. 15

STRATEGIC RESOURCE ALLOCATION Comprehensive Review of Projects  Maximizing the Use of Mainstream Resources  Partnerships  Transitional Housing — HUD Strongly encourages  CoC’s to carefully review TH projects for cost - effectiveness, performance, number and eligibility criteria to determine if rapid rehousing might be a better model for the CoC Homeless Youth  Fleeing from Domestic Violence  Assistance with recovery from addiction  16

ENDING HOMELESSNESS  Systematic response in place that ensures homelessness is prevented whenever possible, or if it can’t be prevented, it is a rare, brief, and non-recurring experience. 17

ENDING CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS  Increased Units  HUD encourages CoC’s to create new projects through reallocation that exclusively serve chronically homeless  Targeting  Chronically homeless should be give priority for all PSH beds within the CoC as they become vacant 18

ENDING FAMILY HOMELESSNESS  Most families can be housed quickly and stably using rapid rehousing  Easy access to Rapid Rehousing  Improve access to affordable housing units  HUD encourages CoC’s to use reallocation to create new rapid rehousing projects for families 19

ENDING YOUTH HOMELESSNESS  Understand the unique needs of homeless youth  CoC’s and youth serving organizations should work closely to develop resources and programs to better serve homeless youth including LGBTQ youth  Low performing youth projects should be reallocated to fund higher performing youth projects 20

ENDING VETERAN HOMELESSNESS  Prioritize veterans who are not eligible for VA services  Coordination with VA for HUD-VASH and SSVF 21

HOUSING FIRST MODEL  Prioritizes rapid placement and stabilization in permanent housing  Does not have service participation requirements or preconditions  Support services available  Participation in services is based on needs and desires of program participant 22

SYSTEM-WIDE HOUSING FIRST APPROACH  Remove Barriers  Centralized or Coordinated Assessment System  Client-centered service delivery  Prioritizing households most in need  Inclusive decision making 23

SUCCESSFUL PLACEMENT IN AND RETENTION OF PERMANENT HOUSING  The goal for this measure is fundamental to each homeless assistance project and system – moving people from homelessness to permanent housing. 24

Homeless Management Information System (HMIS)  Functions  Eligibility  Bed availability  Bed placement  Referrals  Service tracking  SOAR tracking  Housing Assessment  Data must be real-time  No cost to providers 25

DEFINITIONS 26

HOMELESS:  A person or family unit  sleeping in a place not meant for human habitation (e.g. living on the streets); or  in an emergency shelter; or  a person or family unit in transitional housing for homeless persons who originally came from the street or an emergency shelter. 27

CHRONICALLY HOMELESS :  An unaccompanied homeless individual with a disability OR  A family unit with at least one adult with a disability AND  Who has either been continuously homeless for a year or more OR  Has had at least four (4) episodes of homelessness in the past three(3) years  where the combined occasions must total at least 12 months;  Occasions separated by a break of at least 7 nights  Program must verify the person’s status 28

APPLICANT  An entity that applies to HUD for funds. If selected the applicant becomes the grantee and is responsible for the overall management of the grant, including drawing grant funds and distributing them to project sponsors. The applicant is also responsible for supervision of project sponsor compliance with grant requirements. The applicant may also be the project sponsor. 29

PROJECT SPONSOR  The organization that is responsible for carrying out the proposed project activities. A project sponsor does not submit a SF-424, unless it is also the applicant. 30

CASH MATCH (Cost Sharing):  Matching funds are required from local, state, federal or private resources. 31

LEVERAGING:  150% of the CoC requested amount  A written commitment documented on letterhead stationary, signed and dated by an authorized representative. 32

ELIGIBLE COST DEFINED  Supportive Services  Rental Assistance  Leasing  Operating Cost  HMIS 33

SUPPORTIVE SERVICES  Services must be offered to residents of PSH and TH for the full period of their residence  RRH programs must require program participants to meet with a case manager at least monthly.  Services may be provided to formerly homeless individuals for up to six months after their exit from homelessness,  Required to perform an annual assessment of the service needs of program participants and adjust services accordingly  Eligible costs include the cost of providing services, the salary and benefits of staff providing services, and materials and supplies used in providing services. 34