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Welcome to the 2013-2014. MDHI CoC NOFA Competition. Presenters:. Gary Sanford – Executive Director, Metro Denver Homeless Initiative Christine Groves – Grant Writer Nathan Davis - Program Manager, Mile High United Way Teri Marquantte – SWAN Enterprises & Consulting. What’s New. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
MDHICoC NOFA
Competition
Gary Sanford – Executive Director, Metro Denver Homeless Initiative
Christine Groves – Grant Writer
Nathan Davis - Program Manager, Mile High United Way
Teri Marquantte – SWAN Enterprises & Consulting
What’s NewTwo year application
for CoC
No new Permanent Housing Bonus
Our annual renewal amount for current projects may be cut by at least 5% ($824,183)
Pushing the targeting of the most in need
Reallocation of
renewal dollars to create more beds for CH individuals and homeless families with children
New HUD Goals for benefits acquisitions -56%, & income other than employment – 54%
Encourage healthcare acquisition through the Affordable Health Care Act
Special focus on the Housing First Model
Push to dedicate existing PSH units for the Chronically Homeless at turn over
MDHI Renewal Application in WizeHive
What’s New
What’s Old but Changed Tiering again required with more direction regarding the order
1. PSH & RRH renewals
2. Reallocated PSH3. Reallocated RRH4. Transitional Housing5. CoC Planning
6. Supportive Services previously reallocated into Coordinated Entry
7. Renewal HMIS8. Supportive Services
only grants (SSO)
Rewarding good performance & achieving goals of ending homelessness
Of the 156 points available in the Consolidated Application (150 points + 6 bonus points) 59 are dedicated to measuring and improving performance and outcomes
Major goals re-emphasized in scoring:
Reducing chronic homelessness Increasing housing stability Increasing income and benefits Increasing rapid housing
These goals are tracked from project APR’s and then summarized in
CoC Consolidated Application
What will be used to rank current projects?
APR’sMDHI Renewal ApplicationHMIS Data Quality ReportsBudget, match & leverage informationProjects’ alignment with HUD and CoC goals &
objectives Housing First approach and/or barriers to housing Willingness to dedicate turn over units to CH
population
APR’sUtilization rates% of households served that obtained
housing and stabilized for at least 6 monthsHouseholds moving from TH to PHIncreased income and benefits during project
participation and at exit
MDHI Renewal Application Highlights: Types of households served in most recent
APR cycle
Subpopulations served in most recent APR
Housing First Model
Barriers to housing placement
PSH = 80% of participants retain housing for 6 months or more
Transitional Housing households moved to PH at exit
Increased Income & self-sufficiency through earned income &benefits acquisition
HMIS information
Diversity and outreach plans & practices Collaborative efforts in housing CH individuals & families
MDHI Renewal Application Highlights:
Community involvement by participants as well as volunteers
Staff quality and how it mirrors your participants
How your program works to move households on to self-sufficiency
Identification and utilization of community services
MDHI Renewal Application Highlights:
Program Innovation and data usage from APR’s – best practices identified and used, APR info to evaluate program
How you involve participants in goal setting, feedback on program, program decisions and your grievance plan
HUD contract, project budget, Project leverage & match
MDHI Renewal Application Highlights:
HUD’s Project Renewal ThresholdsRead page 28 of NOFA
Goals Timeliness standards for grant
renewals including spending down funds
Program participants achieving and maintaining independent living
Program management
New ProjectsRead page 23 – 28, Section C thru
E.2.e.(3) of NOFA
New projects from reallocation of existing projects only (no new money)Don’t know amount yet (if any)Letter of interest due by noon Dec. 10Eligible activities spelled out in NOFA on page 12 Section B Reallocation Protocol (from HUD)
1. Type, scale & location of housing fits the needs of the program participants
2. Type, scale, location of the supportive services and the mode of transportation to those services fits the needs of program participants
3. Specific plan for ensuring program participants individually assisted to obtain mainstream benefits and employment
4. Program participants assisted to obtain and remain in permanent housing in a manner that fits their needs
5. Program participants assisted to both increase their income and live independently using mainstream housing & service programs
6. At least 75% of proposed program participants come from the street or other location not meant for hum habitation ES or safe havens
7. Whether amenities are accessible in the community
CoC Consolidated ApplicationConsolidated Application score dictates funding
for next two years
Each project application attached to CoC Consolidated Application affects the CoC’s score and funding
Highest scoring CoC’s will go deepest into Tier Two
Bonus Points : 7% admin costs, no SSO in Tier 1, accuracy of NOFA
A. CoC Strategic Planning & Performance (69 pts):
1. Ending Chronic Homelessness: prioritizing the chronically homeless in ALL CoC funded permanent supportive housing – not just those units that are dedicated to that population and e prioritizing CH for placement as units become available through turnover
2. Housing Stability – ability of program participants to obtain and maintain housing
3. Jobs and Income Growth – extent to which program participants obtained or increase income/jobs
4. Mainstream Benefits – program participants increase of benefits
5. Rapid Re-Housing – how long it takes to place households in permanent housing
6. Opening Doors – plans on indentifying and ending barriers to housing
8. Ending Family Homelessness– efforts to reduce number of homeless households with children including outreach plans
9. Addressing Needs of Victims of Domestic Violence – clear description of services and safe housing form funding within the CoC for this population
10.Ending Youth Homelessness – clear description of current efforts to address youth homelessness
11.Reaching Unsheltered Homeless – outreach and engagement efforts
12.Ending Veteran Homelessness – services and housing available for veterans from all funding sources
Continuum of Care Scoring
B.CoC Coordination of Housing and Services (28 points)
1. Preventing Homelessness – homeless prevention efforts including an analysis of barriers to housing, coordination with ESG, Consolidate Plans
2. Discharge Planning – Community plans for those coming from foster care, health care facilities, mental health facilities, correctional institutions
3. Consolidated Plan – listing of goals from Consolidated Plans that address homelessness
4. Emergency Solutions Grants – how CoC community determines allocation of ESG funds, coordination with ESG recipients and project evaluation
5. Coordination with Other Funding Sources:- demonstrate coordination with other federal, state, local, private entities serving homeless
Continuum of Care Scoring
6. Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing – identification and outreach to diverse homeless
7. Educational Assurances – for projects working with families with children
8. Preventing Involuntary Family Separations – CoC’s collaboration with shelter and housing provides to ensure homeless households with children und the age of 18 are not denied admission and are not separated
9. Affordable Health Care Act – CoC’s preparation with project recipients for the implementation of the Affordable Care Act and project participants access to health care
10.Resources for Service - how CoC is working with funding recipients to identify other sources of mainstream funding for supportive services to reduce the amount of CoC program funds used for supportive services
Continuum of Care Scoring
C. Recipient Performance (15 points) 1. Performance Monitoring – CoC monitors recipients
performance on HUD-established goals2. Increasing Performance – time in housing, increased
income/benefits3. Increasing Capacity – CoC’s assistance to
underperforming recipients to increase capacity to meet requirements of Act, CoC Program interim rule and local priorities
4. Reducing Homeless Episodes – how CoC tracks time and episodes of homelessness as well as housing stability
5. Outreach – thoroughness of CoC plan for reaching all homeless subpopulations in 100% of CoC’s geographic area
6. Tracking & Reducing Returns to Homelessness – use of HMIS to monitor and explanation of plans to reduce number of additional returns to homelessness
Continuum of Care Scoring
D. CoC Housing, Services & Structure (13 points)
1. CoC Meetings – open, inclusive of homeless and/or formerly homeless
2. Complaints - any received and how handled3. Inclusive Structures – considers full range of opinions
from individuals or entities with knowledge of homelessness and open to proposals from entities not previously funded
4. Project Application Performance Metrics – review & ranking process
5. Housing Inventory Count Submissions
Continuum of Care Scoring
E. Leveraging (5 points) – looking for 100% participation by CoC funded recipients leveraging with 150% demonstrated leverage
F. HMIS (11 points) - Governance, Privacy Plan, Security Plan, Data Quality Plan, funding, bed coverage, data quality, entry and exit dates, required reports
G. Point-in-Time Count (9 points) – actual count and submission, change in PIT numbers, subpopulation data, methodology
H. Bonus Points (up to 6 points) • 100% renewals administration at 7% or below• No SSO projects in Tier 1 • Accuracy of submission
Continuum of Care Scoring
Date Tasks and Deliverables
September 10, 2013 Grant Inventory Worksheet Due to HUD
(completed)September 23, 2013 CoC Registration Due to HUD (completed)
November 22, 2013 NOFA Release (completed)
Week of December 2, 2013
MDHI Distributes NOFA RFP (completed) MDHI Distributes request for letters of intent
for new projects (completed)
December 9, 2013
Mandatory meeting for NOFA applicants to review process (scoring tool, time frame, priorities) and address NOFA questions—Monday, December 9, 2013 from 9am to noon at Mile High United Way
Week of December 9, 2013• WizeHive site goes live
December 10, 2013
Applicants must send any feedback, recommended edits or changes to NOFA application to MDHI staff via email by 9am
• Letters of Intent for new projects due at noon on December 10, 2013
December 23, 2013
• NOFA applications for renewals are due to MDHI via WizeHIve by noon on December 23, 2013
December 23, 2013• NOFA applications for new projects are due to
MDHI via email by noon on December 23, 2013
January 7, 2014
• Project Applicants (new and renewal projects) will be scheduled for presentations at NOFA Review Committee meeting—Morning of January 7, 2014 at Mile High United Way
January 10, 2014 (tentative)
Final ranking of renewal projects announced to Stakeholders
MDHI 2013 NOFA Time Line
January 17, 2014
Any and all appeals must be submitted to MDHI by noon on January 17, 2014
January 17, 2014
All projects due in e-snaps by noon on January 17, 2014
Week of January 20, 2014
Committee and staff provide recommendations for full board consideration
NOFA ranking presented to Board for review & approval
Agencies who have appealed will receive in writing the decision prior to CoC NOFA application submission
Week of January 27
Completed MDHI Consolidated Application published on MDHI website for community review and comment
Week of January 27
NOFA application submitted to HUD HUD deadline for submission—February 3, 2014
http://www.onecpd.info
Access to training documents, instruction manuals, FAQ’s, and the help desk
http://mdhi.org/NOFA AnnouncementNOFA TimelineNOFA Renewal applicationNOFA Renewal Leverage chartNOFA Budget chartHMIS 2013 Data Quality reportNOFA New Project Letter of Interest directionsMDHI NOFA Appeals Process
Things to pay attention to and other important
information
Christine GrovesGrant
Writer/Consultant
How to use WizeHive
Nathan DavisProject Manager
Mile High United Way