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Implementing the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act

NCDA ConferenceJanuary 31, 2013

Michael RoanhouseDivision Director

Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs

Status of the Regulations

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Publication Status Regulation Stage of Implementation

Proposed Homeless Management Information Systems

Not Yet Implemented ; comment period closed

Interim Emergency Solutions Grants with conforming amendments to the Consolidated Plan

Continuum of Care

Effective Jan. 4th, 2012; applies to second FY2011 allocation of ESG and beyond

Effective August 30, 2012; comment period closed on November 16, 2012

Final Defining Homeless – amendments to the SHP and S+C regulations

Applies to all awarded FY2011 SHP and S+C new and renewal projects

Pending Publication Rural Housing Stability Assistance Program

Not Yet Implemented

FY2012 AND FY2013 APPROPRIATIONS

FY2012 Budget – Targeted Homeless Programs

 President's

RequestAppropriated

Expected Expenditure

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Total Amount $2,372 $1,901 $1,901

Emergency Solutions Grants $286 $250 $286

Continuum of Care & Rural Housing Stability Assistance $2,030 $1,593 $1,608

HMIS $6 $7 $7

Incentive and Service Coordination Initiatives $50 $0 $0

HUD-VASH $75 $75 $75

•FY2012 Budget Highlights:•Full HEARTH implementation would cost over $4 billion; therefore, HUD requested a reasonable amount to implement most aspects.•Congress scaled back the request further and HUD is making tough decisions about what to implement with limited resources.

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President’s FY2013 Budget – Targeted Homeless

Programs•The President’s Budget proposed $2.23 billion for HUD’s Homeless Assistance Grants – $1.94 billion for the CoC program– $286 million for the ESG program– The President’s Budget proposed $5 million

for the Rural Housing Stability Assistance Program

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•$75 million for the HUD-VASH program

President’s FY2013 Budget – Targeted Homeless Programs

•The President’s Budget is committed to meeting the goals of Opening Doors: Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness. In FY 2013, HUD will:– Tailor specific, existing, programs– Implement innovative strategies– Expect that homeless individuals and

families will utilize mainstream resources and benefits more often

FY2013 Budget Before Deficit Reduction– Targeted Homeless Programs

 Presiden

t's Request

House Budget

Senate Budget

Total Amount for ESG, CoC, and RHS $2,231 $1,901 $2,150

Emergency Solutions Grants (minimum amount) $286 $280 $286

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Deficit Reduction Mandated by Budget Control Act of 2011

• Requires a $1.2 trillion reduction from FY 2013 to FY 2021 ($109 billion reduction each year)

• Failure by Congress to make necessary reductions will result in automatic funding cuts as detailed in the Act

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Deficit Reduction Mandated by Budget Control Act of 2011

• Requires a $1.2 trillion reduction from FY 2013 to FY 2021 ($109 billion reduction each year)

• Failure by Congress to make necessary reductions will result in automatic funding cuts as detailed in the Act

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Committee on Appropriations – FY 2013 -

House Report

•“The Continuum of Care is supposed to be a competitive grants programs…It is not the committee’s intention to maintain an entitlement program for ailing and inflexible service providers. The Committee reminds providers in the Continuum of Care that these funds are intended to assist and house the homeless as effectively and efficiently as possible.”

Bottom line?

Increasing pressure on local homeless service systems combined with constricting resources requires us to retool programs to achieve greater efficiency and effectiveness.

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Federal Strategic Plan

Four goals as established in Opening Doors: Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness:1) Finish the job of ending chronic homelessness by

2015.

2) Prevent and end homelessness among Veterans by 2015.

3) Prevent and end homelessness among families, youth, and children by 2020.

4) Set a path to ending all types of homelessness.4

Federal Strategic Plan

•The goals of Opening Doors:– Guided many of the policies set forth in the ESG,

CoC, and RHS programs– Will guide the policies set forth in the CoC and

RHS competitions in FY 2012 and beyond

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