August 22, 2013 BIG BEND INFORMATION SESSION HUD CONTINUUM OF CARE HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANT COMPETITION

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1 August 22, 2013 BIG BEND INFORMATION SESSION HUD CONTINUUM OF CARE HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANT COMPETITION

2 PRESENTATION OVERVIEW Introduction to the HUD Continuum of Care (CoC) Homeless Assistance Competition Roles of the Collaborative Applicant and the Project Applicants Overview of the Funding How the Process Works Q&A

3 INTRODUCTION

4 INTRO: HUD COC COMPETITION Federal funding awarded to a local Continuum of Care (CoC) to address homelessness with solutions that meet certain criteria Does not fund emergency shelter, rapid rehousing, or homelessness prevention Some major requirements to note: must serve people who are homeless (as defined by feds), HMIS, annual reporting, annual monitoring Very competitive for new projects; not competitive for renewal projects The local l collaborative applicant is the Big Bend Homeless Coalition i

5 INTRO: HUD HOMELESS ASSISTANCE COMPETITION Amount available for new projects in our CoC is not known yet. That will likely be announced within the next 2 months. Our proposal p will also renew existing successful project: A Place Called Home, Home Plate, and HMIS. Counties in Big Bend CoC: Leon, Gadsden, Wakulla, Franklin, Jefferson, Liberty, Madison, Taylor HUD s priority is supportive permanent supportive housing p y pp p pp g projects for chronically homeless individuals

6 ROLES OF COLLABORATIVE APPLICANT AND PROJECT APPLICANT

7 COLLABORATIVE APPLICANT AND PROJECT APPLICANT ROLES The Collaborative Applicant is the Big Bend Homeless Coalition, also sometimes referred to as the Lead Agency An agency requesting funds for a particular project is the Project Applicant By applying for funding, project applicants are agreeing to: Participate ii fll fully in HMIS Comply with funding requirements, especially strict participant p eligibility and documentation guidelines Have expenditure requests monitored by the Coalition Submit Annual Performance Reports to Coalition and HUD Have projects monitored annually by the Coalition i

8 SOME KEY FUNDING DETAILS

9 HEARTH ACT A full description of eligible programs, components, activities, requirements, and so on can be found at: 24 CFR Part 578 (Code of Federal Regulations) &rgn=div5&view=text&node=24: &idno =24

10 ELIGIBLE COMPONENTS In the past, HUD CoC funding could be requested for any of the following types of projects Transitional housing for homeless persons Permanent housing for disabled homeless persons Supportive services for homeless persons (called SSO) Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS)

11 ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES In the past, CoC funding could be used for any of the following types of expenditures Acquisition of facility, rehabilitation of facility, or new construction of facility Leasing or rental assistance Operating costs related to eligible programs Supportive services HMIS

12 PERMANENT HOUSING BONUS There is typically a Permanent Housing Bonus specifically for creation of permanent housing to house those who are chronically homeless, with a preference for those that have priority housing for people based on length of time homeless. Note: chronically homeless has a very specific definition under federal requirements.

13 THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS There are many specific requirements outlined in the CoC NOFA, in the HEARTH Act, and in the accompanying rules and regulations. Agencies considering applying for project funding should review these and be sure the proposed project is eligible, and that the agency is, and will remain, in compliance with regulations.

14 THE APPLICATION PROCESS

15 OVERVIEW OF APPLICATION PROCESS Applications must be submitted via HUD s online system called e-snaps snaps. E-snaps is not intuitive. Following the detailed step-by-step instructions will save you much grief. Reading the CoC NOFA and related materials is absolutely essential. The NOFA will be released within the next two months. A useful resource is: If you have a specific question about the application, you should go to hudhre.info and post the question there. HUD will send you a response by . There are also very helpful FAQs there it s pretty likely someone else already asked the question you have.

16 TIMELINE We don t know the timeline yet but expect the NOFA to be released within the next two months.

17 Q & A