Program&PolicyUpdateforHUD’sHomelessAssistance

Programs

May 2012

DiscussionTopics

•  Progressonendinghomelessness,WAstateinforma>on•  StatusofHomelessnessPreven>onandRapidRe‐Housing

Program

•  HEARTHAct;implementa>onofamendmentstoHUD’shomelessassistanceprograms

•  HUDrulemaking

•  Defini>ons•  Programchanges

Con>nuumofCareFunding

National WA

2011 $ 1,674,351,578.00 $ 40,867,466.00

2010 $ 1,628,309,714.00 $ 39,935,212.00

2009 $ 1,558,756,150.00 $ 38,271,547.00

WashingtonStateCoC’s

FundingAwardedtoWACoC’s

CoC 2010 2011

WA‐500–SeaMle/KingCounty $22,487,165 $22,824,611

WA‐501–WashingtonBalanceofState $5,031,594 $5,367,660

WA‐502–SpokaneCity&County $3,053,232 $3,219,401

WA‐503–Tacoma/Lakewood/PierceCounty $3,046,323 $3,175,831

WA‐504–EvereM/SnohomishCounty $4,938,718 $4,836,610

WA‐507–YakimaCity&County $466,736 $480,474

WA‐508–Vancouver/ClarkCounty $911,444 $962,879

2011WAStateHomelessPopula>on

Important Notes About This Data: This report is based on point-in-time information provided to HUD by Continuums of Care (CoCs) in the 2011 application for CoC Homeless Assistance Programs. CoCs are required to provide an unduplicated count of homeless persons according to HUD standards (explained in HUD’s two guides to Counting Sheltered and Unsheltered Homeless People at http://www.hudhre.info/documents/counting_unsheltered.pdf).

CoC TotalNumberofHomelessPersons

SeaMle/KingCounty 8,972

WashingtonState 4,956

SpokaneCity&County 1,272

Tacoma/PierceCounty 2,089

EvereM/SnohomishCounty 1,860

YakimaCity&County 443

Vancouver/ClarkCounty 847

2011WAStateHomelessPopula>onbyCon>nuumofCare

Opportuni>es

HUD’sTitleVProgram–ListedinFederalRegisteronFridays

hMp://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/comm_planning/homeless/programs/t5

HUDHomes‐hMp://www.hudhomestore.com/Home/Index.aspx

BRAC–hMp://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/comm_planning/homeless/programs/brac

NSP–ContactWADept.ofCommerceandlocalen>tlementcommuni>espartneringwiththestate

hMp://www.commerce.wa.gov/site/1139/default.aspx

Opportuni>esCon>nued…

eConPlanningSuite:Mapping,ConsolidatedPlan&IDIS,andConsolidatedPlanManual

hMp://www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/about/conplan/index.cfmU.S.InteragencyCouncilonHomelessness

hMp://www.usich.gov/HUDHomelessResourceExchange

hMp://www.hudhre.info/TechnicalAssistanceandTraining:contactyourCPD

Representa>ve

StatusofHPRP

BeganAugust‐Septemberof2009,partofRecoveryAct

10granteesinWAstate

Approximately$25millionforWAstate,three‐yrgrants

Providedfundsforpreven>onandrapidre‐housing•  preven>onforpersonsatriskofhomelessness

•  rapidre‐housingforhomelesspersons

HPRPCont.

WAstategranteeshaveprovidedassistanceto:•  20,632persons•  8,228households

Haveexpended$23million:

•  $14.5millionforpreven>on•  $8.5millionforrapidre‐housing

GrantsendingJuly‐Augustof2012

HEARTHAct

•  SignedintolawonMay20,2009

•  ConsolidatesHUD’scompe>>veMcKinney‐VentoHomelessAssistancePrograms

•  Providesnewdefini>onofhomeless•  Createsnewprograms

•  EmergencySolu>onsGrants(NewESG)

•  RuralHousingStability

HUDRuleMaking

•  HEARTHActamendmentsrequiredsixseparateHUDregula>ons:

•  Defini>onofHomeless

•  EmergencySolu>onsGrantsProgram•  ConformingAmendmentstotheConsolidatedPlan

•  HomelessManagementInforma>onSystems•  Con>nuumofCareProgram

•  RuralHousingStabilityProgram

StatusofHUDRegula>ons

PublishedFinalRule:

•  DefiningHomeless–amendmentstotheSHPandS+Cregula>ons

PublishedInterimRules:

•  EmergencySolu>onsGrantsProgramwithconformingamendmentstotheConsolidatedPlan

PublishedProposedRule:

•  HomelessManagementInforma>onSystemsRulesPendingPublica>on:

•  CoCProgram•  RHSProgram

HomelessDefini>on

Providesfourcategoriesofhomeless:

1.  Streets,shelters,transi>onalhousing,orins>tu>ons2.  Imminentdisplacementfromcurrentresidence3.  Unaccompaniedyouthhomelessunderotherfederal

programs

4.  FleeingoraMemp>ngtofleedomes>cviolenceorotherlifethreateningsitua>ons

HomelessDefini>oncont.

•  Includesindividualsandfamiliesthatwerehomelessunderpreviousdefini>on

•  Con>nuestoexcludeindividualswhoare“couchsurfing”andindividualsandfamiliesinsubstandardhousing

•  Newdefini>onappliestofundingforSHPandS+Cprojectsunder2011CoCcompe>>on(newandrenewalgrants)

•  AlsoappliestoEmergencySolu>onsGrants•  Rulecontainsspecificrecordkeepingrequirements

HomelessDefini>onDocumenta>onStandards•  Generallyconsistentwithcurrentguidance•  RequiresprojectstomaintainandfollowwriMenintake

procedurestoensurecompliancewithhomelessdefini>on

•  Mustdocumenttheevidencereliedupontodetermineanddocumenthomelessstatusatintake

•  Proceduresmustestablishorderofpriorityforobtainingevidence;requiredorder:

•  Third‐partydocumenta>on•  Intakeworkerobserva>on•  Self‐declara>on

•  NoHUD‐requiredforms

OtherDefini>ons

•  HomelessIndividualwithaDisability•  IncludespersonswithHIV•  NowsameforSHPandS+C

•  AtRiskofHomelessness

•  Appliesforpreven>onunderESG•  ChronicallyHomeless

•  Includesfamilies

•  Income•  RequiredforeligibilityunderNewESG

EmergencySolu>onsGrantsProgram

•  Formulagrantstolocalgovernmentsandstates•  ReplacespreviousEmergencyShelterGrantsProgram

•  Samegrantees•  Sameformula

•  Applica>ontoHUDpartofConsolidated/Ac>onPlan•  Includesac>vi>eseligibleunderHPRP

ESGGranteesandAmounts

ESGGrantee 2012$ 2011$

KingCounty 350,424 308,953PierceCounty 234,415 204,947

SeaMle 929,144 826,645SnohomishCo. 241,799 211,245

Spokane 297,774 260,225

Tacoma 228,539 200,858Wash.State 2,488,958 2,165,289

TOTAL 4,771,053 4,178,162

NewESGKeyFeatures

•  Fundscanbeusedforsheltercosts,homelesspreven>onandrapidre‐housingac>vi>es

•  Essen>alservices,includingstreetoutreach

•  Fundsforsheltercostslimitedto60%ofgrantoramountusedin2010forshelters

•  HUD’semphasisisonuseoffundsforrapidre‐housing

NewESGEligibleAc>vi>es

•  Allowsforuseoffundsforrentalassistance,shortandlongterm

•  Rentalassistancecanbetenantbasedorprojectbased

•  Allowsuseoffundsforreloca>onandstabiliza>onservices,similartoHPRP

•  Allows7.5%foradministra>vecosts

NewESGKeyRequirements

•  Requires100%match,includesdonatedmaterialorbuildings,salarycostsofprogramstaff,valueofvolunteer>me

•  Requireshomelesspar>cipa>onindecisionmaking

•  Requiresformalprocessfortermina>ngassistance

•  Par>cipa>oninHMISmandatory

•  Requiresconsulta>onwithCoCinuseoffunds

Con>nuumofCareProgram

•  RepealsSHP,S+CandSROprograms

•  CodifiestheCon>nuumofCarestructureandprocess•  Createssinglehomelessassistanceprogram

•  Fundsawardedthroughna>onalcompe>>on(NOFA)•  Usesneedsbasedformulatodeterminefundingamounts

forCoCs

•  Providesforrenewalfundingtocon>nueexis>ngprojects•  Allowsfornewprojects

Con>nuumofCareProgramcont.•  Providesincreasesinfundsforadministra>vecosts,

includingCoCplanning

•  Providesforincreasesinleasing,rentalassistanceandopera>ngfundsforrenewalprojects

•  Includesprovisionsforaddi>onalfundsfor“HighPerformingCommuni>es”

•  Createsonematchrequirementof25percentcashorin‐kindacrossalllineitems,exceptleasingwhichstaysat0percentmatch

•  Nolimitonamountoffundsfordevelopmentofnewunits

Con>nuumofCareProgramcont.

•  Requireshomelesspar>cipa>onindecisionmaking

•  Requiresformalprocessfortermina>ngassistance

•  Prohibitsuseoffundstoreplacestateorlocalfundsforhomelessassistance

CoCPerformance

•  HEARTHActincludesspecificperformanceindicatorsforfundingselec>oncriteriaunderCoCprogram

•  PerformanceoftheCoCincludestheESGprojectsintheCoCsarea

CoCPerformanceIndicators

•  Lengthof>mehomeless•  Extentofreturntohomelessness

•  Reduc>oninhomelessness•  Jobsandincomegrowthforhomelesspersons

•  Reduc>oninfirst>mehomelessness

•  SpecificgoalsifservingyouthhomelessunderotherFederalstatutes

CoCPerformanceOtherFactors

•  HUDwillalsoevaluatemethodologiesCoCsusetodeterminepriori>esforfundinglocalprojects

•  Leveragingofotherpublicandprivateresources

•  Demonstratedcoordina>onwithmainstreamresourcesandprograms

NOFAfor2012CoCCompe>>on•  HUDmustfirstpublishCoCProgramRegula>on

•  NOFAwillprovidespecificinforma>ononapplica>onandprogramrequirementsfor2012

•  Renewalofexis>ngprojectswillbeapriority,limitedop>onsfornewprojects

•  Increasedfundingforrenewalsforleasing,rentalassistanceandopera>ngcostslikelytobebelowmaximumallowed

NOFAfor2012CoCCompe>>oncont.•  FundsforCoCPlanningcostsmaybeavailablebutbelow

3%allowedbylaw

•  HUDlikelywillnotprovidedaddi>onalfundsforHighPerformingCommuni>es

•  Realloca>onfornewprojectswillincludefundsforSHPandS+Crenewals

HMIS

•  HMISRegula>onpublishedasProposedRulenotyetineffect

•  MustcomplywithcurrentrequirementsofHUD’s2004TechnicalandDataStandardsNo>ce

•  HUDwillpublishnewHMISdataelementsandtechnicalstandardsthatwillconformwiththeperformancemeasurementrequirementsoftheHEARTHAct

•  HUDwillalsoprovidespecificguidanceonhowperformancemeasureswillbecalculated

ResourcesandTechnicalAssistance •  HomelessnessResourceExchange:www.hudhre.info

•  HEARTHpage•  HUD’sHMISPortal:www.hmis.info

•  Ready,SET,Gowebinarseries•  HeldmostTuesdaysat3:30pmET

•  Providesinforma>ononregula>ons,programprac>ces

•  RefertoHREforscheduleandaccessinstruc>ons•  HUDListserve,receiveemailno>fica>onofwebinars,

programupdates,etc.signuponHRE

•  SubmitTArequestonHRE,contactHUDFieldOfficestaff

Closing

•  Summaryandfinalcomments

•  Ques>ons?

•  ThanksforaMending!

Contacts

Jack Peters, DirectorOffice of Community Planning and DevelopmentUS Department of Housing and Urban Development206.220.5268jack.peters@hud.gov

David Foster, Program ManagerOffice of Community Planning and DevelopmentUS Department of Housing and Urban Development206.220.5368david.foster@hud.gov