2017 Continuum of Care: New Project Informational session

1. 2017 Continuum of Care: New Project Informational session Presented by - CARES, Inc. July 28, 2017

2. Discussion Goal • To Provide Information for new CoC Project Applicants • This webinar will: • Review Important NOFA Dates • Review Eligible Project Types • Discuss 2017 Policy Priorities • Detail available technical assistance • This webinar will NOT: • Provide a detailed Continuum of Care Overview • Detail e-snaps technical submission directions • Provide project specific technical assistance or RFP review

3. Important Nofa Dates • The NOFA was released July 14th 2017 • The CoC and Project Applications were available in e-snaps on July 19th • Detailed Instructions for the applications were made available on July 28, 2017 • All CoC Applications must be submitted by September 28th 8:00 pm

4. 2017 Policy Priorities • Ending homelessness for all persons • Creating a systemic response to homelessness • Strategically allocating and using resources. • Use a Housing First approach

5. Available funding for new Project • HUD is offering a Permanent Housing Bonus • 6 percent of the current CoC award • HUD is allowing new projects to be created through the Permanent Housing Bonus and Reallocation

6. 2017 Continuum Funding NY- 503 - Albany ARD = $5,006,829 Bonus = $300,410 NY- 501 - Elmira ARD = $1,482,865 Bonus = $88,972 NY- 507 - Schenectady ARD = $3,862,164 Bonus = $231,730 NY-512 - Rensselaer ARD = $3,198,646 Bonus = $191,919 NY- 523 – Saratoga North Country ARD = $1,534,955 Bonus = $92,097 NY-606 – Rockland ARD = $686,899 Bonus = $93,161 NY-520 – Franklin/Essex ARD = $78,804 Bonus = $20,940 NY-522 – Jefferson/Lewis/St. Lawrence ARD = $1,260,982 Bonus = $75,659 NY- 519 - Columbia/Greene ARD = $437,789 Bonus = $26,267

7. Eligible Permanent Housing Bonus Projects • DedicatedPLUS (FY17 NOFA, page 18) where 100 percent of the beds are dedicated to chronically homeless individuals and families; • Rapid Rehousing projects that will serve homeless individuals and families, including youth up to age 24, who meet the following criteria: • residing in a place not meant for human habitation/residing in an emergency shelter; • persons fleeing or attempting to flee domestic violence situations; • residing in a transitional housing project that was eliminated in the FY 2017 CoC Program Competition; or • residing in transitional housing funded by a Joint TH and PH-RRH component project (see Section III.A.3.h. of this NOFA); or • receiving services through a VA-funded homeless assistance program and met one of the above criteria (Sections III.A.3.j.(3)(a), (b), (c), or (d) at initial intake to the VA's homeless assistance system • Joint TH and PH-RRH component projects (FY17 NOFA, page 20)

8. Eligible Reallocation Projects • DedicatedPLUS (FY17 NOFA, page 18) • Rapid Rehousing projects that will serve homeless individuals and families, including youth up to age 24, who meet the following criteria: • residing in a place not meant for human habitation/residing in an emergency shelter; • persons fleeing or attempting to flee domestic violence situations; • residing in a transitional housing project that was eliminated in the FY 2017 CoC Program Competition; or • residing in transitional housing funded by a Joint TH and PH-RRH component project (see Section III.A.3.h. of this NOFA); or • receiving services through a VA-funded homeless assistance program and met one of the above criteria (Sections III.A.3.j.(3)(a), (b), (c), or (d) at initial intake to the VA's homeless assistance system • Joint TH and PH-RRH component projects(FY17 NOFA, page 20) • Dedicated HMIS projects • SSO projects for Coordinated Entry/Assessment

9. What is a Dedicated Plus Project? • A permanent supportive housing project where 100 percent of the beds are dedicated to serve individuals with disabilities and families in which one adult or child has a disability, including unaccompanied homeless youth, that at intake are: • experiencing chronic homelessness as defined in 24 CFR 578.3; • residing in a transitional housing project that will be eliminated and meets the definition of chronically homeless in effect at the time in which the individual or family entered the transitional housing project • residing and has resided in a place not meant for human habitation, a safe haven, or emergency shelter for at least 12 months in the last three years, but has not done so on four separate occasions;

10. What is Joint TH and PH-RRH ? • This project type is intended to provide a new way to meet some of the pressing challenges that communities are facing. They provide a safe place for people to stay – crisis housing – with financial assistance AND wrap around supportive services determined by program participants to help them move to permanent housing as quickly as possible. • This project type will include TH and PH-RRH in a single project to serve individuals and families experiencing homelessness, including victims of DV. • Joint component projects should be Housing First, have low barriers, connect participants to resources, prioritize those with the highest needs. • A program participant may choose to receive ONLY TH OR the RRH component, but the recipient must make both available.

11. Available Technical Assistance CARES staff is available to: • Answer any regulation questions • Answer any project specific questions include: • Subpopulation information • Budget Questions • Provide hands on e-snaps technical assistance

12. Link(s) to important hUD Documents FY17 NOTICE OF FUNDING AVAILABILITY (NOFA) : https://www.hudexchange.info/resources/documents/FY-2017-CoC-Program-Competition-NOFA.pdf JOINT TH AND RRH COMPONENT: http://bit.ly/2uFdrMx DEDICATED PLUS PROJECTS https://www.hudexchange.info/faqs/3249/if-my-project-chooses-to-become-dedicatedplus-what-documentation-will-hud/