1. Appalachian Regional Coalition on Homelessness August 1, 2017
2017 CoC NOFA
Appalachian Regional Coalition on Homelessness
August 1, 2017

2. HUD’s Homeless Policy and Program Priorities
1. End chronic homelessness
i. Target persons with highest needs and longest history of homelessness
ii. Increase units dedicated to chronically homeless
Improve outreach
Utilize reallocation to create new project that improve overall performance and better respond to need
2. Create a systematic response to homelessness
Measure System Performance
Track average length of homelessness
Rates of return to homelessness
Other factors to determine whether we are effectively serving people experiencing homelessness

3. HUD Priorities b. Create an effective Coordinated Entry Process
i. make it easier for persons to access
ii. Prioritize persons with the longest histories of homelessness and most extensive need
iii. Lower barriers to entering program or receiving assistance
Ensure persons receiving assistance are housed as quickly as possible.
3. Strategically allocate resources
CoCs should reallocate funds to new projects whenever reallocation would improve outcomes and reduce homelessness.
Review project quality, performance and cost effectiveness.

4. HUD Priorities
Use a Housing First Approach – Applicants MUST commit to
Housing First if awarded
Prioritizes rapid placement and stabilization in permanent housing (RR-PH)
No serve participation requirements or preconditions such as sobriety or income threshold
Remove barriers to entry –Persons experiencing homelessness should not be screened out or discouraged from participating because they have poor credit history, lack income or employment. People with addictions to alcohol or substances should not be required to cease active use before accessing housing and services
Transitional housing and can be considered to be using Housing First only if they operate with low barriers – do not require preconditions, i.e. sobriety, minimum income threshold, etc.

5. FY16 Carryover Competition Requirements
CoCs cannot receive grants for new projects, other than through reallocation, unless the CoC competitively ranks projects based on how they improve system performance
HUD is increasing the share of the CoC score that is based on performance criteria
HUD will prioritize funding for CoCs that have demonstrated the ability to reallocate resources to higher performing projects
2017 NOFA, page 10 1.a.b.c.

6. Exhibit 1 Scoring Criteria
1. Performance and Strategic Planning (60 points)
Up to 6 points to CoCs where at least 90% of permanent supportive housing beds requested in FY2017 CoC Program Competition are either beds DEDICATED to chronically homeless individuals or families or are in projects classified as DedicatedPLUS (currently
Up to 4 points to CoCs for increasing rapid rehousing units for households with children experiencing homelessness. Maximum points will be awarded to CoCs that increase rapid rehousing units by at least 5%.
2017 NOFA page 52, b(3)

7. Dedicated vs. Prioritized
Dedicated beds are beds that are dedicated specifically for use by chronically homeless. When a CH person exits the project, the bed must be filled by another CH participant unless there are no CH persons located within CoC geographic area:
A homeless individual with a disability who lives in a place not meant for human habitation, a safe haven, or in an emergency shelter; AND
Has been homeless continuously for 12 months or on at least 4 separate occasions in the last 3 years where the combined occasions must total at least 12 months, with
Occasions separated by a break of at least seven nights
Stays in Institutions of < 90 days do not constitute a break
Prioritized beds are beds that are NOT dedicated to Chronically Homeless but, when they become available through turnover, a chronically homeless individual is given priority.

8. Exhibit 1 Scoring Criteria
2. System Performance – 49 points
Reducing the number of homeless individuals & families – directly related to RAPID REHOUSING
Reduction in the number of first-time homeless
Length of time homeless
Successful permanent housing retention
Returns to Homelessness
Jobs and Income Growth
Systems Performance Measures Data Quality Report

9. Exhibit 1 Scoring Criteria
3. CoC Coordination & Engagement (43 points)
Highest point subcategory: Rapid Rehousing (8 pts.)
Maximum points will be awarded to CoCs that demonstrate an increase in the number of rapid rehousing beds in the CoC geographic area as reported in HDX or that can clearly demonstrate the number of rapid rehousing beds in the CoCs geographic area sufficiently meets the need for this type of housing.
THIS IS WHERE WE LOST POINTS LAST YEAR!
2017 NOFA, page 45 1k. Rapid Rehousing

10. Exhibit 1 Scoring Criteria
4. Project Ranking, Review and Capacity (29 points)
Reallocating Projects – up to 4 points to CoCs that demonstrate the ability to reallocate lower performing projects to create new higher performing projects. To receive maximum points, CoC must:
1) demonstrate the CoC actively encourages new and existing providers to apply for new projects through reallocation; or
(2) have cumulatively reallocated at least 20% of CoC’s ARD between FY 2013 and FY 2017 CoC Program Competitions (ARCH reallocated $137,081/1,484,305 = 9% in 2016).
2017 NOFA, page 47, c (1-2)

11. New Projects – Reallocation
CoCs may create new projects by using amounts available through the permanent housing bonus or by making funds available through reallocation. The following types of projects may be created using funds that the CoC has made available through reallocation:
HUD will allow project applicants to apply for a new expansion project in order to expand existing eligible renewal projects that will increase the number of units in that project, or allow the recipient to serve additional persons.
New PSH where 100% of beds are dedicated for use by chronically homeless, in addition to DedicatedPLUS projects.
New Rapid Rehousing Projects
New Joint Transitional Housing and PH-RRH
New Supportive Services Only (SSO) specifically for a centralized or coordinated assessment system
New HMIS projects carried out by HMIS Lead

12. Expansion Projects
Project applicants that intend to submit a new reallocation or permanent housing bonus project for the purposes of expanding an eligible renewal project must:
Provide the eligible renewal grant number that the project applicants requests to expand on the new project application
Indicate how the new project application will expand units, beds, services, persons served, or in the case of HMIS projects, how the current HMIS grant activities will be expanded for the CoC’s geographic area; and
Ensure the funding request for the new expansion project is within the funding parameters allowed under the reallocation process or permanent housing bonus.
2017 NOFA, page 12, II.B.4

13. DedicatedPLUS
A PSH project where 100% of the beds are dedicated to serve individuals with disabilities and families in which one adult or child has a disability, including unaccompanied homeless youth, THAT AT INTAKE ARE:
Experiencing chronic homelessness (as defined at 24 CFR 578.3)
Residing in transitional housing project that will be eliminated and meets the definition of CH in effect at the time in which the individual or family entered the TH project
Residing in a place not meant for human habitation, ES, or safe haven but had been admitted and enrolled in PSH project within the last year and were unable to maintain a housing placement
Residing in TH funded by a Joint TH and PH-RRH component project and who were experiencing chronic homelessness PRIOR to entering the project
Residing and has resided in place not meant for human habitation, a safe haven, or ES for at least 12 months in the last three years, but has NOT done so on four separate occasions.
Receiving assistance through a VA-funded homeless assistance program and met one of the above criteria at initial intake to the VA’s homeless assistance system
2017 NOFA, page 18, 3.d

14. DedicatedPLUS Conversion
A renewal project where 100% of the beds were dedicated to CH (i.e. ShelterPLUS, PSH Bonus), under the grant that is being renewed may either become a DedicatedPLUS project or may continue to dedicate 100% of its beds to chronically homeless individuals and families. If a renewal project that has 100% of its beds dedicated to chronically homeless individuals elects to become a DedicatedPLUS project, the project will be required to adhere to all fair housing requirements at 24 CFR
Renewal projects originally funded under the Permanent Supportive Housing Bonus or Samaritan Housing Initiative in previous years must continue to serve the homeless population in accordance with the respective NOFA under which it was awarded; however, where applicable, these renewal projects may change classification of the project to Dedicated PLUS.

15. New Rapid Rehousing
New RRH projects that will serve homeless individuals and families, including unaccompanied youth who meet the following criteria:
Residing in a place not meant for human habitation
Residing in an emergency shelter
Persons meeting the criteria of the definition of homeless including persons fleeing or attempting to flee domestic violence situations
Residing in a transitional housing project that was eliminated in the FY 2017 CoC Program Competition
Residing in transitional housing funded by a Joint TH and PH-RRH component project; or
Receiving services from a VA-funded homeless assistance Program and met one of the above criteria at initial intake to the VA’s homeless assistance system

16. CoC vs. ESG Rapid Rehousing

17. Joint TH and PH-RRH Projects
Joint TH and PH-RRH projects include two existing program components – transitional housing and permanent housing-rapid rehousing – in a single project to serve individuals and families experiencing homelessness.
Recipient must be able to provide both components including the unit supported by the transitional housing component and the tenant based rental assistance and services provided through the PH-RRH to all participants. A program participant may choose to receive only the TH unit or the assistance provided through the PH-RRH component, but the recipient must make both types of assistance available.
If funded, HUD will limit eligible costs as follows:
Capital costs (i.e. new construction, rehabilitation, or acquisition), leasing of a structure or units, and operating costs to provide transitional housing
Short-or medium term tenant-based rental assistance on behalf of program participants to pay for the rapid rehousing portion of the project;
Supportive services
HMIS
Project administrative costs.

18. Joint TH-PH-RR
To be considered as meeting project quality threshold, new Joint TH and PH-RRH component project applications must receive 3 out of 5 points for criteria below:
Whether the type of housing ,number, and configuration of units will fit the needs of the program participants (1 pt)
Whether the type of supportive services that will be offered to program participants will ensure successful retention or help to obtain permanent housing – this includes all supportive services, regardless of funding source (1 pt.)
Whether the specific plan for ensuring program participants will be individually assisted to obtain the benefits of mainstream health, social and employment programs for which they are eligible to apply (1 pt)
Whether program participants are assisted to obtain and remain in PH in a manner that fits their needs (1 pt)
Whether the project adheres to Housing First (1 pt)
See 2017 NOFA, page 32-33, V.G.2.(a-e) for specific examples

19. Permanent Housing Bonus
The Permanent Housing Bonus is available to all CoCs to apply for funding to create new:
DedicatedPLUS projects
Permanent Supportive Housing Projects where 100% of the beds are dedicated to chronically homeless individuals and families
Rapid Rehousing projects that will serve homeless individuals and families, including youth up to age 24, who meet the criteria stated in slide 15.
Joint TH and PH-RRH

20. New Bonus Projects $1,484,305 * .06 = $89,058.30
CoC’s may create new projects through the permanent housing bonus up to 6% of the CoC’s Annual Renewal Amount for the following types of projects only:
Permanent supportive housing that serve 100% chronically homeless individuals and families or DedicatedPLUS
b) New RR projects that will serve homeless individuals and families coming from the streets or emergency shelters including persons fleeing domestic violence.
c) New Joint TH and PH-RRH component projects
d) New expansion projects that will expand existing eligible renewal projects that will increase the number of units in the project or allow the recipient to serve additional persons.
$1,484,305 * .06 = $89,058.30

21. Tier I
Any type of new or renewal project application can be placed in Tier I. Tier I is equal to 94% of the Annual Renewal Demand: $1,484,305 *.94 = $1,395,246.70

22. + Permanent Housing Bonus $89,058.30 =
Tier 2
Tier 2 is the difference between Tier I and the ARD plus Permanent Housing Bonus:
$1,484,305 (ARD) - $1,395, (Tier I) = $89,058.30
+ Permanent Housing Bonus $89, =
$178,116.60

23. Application Requirements
Applications are due in E-Snaps on August 18, by 11:59:59 pm
Steering and Ranking Review August 22, 2017
Ranking will be posted by COB August 23, 2017
Appeals must be submitted by COB August 30, 2017
Steering & Ranking will respond by September 6, 2017