Transcript 2015 STATEWIDE SUMMIT ON HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT (ESG): OUTCOMES AND OVERVIEWS Presented by James Chiselom Emergency Solutions Grant Program Manager.

2015 STATEWIDE SUMMIT ON
HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING
EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT (ESG):
OUTCOMES AND OVERVIEWS
Presented by
James Chiselom
Emergency Solutions Grant
Program Manager
KANSAS HOUSING RESOURCES
CORPORATION
(KHRC)
Our Mission
Kansas Housing Resources Corporation (KHRC) is a self-supporting,
public corporation which serves as the primary administrator of
federal housing programs for the State of Kansas. Our mission is to
increase the availability of affordable, decent, and accessible
housing for lower-income Kansans. To achieve our goal, KHRC
collaborates with many partners across the state including lenders,
developers, builders, real estate agents, service providers, homeless
advocates, non-profit organizations, and government agencies.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Outcomes for the 2013 – 2014 ESG year – What and Who - expenditures
and demographics.

Overview of the 2014 CAPER – What was accomplished.

What to expect for 2015 – What will be different?
GRANT TERM FOR THE
2014
EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT

The normal grant term for ESG is 12 months, usually from July 01, thru
June 30th.
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The 2013 ESG term was September 01, 2013 through August 31, 2104.
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The current 2014 ESG grant is July1, 2014 through June 30, 2015.
Allen County
$30,000
ES (DV Only)
City of Atchison
$17,250
ES (DV Only)
Barton County
$51,351
ES (DV Only)
Brown County
$88,792
HP
City of Chanute
City of
Coffeyville
$70,500
ES,RR
$25,790
ES (DV only)
Crawford County
$13,443
ES,RR (DV only)
City of El Dorado
$83,572
ES(DV),RR
City of Emporia
$67,842
ES,RR,HP
Ford County
$36,000
ES (DV Only)
Harvey County
$108,581
ES(DV)
City of Hays
$19,680
HP
City of
Hutchinson
$107,520
ES,HP,RR (DV)
City of
Independence
Johnson
County
City of
Junction City
City of
Lawrence
City of
Leavenworth
City of
Manhattan
City of
Pittsburg
$15,000
ES
$66,000
HP,RR,SO
$45,000
ES
$152,643
ES,RR,HP (DV)
$60,243
ES (DV),RR,HP
$142,500
ES,RR,HP (DV)
$50,000
RR
City of Salina
Seward
County
City of
Wellington
$108,708
ES,SO,RR (DV)
$136,000
ES,RR
$17,000
HP,RR(DV only)
City of Winfield
$50,000
ES, RR (DV only)
ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES OF EMERGENCY
SOLUTIONS GRANT

Street Outreach

Emergency Shelter

Homelessness Prevention (HP)

Rapid Re-Housing (RR)

Homeless Management Information System (HMIS)

Administrative Costs, capped at 7.5%
2014 ESG Activity
Funded Amount
Actual Expenditures
Amount remaining
(as of 5/08/15)
(as of 5/08/15)
Administration
$108,260
$63,684.77
$44,575.23
Emergency Shelter
$786,603
$485,762.18
$300,840.82
Homeless Prevention
$110,963
$55,746.64
$55,216.36
Rapid Re Housing
$331,322
$195,470.84
$135,851.16
Data Collection (HMIS)
$97,323
$42,971.87
$54,351.13
Street Outreach
$9,000
$6,628.43
$2,371.57
Total
$1,443,471
$850,264.73
$593,206.27
2014 ESG FUNDING
7%
1%
7%
23%
8%
54%
Total
$1,443,471
Administration
Emergency Shelter
$108,260
$786,603
Homeless
Prevention
Rapid Re Housing
Data Collection
(HMIS)
Street Outreach
ADMIN
EMERGENCY SHELTER
HOMELESS PREVENTION
RAPID RE - HOUSING
HMIS
STREET OUTREACH
$110,963
$331,322
$97,323
$9,000
THE CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL
PERFORMANCE AND
EVALUATION REPORT (CAPER)
DATA
Within 90 days after the end of their program year, state and local
governments that receive ESG funds directly from HUD must ensure that all
activity information in IDIS is up-to-date as of the last day of the program
year. This process is called end-of-year reporting.
The following information was submitted as CAPER data for the year 2014.
Also included are comparisons from the 2013 CAPER.
EMERGENCY SHELTER ELIGIBLE PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS:
INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WHO ARE HOMELESS.
OVERVIEW OF ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES: ESSENTIAL SERVICES TO PERSONS IN
EMERGENCY SHELTERS, RENOVATING BUILDINGS TO BE USED AS
EMERGENCY SHELTERS, AND OPERATING EMERGENCY SHELTERS.
Services provided to individuals and families who are in an
emergency shelter:

Case Management

Employment Assistance

Life Skills

Transportation

Child Care

Job Training

Mental Health Services

Outpatient Health

Education Services

Services for Special Populations

Substance Abuse Treatment

Legal Services
Shelter- Household and Expenditures
Number of persons in households
Adults
2,386
Children
951
Don't
0
Know/Refused/Other
Missing Information
1
Total
3,337
Essential Services
$402,105
Operations
$230,410
Renovation
$0.00
Major Rehab
$0.00
Sub Total Shelter
$632,515
Total Number of bednights available
Total Number of bednights provided
Capacity Utilization
SHELTER HOUSEHOLDS
0%
28%
72%
ADULTS
CHILDREN
EXPENDITURES
36%
210,700
0%
64%
116,701
55.39%
ESSENTIAL SERVICES
OPERATIONS
HOMELESS PREVENTION (HP) AND RAPID RE-HOUSING (RR)
ELIGIBLE PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS: RR: INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WHO ARE
LITERALLY HOMELESS, HP: INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WHO ARE AT IMMINENT
RISK, OR AT RISK, OF HOMELESSNESS
OVERVIEW OF ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES: SHORT AND MEDIUM-TERM RENTAL
ASSISTANCE AND HOUSING RELOCATION AND STABILIZATION SERVICES.
Financial Assistance
Services

Moving Costs

Housing Search & Placement

Rent Application Fees


Security Deposit
Housing Stability Case
Management

Last Month’s Rent

Mediation

Utility Deposit

Legal Services

Utility Payments

Credit Repair
Homeless Prevention - Household and
Expenditures
Number of persons in households
Adults
92
Children
104
Don't
0
Know/Refused/Other
Missing Information
0
Total
196
Rental Assistance
$33,050
Financial Assistance
$10,100
Services
$16,878
Subtotal
Homeless Prevention
$60,028
HOUSEHOLDS
0%
53%
47%
ADULTS
CHILDREN
EXPENDITURES
28%
0%
17%
RENT
FINANCIAL ASSIST.
55%
SERVICES
Rapid Re Housing - Household and
Expenditures
Number of persons in households
Adults
443
Children
319
Don't Know/Refused/Other
0
RAPID RE HOUSING
0%
42%
58%
Missing Information
0
Total
762
Rental Assistance
$201,350
EXPENDITURES
Financial Assistance
$120,000
29%
ADULTS
CHILDREN
0%
Services
$133,136
Subtotal
Rapid Re Housing
$454,486
44%
27%
RENTAL
FINANCIAL ASSIST.
SERVICES
STREET OUTREACH
ELIGIBLE PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS: UNSHELTERED INDIVIDUALS AND
FAMILIES
OVERVIEW OF ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES: ESSENTIAL SERVICES TO ELIGIBLE
PARTICIPANTS PROVIDED ON THE STREET OR IN PARKS, ABANDONED
BUILDINGS, BUS STATIONS, CAMPGROUNDS, AND IN OTHER SUCH
SETTINGS WHERE UNSHELTERED PERSONS ARE STAYING.

Engagement - Activities to locate, identify and build relationships with
unsheltered homeless people for the purpose of providing immediate support,
intervention, and connections with homeless assistance programs and/or
mainstream social services and housing programs.

Case Management - Assessing housing and service needs, and
arranging/coordinating and monitoring the delivery of individualized services.

Emergency Health Services - Outpatient treatment of urgent medical
conditions by licensed medical professionals in community-based settings
(e.g., streets, parks, and campgrounds) to those eligible participants unwilling
or unable to access emergency shelter or an appropriate healthcare facility.

Transportation - Travel by outreach workers, social workers, medical
professionals or other service providers during the provision of eligible street
outreach services.
Street Outreach - Household and
Expenditures
STREET OUTREACH
$22,139
Number of persons in households
Adults
66
Children
6
Don't Know/Refused/Other
0
8%
92%
Missing Information
0
Total
72
Street Outreach
$28,199
ADULTS
CHILDREN
HMIS ADMINISTRATION
Participation Requirement
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HMIS participation is a statutory
requirement for ESG recipients and sub
recipients.
Hardware, Equipment and Software
Costs
Purchasing or leasing computer
hardware
Purchasing software or software
licenses
Purchasing or leasing equipment,
including telephones, faxes, and
furniture
Staffing: Paying salaries for operating
HMIS
General management, oversight and
coordination. Costs of overall program
management, coordination, monitoring,
and evaluation. These costs include, but
are not limited to, necessary
expenditures for the following:
 Salaries - wages, and related costs of
the recipient’s staff, the staff of sub
recipients, or other staff engaged in
program administration.
 Travel costs
 Other costs - for goods and services
required for administration of the
program
Other Grant Expenditures
2014 HMIS
$131,996
2013 HMIS
$29,714
2014 Administration
$90,484
2013 Administration
$107,704
2015
EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT

The allocation for the 2015 ESG will be $1,569,275

For 2015 the ESG grant period will be July 01, 2015 through June
30, 2016, twelve (12) months.