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FY13 & FY14 Continuum of Care Application Training Jonda Clemings, MSEd, LSW GoToWebinar Control Panel FY2013-FY2014 CoC Program Competition NOFA • Published & e-snaps opened – 11.22.13 • One CoC application for FY13 & FY14 • Approximately $1.7 billion is available for FY13 after sequestration adjustments • Inadequate funding available for renewals Deadline • FY2013 Funds deadline is February 3, 2014 at 7:59:59 pm EST • FY2014 Funds deadline will be announced in a subsequent Notice Grant Information • Funding Opportunity Number: FR-5700-N-31B • OMB Approval Number: 2506-0112 • Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 14.267 OneCPD Ask A Question • www.onecpd.info/ask-a-question Local Competition Deadlines • 24 CFR 578.9 requires CoCs to design, operate, and follow a collaborative process for the development of an application in response to a HUD-issued NOFA. Local Competition Deadlines • Project applications to the CoC no later than 30 days before the application deadline • CoC to notify all applicants no later than 15 days before the deadline of their inclusion or exclusion CoC Transparency • CoC must make its CoC Consolidated Application available to its community for inspection and to notify of its availability Project Listing Forms 1.New projects created through reallocation, 2.Renewal, 3.CoC planning & 4.UFA costs * Demonstrate need for all ranked PH renewal projects FY 13 Application Requirements • Completed FY13 CoC Registration • Project applications must be reviewed and prioritized for acceptance or rejection • Tier 1 or Tier 2 approach Tier 1 prioritized for funding – higher scoring CoCs may be awarded funding for Tier 2 depending on available funds Tiers • Tiers are financial threshold • Tier 1 is equal to the CoC’s FY13 Annual Renewal Demand (ARD), less 5% • Tier 2 is the amount remaining in FY 2013 ARD plus the approved amounts for CoC planning and UFA costs FY 13 Application Requirements • Collaborative Applicant submits Consolidated Application • CoC planning body, governance structure, overall performance, strategic planning process, etc. • Project applications must be completed • Priorities must be set FY13 & FY14 Requirements • Read & understand CoC & General Section of NOFA (7.23.12 & 10.13.12) • Consider NOFA policy priorities FY13 & FY14 Requirements • HUD will conduct threshold review of ranked projects • HUD will announce Tier 1 renewals within 45 days of application deadline • HUD will score FY13 & FY14 Application & announce any conditional awards HUD Policy & Program Priorities • Strategic Resource Allocation • Ending Chronic Homelessness • Increasing beds • Targeting • Housing First HUD Policy & Program Priorities • Ending Family Homelessness • • Rapid Re-Housing Rapid Re-Housing – may apply for new projects created through reallocation for RRH to serve homeless households with children HUD Policy & Program Priorities • Removing Barriers to CoC Resources • • • Centralized or Coordinated Assessment System Transitional Housing Prioritizing Households Most in Need HUD Policy & Program Priorities • Maximizing the Use of Mainstream Resources • Maximize Mainstream Resources – use mainstream resources where possible and use HUD funds for housing costs • Actively preparing for implementation of the Affordable Care Act by determining how these funds may be used to serve homeless HUD Policy & Program Priorities • Building Partnerships • Engage in PHA partnerships • Access the extent to which philanthropy plans a role within the community HUD Policy & Program Priorities • Other Priority Populations • Consider needs of other homeless populations prevalent in the CoC’s geographic area, especially veterans & their families and unaccompanied youth CoC Program Implementation • No new funding outside of the reallocation process, CoC planning, & UFA costs • May reallocate to create new PSH projects to serve chronically homeless • May reallocate to create new RRH for homeless households with children Reallocation • New reallocation project application including leasing may only request 3-year grant term • New reallocation projects may request 1,2,3,4,or 5 year grant terms for operating costs, supportive services only, HMIS and project administration. Reallocation • Any new reallocation project requesting construction, acquisition or rehabilitation must request a minimum of a 3-year term and may request up to a 5-year term * Term will be 3 years plus the time necessary to acquire the property, complete construction and begin operating the project Reallocation • New projects created through reallocation requesting project- or sponsor-based rental assistance or operating costs may request up to a 15 year grant term, but may only request up to 5 years of funds Reallocation Quality Threshold - Must Receive At Least 5 Points • Whether the type, scale, and location of housing fit the needs of the program participants (1 point) • Whether the type, scale, location of the supportive services, and the mode of transportation to those services fit the needs of the program participants (1 point) Reallocation Quality Threshold - Must Receive At Least 5 Points • Whether the specific plan for ensuring program participants will be individually assisted to obtain the mainstream health, social and employment benefits (1 point) Reallocation Quality Threshold - Must Receive At Least 5 Points • Assisted to obtain and remain in permanent housing (1 point) • Assisted to both increase their incomes and live independently using mainstream housing and service (1 point) Reallocation Quality Threshold - Must Receive At Least 5 Points • Whether at least 75% of the proposed program participants come from the streets, ES, or Safe Haven(1 point) • Whether are accessible in the community (1 point) New Project Quality Threshold • Satisfactory capacity, drawdowns, and performance for existing grants • For expansion projects, applicants must clearly articulate the part of the project that is being expanded. • Meet all timeliness standards Project Renewal Threshold • Minimum project eligibility, capacity, timeliness, and performance standards • LOCCS information reviewed • Annual Performance Reports (APRs) reviewed • Monitoring & audit reports monitored Project Renewal Threshold • Meets plans & goals of application • Timeliness standards for grants • Assist to achieve & maintain independent living and record of success • Unwillingness to accept technical assistance, history of inadequate financial accounting practices, project mismanagement, or has a lost project site Renewal Projects • Renewal Projects, CoC planning costs or UFA costs are limited to 1year grant terms and 1-year of funding Renewal Projects • HUD encourages renewal grant consolidation when the grants are with the same recipient, have the same component, and expire in the same year. Match • 25% match except for leasing funds • For CoC areas in which there is more than one grant agreement, the 25% match must be provided on a grant-by-grant basis. Commitment Letters • Only projects approved in the FY 13 registration process may change from leasing to rental assistance with a commitment letter from an entity eligible to administer rental assistance Rental Assistance Less Than Fair Market Rate • Eligible RA renewal projects may now be request a per-unit amount less than the Fair Market Rate (FMR • Cannot request more than 100% of the published FMR. Prioritizing Chronically Homeless • CoCs will be evaluated on the extent to which they are prioritizing the chronically homeless in all CoC program-funded permanent supportive housing – not just those dedicated to chronically homeless HIC & PIT • HIC and PIT Deadline was April 30, 2013 CoC Planning Costs • Only submit one CoC Project Application for CoC planning costs Consult With ESG Recipients • CoCs must consult with Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) recipients HMIS • • • • Unduplicated counts Needs analysis Funding priorities CoC & ESG recipients must participate Households With Children • CoC may request that up to 10% of funding be awarded to serve homeless households with children and youth • Must determine which TH or SSO projects will be permitted • Must demonstrate that serving this population is of equal or greater priority, cost effective Performance Measures • CoCs to consider how the outcomes related to performance measures will be collected at the local level. Scoring Criteria • CoC Strategic Planning and Performance – up to 69 points • Ending Chronic Homelessness – up to 16 points • Housing Stability – up to 10 points • Jobs & Income Growth – up to 8 points • Mainstream Benefits – up to 7 points • Rapid Re-Housing – up to 10 points • Opening Doors – up to 3 points Scoring Criteria • Ending Family Homelessness – up to 4 points • Addressing the Needs of DV Victims – up to 2 points • Ending Youth Homelessness – up to 2 points • Reaching Unsheltered Homeless – up to 3 points • Ending Veteran Homelessness – up to 4 points Scoring Criteria • CoC Coordination of Housing and Services – up to 28 points • Preventing homelessness – up to 2 points • Discharge planning – up to 4 points • Consolidated plan – up to 2 points • Emergency Solution Grant – up to 3 points • Coordination with other funding sources – up to 1 point Scoring Criteria • Public Housing Agencies – up to 2 points • Housing First Approach – up to 3 points • Centralized of Coordinated Assessment – up to 2 points • Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing – up to 2 points • Educational Assurances – up to 2 points Scoring Criteria • Preventing Involuntary Family Separation – up to 2 points • Affordable Care Act – up to 1 point • Resources for Services – up to 2 points Scoring Criteria • Recipient Performance – up to 15 points • Performance Monitoring – up to 3 points • Increasing Performance – up to 3 points • Increasing Capacity – up to 3 points • Reducing Homeless Episodes – up to 3 points • Outreach – up to 1 point • Tracking and Reducing Returns to Homelessness – up to 2 points Scoring Criteria • CoC Housing, Services, and Structures – up to 13 points • CoC meetings – up to 2 points • Complaints – up to 2 points • Inclusive Structure • Active CoC-wide committees– up to 1 point • Open to proposals not previously funded in prior CoC competition – up to 1 point Scoring Criteria • Project Application Performance Metrics – up to 2 points • Accuracy of GIW – up to 1 point • Ranking and Selection Process – up to 3 points • Housing Inventory Count – up to 1 point Scoring Criteria • Leveraging – up to 5 points Scoring Criteria • HMIS – up to 11 points • HMIS Governance – up to 2 points • HMIS plans – up to 1 point • HMIS funding – up to 2 points • Bed coverage – up to 2 points • Data quality – up to 2 points • Entry & Exit Dates – up to 1 point • Required Reports – up to 1 point Scoring Criteria • Point-In-Time Count – up to 9 points • PIT Count & Data Submission – up to 3 points • Change in PIT since 2012 – up to 2 points • Subpopulation Data – up to 2 points • Methodology for Unsheltered Count – up to 2 points Scoring Criteria • Bonus Points – up to 6 bonus points • Administration – up to 2 points • SSO Projects – up to 2 points • Accuracy of Submission – up to 2 points FY2014 • Funding availability unknown at this time • Will need to submit separate FY14 CoC Application • FY13/FY14 CoC Application score will apply to FY14 funds as well To Be Completed for FY 2014 • • • • Modified FY 14 CoC Registration FY 14 Project Applications FY 14 Priority Listing HUD-2991 for all required projects: Certification of Consistency with the Consolidated Plan for 2014 CoC Project Application • • • • • • Applicant & subrecipient experience Appropriate to receive funds Working with/addressing population’s needs Developing/implementing system, services, etc. Identifying/securing matching funds Managing basic organization operations – including financial accounting system • Applicant & subrecipient’s experience with leveraging funds: • Federal • State • Local • Private Sector Funds • “No experience leveraging other Federal, State, local, or private sector funds”. • Organizational structure • Management structure • Internal & external accounting practices • Scope of the project • Picture of how target population will be served • Plan for addressing needs/issues of CoC target population • Projected outcomes • Coordination with other partners • Describe project at full capacity • • • • Schedule of proposed activities Management plan Method for assuring effective/timely work Implementation methodology Housing First • • • • • Housing is a right No preconditions No service participation requirements Rapid placement & stabilization “PSH projects should use a Housing First approach in the design of the program” • • • • • • • • Obtain permanent housing Maintain permanent housing Addressing needs of target population Current barriers to obtain/maintain housing How CM will address needs & barriers How services will be offered How appropriate units will be identified How rent reasonableness will be ensured • • • • How services will be offered How appropriate units will be identified How rent reasonableness will be ensured Arrangements and coordination with landlords and homeless services providers • Supportive services that will assist participants to locate employment • Services that will be provided to assist participant access mainstream 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