Transcript MISSOURI HOUSING DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION

COSCDC Program Managers Training Conference
March 16, 2015
Washington D.C.
Julie Smith
Missouri Housing Development Commission
OVERVIEW
• Missouri Housing Development Commission
▫ Community Initiatives (CI) Department
• Missouri Continua of Care (CoC)
▫ Rural, Urban and Overall Challenges
• Missouri Balance of State (BoS)
▫ Structure
▫ Characteristics of a Large BoS CoC
• Coordinated Entry: BoS
▫ Established Committees
▫ Challenges
▫ Successes
• Resources
Missouri Housing Development Commission
• MHDC is committed to strengthening communities and the
lives of Missourians through the financing, development and
preservation of affordable housing
• The Commission administers the federal and Missouri LowIncome Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) programs, the
Affordable Housing Assistance Program Tax Credit (AHAP),
federal HOME funds, and the direct funding of several
housing assistance programs. Further, the Commission
administers homeless assistance funds for permanent housing
in an effort to end homelessness in Missouri. The Commission
also provides advisory, consultative, training and educational
services to non-profit housing organizations
Community Initiatives (CI) Department
Role of CI:
▫ To administer the state Housing Trust Fund,
housing first program, state ESG funds and
Missouri Balance of State Continuum of Care
funds, including HMIS and planning dollars
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Project Homeless Connect
Statewide Homeless Study
Special Needs Housing set-aside
Point-in-Time Count
Missouri Continua of Care (CoC)
• Eight CoCs
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Balance of State
St. Joseph
Kansas City
Joplin
Springfield
St. Charles
St. Louis County
St. Louis City
Missouri Continua of Care (CoC)
• Rural Challenges
▫ Many areas choose not to receive federal funding
▫ Many areas don’t have formal services
▫ Housing Stock
• Urban Challenges
▫ Turf issues
▫ Competitive Funding
▫ Political Will
• Overall Challenges
▫ Special consideration needed for counties residing in
different CoCs that surround each other
▫ Finding ways to work more efficiently with surrounding
CoCs when funding is not available in specific areas
Missouri Balance of State (BoS)
• Structure
▫ 101 counties in 10 regions
▫ MHDC lead agency
▫ Governor’s Committee to End Homelessness serves as
the governing body
 Includes state agencies, federal agencies, and non-profit
appointments
• Characteristics of a large CoC
▫ Covers wide range of locations from small townships
to small cities, and other more urban areas near the
larger Continua
▫ Relatively limited variety and number of services
▫ Multiple regions with different identified barriers
Coordinated Entry: BoS
Two committees working and coordinating
• Coordinated Entry Sub-Committee of Balance of State
Committee
▫ Reports to the Balance of State Committee and the GCEH
▫ Includes the Department of Mental Health, Regional Leaders
from the BoS Committee, Missouri Coalition Against Domestic
and Sexual Violence, along with CoC and HMIS lead agencies
▫ Charged with establishing set of principles and other guidance
related to special populations
• Regional Coordinated Entry Pilot
▫ Reports to Coordinated Entry Sub-Committee
▫ Includes local providers from the pilot area
▫ Charged with identifying and developing a standardized tool to be
used in the BoS
▫ Also charged with engaging non-funded service providers to
participate
Coordinated Entry: BoS
• Challenges
▫ Limited transportation available in rural areas
▫ Reluctance of non-funded and faith-based agencies to
participate in HMIS or other CoC events
▫ Interactions with other metro continua, potentially crossing
multiple HMIS vendors
▫ Funding limitations
▫ Service “dead zones” or locations without services
▫ Larger cities vs. small townships existing within the
Continuum
▫ Access to technology in rural areas
▫ Limited housing services available in rural areas
▫ Acknowledging differences in communities
Coordinated Entry: BoS
• Successes
▫ Pettis County pilot project: Sedalia Missouri
 Community selected because of its mid-sized status with
existing service coordination in Region Five
▫ Consensus through regional meetings and the BoS
Committee to take a regional approach
▫ Working towards independent regions with guidance and
standardized forms
▫ One front door approach with CoC and ESG providers
serving as entry points in rural areas
▫ Special consideration for non-funded agencies to
participate including alternatives to entering into HMIS
▫ Extra focus on diversion and leveraging non-funded
resources
Resources
• Community Initiatives
▫ http://www.mhdc.com/ci/index.htm
• Governor’s Committee to End Homelessness
▫ http://www.mo-ich.org/
• Missouri Continua of Care
▫ http://www.mo-ich.org/22.html
Contact Information
Julie Smith
Missouri Housing Development Commission
920 Main St. Suite 1400
Kansas City, MO 64105
Phone: 816-759-6632
Email: [email protected]