Homeless Programs Funding Opportunities

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Homeless ProgramsFunding Opportunities

• Other Resources for the Road

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Critical Needs Grants

• Up to 10,000
• No Matching Required
• Available On Demand Quick Turnaround
• MUST be associated with IMMEDIATE and CRITICAL
  need
• MUST be necessary to keep shelter or transitional
  housing facility up and running
• Other urgent and/or important facilities needs
  can be addressed with Homeless Facilities Grants
• Application at www.mshda.org

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Homeless Facilities Grants

• Generally up to 50,000
• Available throughout the year
• Requires for match Match must be
  project-related but may include documented
  volunteer labor or in-kind contributions
• Can be for facilities improvement, expansion,
  renovation, or new construction
• Application at www.mshda.org

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HUD Supportive Housing Program

• Funding available for Transitional Housing,
  Permanent Supportive Housing, Supportive
  Services but NOT Shelter or Homeless Prevention
• Funding Available for HMIS implementation
• BONUS for Permanent Supportive Housing
  Including Leasing Assistance
• Technical Assistance Available for CoCs seeking
  to strengthen submissions

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HUD/Supportive Housing Program Statewide
Continuum of Care

• MHAAB distributes unclaimed HUD Pro-Rata Need
• Funding available ONLY to Balance of State
  CoCs
• Priority for Renewals (limited to one year)
  Projects with statewide/regional impact
• Prior Years Funding Requests Include
• Scattered Site Leasing Assistance Chronically
  Homeless (DCH)
• FIA/MSHDA Rural Housing Resource and Support
  Initiative
• DCH HMIS Expansion (PATH HOPWA)
• Ongoing Projects Include
• ShelterCare (DCH)
• Scattered Site Leasing (DCH)
• MSHMIS (MSHDA/MCAH)
• Permanent Supportive Housing Partnership (CSH
  See Below)

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Statewide CoC Funding Process

• Call for Projects (for BOS areas) will be issued
  in early 2004
• Applications generally due about 6 weeks prior to
  HUD/SHP deadline
• Renewals limited to 1 year

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Section 8 Project-Based RFP Permanent
Supportive Housing

• RFP will be issued shortly
• CSH will coordinate implementation
• 5 BOS CoCs will be selected through competitive
  process
• 10 project-based vouchers 30,000/year for .50
  FTE services coordination allocated to each
  successful applicant community
• Must be Permanent Supportive Housing (extra
  points for directing portion of units to
  chronically homeless populations)
• Joint application required from Housing Owner
  Agency CoC
• Check MSHDA website for further details

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Section 8 Family Self-Sufficiency

• Available to ALL Section 8 HCV households
• Allows household to build up funds in escrow for
  personal use
• Participants enter into 5 year agreement
• Personal action plan employment budget
  counseling all required
• Work through local Section 8 agent to access
  program and benefits
• Section 8 seeking partnership with local s CoC
  to assist consumers in FSS
• Contact Sharon Evans 517-241-2561 (or
  evanssk_at_michigan.gov) for further info

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MSHDA Section 8 and CoC Partnership

• MSHDA seeking to bring contractual agents and
  CoCs closer together
• CoC participation defined as new performance
  criterion for Section 8 Agents
• CoCs asked to invite agents to meetings and to
  seek out opportunities for working together

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Working With Local PHAs

• Build on MSHDAs pilot models for homeless
  preference project-based vouchers
• Coordinate targeted use of public housing units
• Other models for partnership include Sault,
  Grand Traverse, Grand Rapids

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Working with Local Participating Jurisdictions
(where relevant)

• HOME Funds
• Tenant-Based Rental Assistance
• Housing Development Rehab
• Check with Bill Parker (517-373-1462) for listing
  of PJs

• CDBG Funds
• Facilities Development
• Public Services
• Rental Assistance (Up to 90 days)
• Check with Bill Parker (parkerw_at_michgan.gov) for
  listing of PJs

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Low-Income Housing Tax Credits

• Seek out Private Developers as Development
  Partners Providers Focus on Services
  Developers Do Housing
• Use Special Needs Housing Bonus and Addendum
  III
• Learn more about process through Tax
  Credit/Special Needs Workshops (January, 2004)

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Homeless Veterans Programs

• Homeless Provider Grants and Per Diem Program
  (VA)
• Homeless Chronically Mentally Ill Veterans
  Program (VA)
• Compensated Work Therapy/Transitional Residence
  Program (VA)
• Domiciliary Care Care for Homeless Veterans (VA)
• Homeless Veterans Reintegration Project (DOL)
• See httpwww.va.gov/homeless
• See httpwww.dol.gov/vets

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Other Major Federal Funding Streams for
Homelessness

• HRSA -- Health Care for the Homeless
• (http//bphc.hrsa.gov), or Miyoshi Shaw-Wilcox,
  Michigan Primary Care Association
  (mshaw_at_mpca.net)
• SAMHSA PATH Community Planning Grants
• (http//www.prainc.com/nrc/path/index.shtml)
• SSI Homeless Outreach Projects Evaluation
  (HOPE)
• (httpwww.socialsecurity.gov/homelessness)