The National Alliance to End Homelessness presents The HEARTH Academy Training and tools to help your community achieve the goals of the HEARTH Act

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The National Alliance to End Homelessness
presents The HEARTH Academy Training and
tools to help your community achieve the goals of
the HEARTH Act
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The HEARTH Academy
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

• Assess how your community performs
• Receive tools to help you implement proven
  strategies
• Create an action plan for reshaping homelessness
  assistance

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HEARTH Academy
Implementing proven strategies to end
homelessness
Webinars and Tools
Implementation Clinic
Individualized Consulting
The Alliances Center for Capacity Building and
other expert consultants will be available to
provide customized assistance.
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.
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.
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HEARTH Academy
Implementing proven strategies to end
homelessness
Implementation Clinic

• 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

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.
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HEARTH Academy
Implementing proven strategies to end
homelessness
Webinars and Tools

• 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

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.
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HEARTH Academy
Implementing proven strategies to end
homelessness
Individualized Consulting

• Communities can contract with the Alliances
  Center for Capacity Building for more assistance.
  
• The Alliance can also recommend consultants who
  have worked with the Alliance on HEARTH Act
  implementation

The Alliances Center for Capacity Building and
other expert consultants will be available to
provide customized assistance.
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If you are interested in participating or would
like more information, please contact
Aisha WilliamsCenter for Capacity Building
National Alliance to End Homelessnessthecenter_at_n
aeh.org202-942-8298
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.
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Implications of the HEARTH ActSeptember, 2010
Norm Suchar July 2010
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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.
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Aspiration
Homelessness Assistance
Incentives ()
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Aspiration
Incentives ()
HEARTH Act
Homelessness Assistance
Incentives ()
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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)
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Programs Systems
Activities Outcomes
Shelter Prevention
Transitioning Rapidly Re-Housing
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Timeline

• 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!

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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!
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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)
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• 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 HUDs HPRP

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Changes to the CoC Programs
Old 3 programs Supportive Housing Program (SHP) Shelter Plus Care (SPC) Mod. Rehab./SRO New One 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
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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
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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

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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

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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
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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
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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 childs education

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Unified Funding Agencies (only some CoCs)
Old New
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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)

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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
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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

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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?

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• Resourceswww.endhomelessness.orgwww.hudhre.in
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ContactsNorm Sucharnsuchar_at_naeh.orgSamantha
Batkosbatko_at_naeh.orgAisha Williamsawilliams_at_na
eh.org
HEARTH AcademyPerformance ImprovementOctober
13 at 2pm Eastern