1. MDHI CoC NOFA Competition
Welcome to the
MDHI
CoC NOFA Competition

2. 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

3. What’s New Two 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

4. What’s New
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

5. What’s Old but Changed Tiering again required with more direction regarding the order
1. PSH & RRH renewals
2. Reallocated PSH
3. Reallocated RRH
4. Transitional Housing
5. CoC Planning
6. Supportive Services previously reallocated into Coordinated Entry 7. Renewal HMIS 8. Supportive Services only grants (SSO)

6. 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

7. 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

8. What will be used to rank current projects?
APR’s
MDHI Renewal Application
HMIS Data Quality Reports
Budget, match & leverage information
Projects’ alignment with HUD and CoC goals & objectives
Housing First approach and/or barriers to housing
Willingness to dedicate turn over units to CH population

9. APR’s Utilization rates
% of households served that obtained housing and stabilized for at least 6 months
Households moving from TH to PH
Increased income and benefits during project participation and at exit

10. 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

11. MDHI Renewal Application Highlights:
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

12. 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

13. 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

14. HUD’s Project Renewal Thresholds
Read page 28 of NOFA
Goals
Timeliness standards for grant renewals including spending down funds
Program participants achieving and maintaining independent living
Program management

15. Read page 23 – 28, Section C thru E.2.e.(3) of NOFA
New Projects
Read 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. 10
Eligible activities spelled out in NOFA on page 12 Section B
Reallocation Protocol (from HUD)

16. HUD’s stated New Project Thresholds (From HUD CoC NOFA, page 26):
Type, scale & location of housing fits the needs of the program participants
Type, scale, location of the supportive services and the mode of transportation to those services fits the needs of program participants
Specific plan for ensuring program participants individually assisted to obtain mainstream benefits and employment
Program participants assisted to obtain and remain in permanent housing in a manner that fits their needs
Program participants assisted to both increase their income and live independently using mainstream housing & service programs
At least 75% of proposed program participants come from the street or other location not meant for hum habitation ES or safe havens
Whether amenities are accessible in the community

17. CoC Consolidated Application
Consolidated 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

18. Continuum of Care Scoring (See HUD CoC NOFA, page 35)
A. CoC Strategic Planning & Performance (69 pts):
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
Housing Stability – ability of program participants to obtain and maintain housing
Jobs and Income Growth – extent to which program participants obtained or increase income/jobs
Mainstream Benefits – program participants increase of benefits
Rapid Re-Housing – how long it takes to place households in permanent housing
Opening Doors – plans on indentifying and ending barriers to housing

19. Continuum of Care Scoring
Ending Family Homelessness– efforts to reduce number of homeless households with children including outreach plans
Addressing Needs of Victims of Domestic Violence – clear description of services and safe housing form funding within the CoC for this population
Ending Youth Homelessness – clear description of current efforts to address youth homelessness
Reaching Unsheltered Homeless – outreach and engagement efforts
Ending Veteran Homelessness – services and housing available for veterans from all funding sources

20. Continuum of Care Scoring
CoC Coordination of Housing and Services (28 points)
Preventing Homelessness – homeless prevention efforts including an analysis of barriers to housing, coordination with ESG, Consolidate Plans
Discharge Planning – Community plans for those coming from foster care, health care facilities, mental health facilities, correctional institutions
Consolidated Plan – listing of goals from Consolidated Plans that address homelessness
Emergency Solutions Grants – how CoC community determines allocation of ESG funds, coordination with ESG recipients and project evaluation
Coordination with Other Funding Sources:- demonstrate coordination with other federal, state, local, private entities serving homeless

21. Continuum of Care Scoring
6. Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing – identification and outreach to diverse homeless
Educational Assurances – for projects working with families with children
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
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
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

22. Continuum of Care Scoring
Recipient Performance (15 points)
Performance Monitoring – CoC monitors recipients performance on HUD-established goals
Increasing Performance – time in housing, increased income/benefits
Increasing Capacity – CoC’s assistance to underperforming recipients to increase capacity to meet requirements of Act, CoC Program interim rule and local priorities
Reducing Homeless Episodes – how CoC tracks time and episodes of homelessness as well as housing stability
Outreach – thoroughness of CoC plan for reaching all homeless subpopulations in 100% of CoC’s geographic area
Tracking & Reducing Returns to Homelessness – use of HMIS to monitor and explanation of plans to reduce number of additional returns to homelessness

23. Continuum of Care Scoring
CoC Housing, Services & Structure (13 points)
CoC Meetings – open, inclusive of homeless and/or formerly homeless
Complaints - any received and how handled
Inclusive Structures – considers full range of opinions from individuals or entities with knowledge of homelessness and open to proposals from entities not previously funded
Project Application Performance Metrics – review & ranking process
Housing Inventory Count Submissions

24. 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
Point-in-Time Count (9 points) – actual count and submission, change in PIT numbers, subpopulation data, methodology
Bonus Points (up to 6 points)
100% renewals administration at 7% or below
No SSO projects in Tier 1
Accuracy of submission

25. Tasks and Deliverables
MDHI 2013 NOFA Time Line
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

26. MDHI 2013 NOFA Time Line December 10, 2013
Applicants must send any feedback, recommended edits or changes to NOFA application to MDHI staff via 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
NOFA applications for new projects are due to MDHI via 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

27. January 17, 2014 Week of January 20, 2014 Week of January 27
Any and all appeals must be submitted to MDHI by noon on 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
NOFA application submitted to HUD
HUD deadline for submission—February 3, 2014

28. Resources: http://www.onecpd.info http://mdhi.org/
Access to training documents, instruction manuals, FAQ’s, and the help desk
NOFA Announcement
NOFA Timeline
NOFA Renewal application
NOFA Renewal Leverage chart
NOFA Budget chart
HMIS 2013 Data Quality report
NOFA New Project Letter of Interest directions
MDHI NOFA Appeals Process

29. Effective Grant Writing
Things to pay attention to and other important information
Christine Groves
Grant Writer/Consultant

30. Using WizeHive How to use WizeHive Nathan Davis Project Manager
Mile High United Way