Continuum of Care (CoC) Housing Program Training

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1 Continuum of Care (CoC) Housing Program Training Kevin Finn, Executive Director Meradith Alspaugh, CoC Director

2 New CoC Program--Purpose Consolidate the Supportive Housing Program (SHP), Shelter Plus Care and SRO program activities into one grant program Promote community-wide commitment to the goal of ending homelessness Provide funding to quickly re-house homeless individuals and families while minimizing the trauma and dislocation caused to homeless individuals, families, and communities by homelessness Promote access to and effective use of mainstream programs by homeless individuals and families Optimize self-sufficiency among individuals and families experiencing homelessness

3 Eligible Renewals All Programs originally funded under the SHP or SPC program and will expire during calendar year 2013 are eligible for renewal under the CoC Program Shelter Plus Care and SHP Programs (TH, PSH, SSO) must review their program design to determine the appropriate components and eligible costs. SHP Project applicants may decide NOT to renew with the same component or eligible costs originally approved by HUD

4 NEW Eligible Components 1. Permanent Housing (2 types) 2. Transitional Housing 3. Supportive Services Only 4. Homeless Management Information System 5. Homelessness Prevention* * For HUD-designated High Performing Communities Only. Not Applicable as HPC not being implemented by HUD in 2012.

5 Eligible Components: Permanent Housing 1. Permanent Housing : Community based housing, the purpose of which is to provide housing without a designated length of stay. It includes: a. Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) I. Provides long-term housing assistance to homeless individuals and families in which one adult or child has a disability II. III. Supportive services to meet the needs of program participants must be made available to participants. PSH projects may request funds in the following budget lines : leasing, rental assistance, supportive services, operations, HMIS, and admin

6 Eligible Components: Permanent Housing (Cont d) b. Rapid Re-Housing (RRH) I. Designed to help homeless individuals and families move as quickly as possible into permanent housing and achieve stability in that housing. II. III. IV. Provides short and/or medium-term assistance (up to 24 months) The program participants KEEP the housing/unit when assistance ends. RRH programs may request funds in the following budget lines: rental assistance, supportive services, HMIS, and admin

7 Eligible Components: Transitional Housing 2. Transitional Housing: i. Designed to facilitate the movement of homeless individuals and families to Permanent Housing ii. Assistance can be provided for up to 24 months iii. Program participants must have a lease or occupancy agreement iv. Program participants must MOVE to other housing when assistance ends. v. TH programs may request funds in the following budget lines: leasing, rental assistance, supportive services, operations, HMIS, and admin

8 Eligible Components: Supportive Services Only (SSO) 3. Supportive Service Only I. Provide supportive services to unsheltered and sheltered homeless individuals and families for whom the recipient/sub recipient is not providing housing or housing assistance. II. Includes Street Outreach and Centralized/coordinated assessment intake III. SSO projects may request funds in the following budget lines : Leasing, Supportive Services, HMIS, and Admin

9 Eligible Components: HMIS 4. Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) I. Provides assistance to CoCs to administer and operate the HMIS II. May only be awarded to the HMIS lead designated by the CoC III. HMIS projects may request funds in the following budget lines : Leasing, Operations, HMIS, and Admin

10 Eligible Components: Is Your Program PH (RRH or PSH), or TH? In 2012, SHP Projects will have the ability to reclassify their project component to more accurately reflect their program design. For example: RRH Demonstration Projects funded in the FY 2008 competition Leasing Projects that are actually rental assistance projects Transition in Place Projects (TH to PH)

11 Eligible Costs The CoC Program has the following eligible costs for HOUSING projects: 1. Leasing 2. Rental assistance 3. Supportive services 4. Operating costs 5. Project Administration - Revised budgets, including identification of potential new program component must be reported back to HUD by AUGUST 9 TH - Which eligible costs/program component fit your program?

12 Eligible costs: Leasing Leasing funds may be used to lease property, or portions of property, for use in providing housing or to provide supportive services. May be used to lease structures or portions of structures Rents paid must be reasonable to rents for comparable space in the area Program participants must have occupancy agreements or subleases Recipient/sub-recipient may charge occupancy fees but may not charge program fees Lease is between the recipient (AGENCY) and landowner (not program participant and landowner)

13 Eligible Costs: Rental Assistance Rental Assistance funds may be used to provide housing. The assistance may be short-term, medium-term, or long-term. It may also be project-based, tenant-based, or sponsor-based. Must be administered by a State, unit of general purpose local government, or a public housing agency (?) The grant amount is based on the number and size of the units requested and the FMR Allows recipient/sub-recipients to pay for property damages up to one month s rent Allows recipient/sub-recipients to hold a unit for program participants who spend less than 90 days in a publicly-funded institution Program participants must have a lease with the landowner

14 Eligible Costs: Supportive Services Eligible supportive services costs include an annual assessment of service needs; assistance with moving costs; case management; child care; education services; employment assistance and job training; food; housing search and counseling services; legal services; life skills training; mental health services; outpatient health services; outreach services; substance abuse treatment services; transportation; and utility deposits Any cost not listed above is NOT eligible as a supportive services expense!

15 Eligible Costs: Operating Costs Funds may be used to pay the operating costs of TH and PH in a single structure or individual housing units Eligible operating costs include the maintenance and repair of housing; property taxes and insurance; scheduled payments to a reserve for replacement of major systems of the housing; building security; electricity, gas, and water; furniture; and equipment Funds may NOT be used for mortgage payments Funds may NOT be used for rental assistance and operating costs in the same project

16 Eligible Costs: Administration Up to 10 percent of any grant awarded may be used for the payment of project administrative costs related to the planning and execution of CoC activities Eligible costs include general management, oversight, and coordination; training on CoC program requirements; and environmental review The maximum amount available for project administration in FY 2012 is 7%

17 Eligible Costs: Administration (cont d) Former SHP grantees may apply for up to 2% more administrative funds than in the previous funding request Former S+C project sponsors can request up 7% of the entire award for administrative expenses

18 Budgets Revised budgets are due to Jennifer McEvilley by 12:00 pm, August 8, 2012 Individual agencies meeting are available but not required Please contact Jennifer McEvilley or Meradith Alspaugh with any questions There are five tabs on the budget worksheet. Please complete all relevant tabs. Do not unprotect worksheet

19 Budget Template/Walk-Thru: Leasing

20 Budget Template/Walk-Thru: Rental Assistance Please note: It is unlikely that any configuration will match your previous leasing request exactly.

21 Budget Template/Walk-Thru: Supportive Services

22 Budget Template/Walk-Thru: Operating

23 Budget Template/Walk-Thru: Budget Summary

24 NEW: Match = Cash + In Kind Match is now what we used to call Leverage : Combines Cash + In Kind All eligible funding costs, except leasing, must be matched with no less than a 25 percent cash or in-kind contribution. No match is required for leasing Your old budget may have included leasing, & new budget includes rental assistance which does require match

25 Match: Cash Cash match must be provided by the grantee or the entity that operates the project. The cash source can be from the grantee or entity that operates the project, the Federal government (excluding CoC funds), state government, local government, or private contributions. All match must be spent on eligible activities as required in the CoC Program Interim Rule, 24 CFR 578, subpart D.

26 Match: In-Kind Contributions The grantee may use the value of any real property, equipment, goods, or services contributed to the project as match, provided that if the grantee had to pay for them with grant funds, the costs would have been eligible. If third-party services are to be used as a match, the recipient and the third-party service provider that will deliver the services must enter into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) before the grant is executed (approx. summer 2013)

27 Next Steps Budgets/Rent Calculation worksheets to End Homelessness by 12:00 pm on August 8 Grant Inventory Worksheets to HUD by August 9 Review of remainder of 2012 CoC Process Timeline

28 Questions or Comments? Meradith Alspaugh Kevin Finn, MSW, LISW-S