Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Rehousing HPRP

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Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-housing
(HPRP)

• Tarrant County Community Development
• Patricia Ward, Director

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Overview

• Created through Title XII of the American
  Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery
  Act)
• Congress has designated 1.5 billion for
• financial assistance
• services
• Funds were allocated to eligible grantees using
  the ESG program formula
• Tarrant County 1,156,125
• City of Fort Worth 2,746,929
• City of Arlington 1,304,792

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Purpose

• To provide homelessness prevention assistance to
  households who would otherwise become homeless
• To provide assistance to rapidly re-house persons
  who are homeless as defined by section 103 of the
  McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.
  11302)

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Target Populations

• Individuals and Families who are currently
  residing in housing but are at risk of becoming
  homeless (prevention)
• Individuals and Families who are experiencing
  homelessness (residing in emergency shelter,
  transitional shelters, or on the street) and need
  temporary assistance in order to obtain housing
  and retain it (rapid re-housing)

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Eligible Activities

• Financial Assistance
• Housing Relocation and Stabilization Services
• Data Collection and Evaluation
• Administrative Costs

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Financial Assistance

• Short Term Rental Assistance (up to 3months)
• Medium Term Rental Assistance (4 to 18 months,
  must recertify every 3 months)
• Security Deposits
• Utility Deposits
• Utility Payments
• Moving costs assistance
• Motel and Hotel vouchers

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Housing Relocation and Stabilization Services

• Case Management
• Outreach and Engagement
• Housing Search and Placement
• Legal Services
• Credit Repair

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Data Collection and Evaluation

• Data Collection
• MUST use local Homeless Management Information
  System (HMIS)
• Evaluation

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Administrative Costs

• Administrative Costs
• No more than 5 of total HPRP grant
• Grantees shall share a reasonable and appropriate
  amount with sub-grantees
• Pre Award Admin Costs can be included

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Eligible Program Participants

• Two eligible populations
• Persons who are still housed but at risk of
  becoming homeless
• Persons who are already homeless

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Eligibility Requirements for ALL Program
Participants

• Must meet to receive financial assistance or
  services
• Initial Interview Meeting with a Case Manager
• At or below 50 of Area Medium Income (AMI)
• No other appropriate housing options identified
• No financial resources and support networks that
  are needed to obtain existing housing

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Eligibility Requirements for Prevention Assistance

• Must meet above mentioned Requirements for All
  -and-
• Would be homeless without assistance

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Eligibility Requirements for Rapid Re-housing
Assistance

• Must be homeless according to HUDs definition
• Must meet above mentioned Requirements for All
  
• -and one of the following-
• Sleeping in Emergency Shelter
• Sleeping in place not meant for human habitation
• Staying in hospital or other institution up to
  180 days AND originally came from streets or
  shelter
• Graduating from Transitional housing program
• Victim of Domestic Violence

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Reporting

• Must enter client level data into HMIS
• Required Quarterly Reports
• Initial Performance Report will serve as first
  Quarterly Performance Report
• Required Annual Progress Reports

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Process

• Grantees must submit a substantial amendment to
  the Consolidated Plan 2008 Action Plan
• Public Comment Periods (at least 12 days)
• Public Hearings
• Tarrant County- April 28, 2009
• City of Fort Worth- end of April
• City of Arlington- April 16, 2009
• Grantees will issue Request for Proposals (RFPs)
  for interested non-profits and services providers
  to apply for funds
• Tarrant County- issued April 9, 2009 due May 4,
  2009
• City of Fort Worth- anticipates issuing in June
  2009
• City of Arlington- anticipates issuing in May
  2009

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Timeline

• May 18, 2009Substantial Amendment due to HUD
• July 2, 2009HUD completes reviews
• September 30, 2009 Grantee signs all agreements
  with subgrantees
• October 10, 2009 Initial Performance Report due
  to HUD
• 2 years 60 of grant funds expended
• 3 years 100 of grant funds expended

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Questions

• Tarrant County
• - Tammy McGhee, 817-850-7940
• Patricia Ward, 817-850-7940
• City of Fort Worth
• Barbara Asbury, 817-392-7331
• City of Arlington
• Sheryl Kenny, 817-459-6251