naeh implications of the hearth act
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NAEH Webinar on the Implications of the Hearth Act on the Continuum of Care and the goal of ending homelessness.TRANSCRIPT
The National Alliance to End Homelessness presents
The HEARTH Academy
Training and tools to help your community achieve the goals of
the HEARTH Act
Federal Goal
• Nobody is homeless longer than 30 days
Performance Measures
• Reducing lengths of homeless episodes
• Reducing new and return entries into homelessness
The HEARTH Act
• Assess how your community performs
• Receive tools to help you implement proven strategies
• Create an action plan for reshaping homelessness assistance
The HEARTH Academy
Implementing proven strategies to end homelessnessHEARTH Academy
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.
Individualized Consulting
The Alliance’s Center for Capacity Building and other expert consultants will be available to provide customized assistance.
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.
Implementing proven strategies to end homelessnessHEARTH Academy
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 $300 per person
• Communities are encouraged to bring 6-10 officials and decision-makers
• The clinic will also be available for individual communities or states
Implementing proven strategies to end homelessnessHEARTH Academy
Webinars and Tools
Webinars, tools, and training materials will help communities prepare for the Implementation Clinic and learn about and implement the strategies that help prevent and end homelessness.
Webinars will take place on the following schedule and are free of charge
• Overview of the HEARTH Act and its implicationsSeptember 22
• Data and performance improvementOctober 13
• Assessing your homelessness systemOctober 27
Implementing proven strategies to end homelessnessHEARTH Academy
Individualized Consulting
The Alliance’s Center for Capacity Building and other expert consultants will be available to provide customized assistance.
• Communities can contract with the Alliance’s Center for Capacity Building for more assistance.
• The Alliance can also recommend consultants who have worked with the Alliance on HEARTH Act implementation
Aisha WilliamsCenter for Capacity Building National Alliance to End [email protected]
If you are interested in participating or would like more information, please contact:
Note: The HEARTH Academy is not sponsored by or affiliated with the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) or any other federal agency. The HEARTH Academy is a project of the National Alliance to End Homelessness.
Implications of the HEARTH Act
September, 2010
Norm SucharJuly 2010
“Because far too many
Americans go homeless on
any given night, this bill
provides comprehensive new resources for homeless Americans”
President Obama signing the HEARTH Act as part of the Helping Families Save their Homes Act.
Aspiration
Homelessness Assistance Incentives ($)
Aspiration
Incentives ($)
Incentives ($)
HEARTH Act
Homelessness Assistance
“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
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!
Timeline
Changes to the ESG (Formula) Program
Old
Emergency Shelter Grants
Up to 5% for administrative expenses
Formula to cities, counties, and states
New
Emergency Solutions Grants
Up to 7.5% for administrative expenses
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
Old3 programs
Supportive Housing Program (SHP)
Shelter Plus Care (SPC)
Mod. Rehab./SRO
NewOne Continuum of Care program
All eligible activities of the 3 former programs
More flexibility for mixing and matching eligible activities
Up to 10 percent for administrative costs
Staff training
Changes to the CoC Application Process
Old
Providers in community jointly apply for funding
Stakeholders in community review and rank applications
Application has two parts
Exhibit 1 – community wide, includes numbers, gaps analysis, etc.
Exhibit 2 – individual project applications
New
Similar to existing process
Application submitted by Collaborative Applicant, which will be eligible for 3% for admin.
More focused on performance:
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
Project Sponsor
Project Sponsor
Project Sponsor
HUD
Project Sponsor
Project Sponsor
Project Sponsor
HUD
Unified Funding Agency
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
www.hudhre.info
Contacts:
Norm [email protected]
Samantha [email protected]
Aisha [email protected]
HEARTH Academy:
Performance ImprovementOctober 13 at 2pm Eastern