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The National Alliance to End Homelessness presents
The HEARTH Academy
Training and tools to help your community achieve the goals of
the HEARTH Act
The HEARTH Act
The HEARTH Academy
Federal Goal
• Assess how your
community performs
• Nobody is homeless
longer than 30 days
Performance Measures
• Reducing lengths of
homeless episodes
• Reducing new and return
entries into homelessness
• Receive tools to help you
implement proven
strategies
• Create an action plan for
reshaping homelessness
assistance
HEARTH Academy
Implementing proven strategies to end homelessness
Implementation Clinic
Participants in this
1.5 day clinic will
assess the
performance of
their homelessness
assistance and
implement
community-wide
strategies to better
achieve the goals
of the HEARTH Act.
Webinars and Tools
Webinars, tools,
and training
materials will help
communities
prepare for the
Implementation
Clinic and learn
about and
implement the
strategies that help
prevent and end
homelessness.
Individualized Consulting
The Alliance’s
Center for Capacity
Building and other
expert consultants
will be available to
provide
customized
assistance.
HEARTH Academy
Implementing proven strategies to end homelessness
Implementation Clinic
Participants in this
1.5 day clinic will
assess the
performance of
their homelessness
assistance and
implement
community-wide
strategies to better
achieve the goals
of the HEARTH Act.
• Clinics will be held January – April 2011
• Sites will be selected partly based on interest and
will begin to be announced in early October
• Registration for the regional 1.5 day clinic will cost
approximately $300 per person
• Communities are encouraged to bring 6-10 officials
and decision-makers
• The clinic will also be available for individual
communities or states
HEARTH Academy
Implementing proven strategies to end homelessness
Webinars and Tools
Webinars, tools,
and training
materials will help
communities
prepare for the
Implementation
Clinic and learn
about and
implement the
strategies that help
prevent and end
homelessness.
Webinars will take place on the following schedule
and are free of charge
• Overview of the HEARTH Act and its implications
September 22
• Data and performance improvement
October 13
• Assessing your homelessness system
October 27
HEARTH Academy
Implementing proven strategies to end homelessness
Individualized Consulting
The Alliance’s
Center for Capacity
Building and other
expert consultants
will be available to
provide
customized
assistance.
• Communities can contract with the Alliance’s
Center for Capacity Building for more assistance.
• The Alliance can also recommend consultants who
have worked with the Alliance on HEARTH Act
implementation
If you are interested in participating or would like
more information, please contact:
Aisha Williams
Center for Capacity Building
National Alliance to End Homelessness
[email protected]
202-942-8298
Note: The HEARTH Academy is not sponsored by or affiliated with the
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) or any other federal
agency. The HEARTH Academy is a project of the National Alliance to End
Homelessness.
Implications of the
HEARTH Act
September, 2010
Norm Suchar
July 2010
“Because far too
many
Americans go
homeless on
any given night,
this bill
provides
comprehensive
new resources
for homeless
Americans”
President Obama signing the HEARTH Act as part of the Helping
Families Save their Homes Act.
Aspiration
Homelessness
Assistance
Incentives ($)
Aspiratio
n
Incentives ($)
HEARTH Act
Homelessness
Assistance
Incentives ($)
“to establish a Federal goal of
ensuring that individuals and
families who become
homeless return to permanent
housing within 30 days”
HEARTH Act Purposes – Sec. 1002(b)
Programs
Systems
Activities
Outcomes
Shelter
Prevention
Transitioning
Rapidly Re-Housing
Timeline
Most changes take effect in the NOFA
released in Spring/Summer 2011
Some changes implemented over several
years
Regulations in mid to late 2010
Public comment period! Plan to Comment!
Changes to the ESG (Formula) Program
Old
New
Emergency Shelter Grants
Emergency Solutions Grants
Up to 5% for administrative
expenses
Up to 7.5% for administrative
expenses
Formula to cities, counties,
and states
Same formula but with more
funding!
Changes to the ESG (Formula) Program
Old Eligible Activities
Shelter renovating, rehab,
conversion
Operating Emergency Shelter
(max. 10% for staffing)
Services in Shelter or outreach
(max. 30%)
Prevention (targets people with
sudden loss of income, max. 30%)
New Eligible Activities
Same as now plus HPRP activities
(except that prevention has to target
below 30% of AMI)
No cap on prevention, services, or
staffing
Minimum of 40% must be for
prevention and rapid re-housing (with
a hold-harmless provision)
New ESG = Old ESG + HPRP
Roughly the same amount of funding for
emergency shelters
New funding for homelessness prevention
and Rapid Re-Housing similar to HUD’s
HPRP
Changes to the CoC Programs
Old
3 programs
New
One Continuum of Care program
Supportive Housing Program
(SHP)
All eligible activities of the 3 former
programs
Shelter Plus Care (SPC)
More flexibility for mixing and
matching eligible activities
Mod. Rehab./SRO
Up to 10 percent for administrative
costs
Staff training
Changes to the CoC Application Process
Old
Providers in community jointly
apply for funding
New
Similar to existing process
Stakeholders in community review
and rank applications
Application submitted by
Collaborative Applicant, which will
be eligible for 3% for admin.
Application has two parts
More focused on performance:
Exhibit 1 – community wide,
includes numbers, gaps analysis,
etc.
Exhibit 2 – individual project
applications
Reducing lengths of homeless
episodes
Reducing recidivism back into
homelessness
Reducing the number of people who
become homeless
Performance
– New Measures
• Duration of homelessness episodes
• Returns to homelessness
• Number of people who become homeless
• Overall homelessness
– Measures require evaluating
performance in the entire CoC region
CoC/CP-ESG/TYP Coordination
– CoC application must be approved by
Consolidated Planning body
– Consolidated Plan requires coordination
with CoC
– Many elements of Ten Year Plan in CoC
application
Match
Old
Match requirement varies
depending on activity
25% for services, must be cash
100% for rental assistance,
must be in-kind services
100% for construction/rehab
33% for operating expenses
No match for leasing
New
Uniform 25% match except for
leasing projects
Match covers entire CoC – some
projects can have higher matches
to offset projects with lower
matches
Match can be cash or in-kind
when documented by
Memorandum of Understanding
Incentives
Old
Communities that score well on
their application are eligible for a
bonus permanent supportive
housing project.
In some years, the bonus project
had to serve individuals without
children experiencing chronic
homelessness.
New
Communities that score well will be
eligible for a bonus for proven
strategies, including—
Permanent supportive housing for
chronic homelessness
Rapid Re-Housing for families
Other activities that HUD determines
are effective
Communities that fully implement one
of these can receive a bonus to do
anything
Additional Requirements
Projects that serve families cannot refuse to
serve families because of the age of the children
(i.e. must serve families with adolescent children)
Projects must identify person who will be
responsible for coordinating child’s education
Unified Funding Agencies (only some CoCs)
Old
New
HUD
HUD
Unified Funding
Agency
Project
Sponsor
Project
Sponsor
Project
Sponsor
Project
Sponsor
Project
Sponsor
Project
Sponsor
Unified Funding Agencies
Collaborative Applicant could apply to become a
UFA or HUD could designate Collaborative
Applicant as a UFA
UFA responsible for audits and fiscal controls
UFA could get up to 3% of a communities award for
administrative expenses (on top of the 3% that a
collaborative applicant could receive)
Definition of Homelessness/Eligibility
Old
On the streets or in a place not
meant for human habitation
In an emergency shelter
In a transitional housing program
In housing, but being evicted
within 7 days and not having
resources or support networks to
obtain housing
Fleeing domestic violence
New
ESG serves people at risk.
All programs serve homeless
people, including
People who are losing their housing in
14 days and lack resources/supports
People who have moved from place to
place and are likely to continue to do
so because of disability/barriers
Up to 10% (more in some cases) of
CoC funds can serve
doubled up/motels
Other Changes
Non-competitive renewals for PSH
Project-based PSH can obtain 15-year contracts
subject to annual funding
Permanent housing activities are adjusted for
inflation at renewal
Get Ready!
• Who will be the Collaborative Applicant, and will
they be a UFA?
• How will performance be measured?
• Do we have the programs we need to perform
well, and do we have the right mix of programs?
• Which HPRP funded programs will continue?
• How will we integrate CoC, Consolidated Plan,
Ten Year Plan, and other planning efforts?
Resources:
www.endhomelessness.org
Contacts:
Norm Suchar
[email protected]
www.hudhre.info
Samantha Batko
[email protected]
HEARTH Academy:
Performance Improvement
October 13 at 2pm Eastern
Aisha Williams
[email protected]