Austin/Travis County FY2015 CoC
Renewal & PSH Bonus
SEPTEMBER 28, 2015
FY 2015 NOFA TX-503
Our COC’s Annual Renewal Demand (ARD): $5,542,258
Tier I: 85% of CoC’s ARD = $4,710,919
Tier II: 15% of COC’s ARD = $831,339
(Difference between Tier I and the CoC’s ARD) plus any amount available for the
permanent housing bonus
Bonus Amount (projected): 15% of COC’s ARD= $831,339
Total Tier II: $831,339 + $831,339 = $1,662,678
*All projects except CoC planning and UFA costs must be ranked
CoC may submit more than one bonus project as long as amount does not
exceed maximum bonus amount
Federal & Local Goals
 Prevent and end homelessness among Veterans
2015.
Finish the job of ending chronic homelessness in
2017.
Prevent and End Homelessness for Families, Youth,
and Children in 2020.
Set a Path to Ending All Types of Homelessness.
2015 ECHO Community Priorities:
Renewal Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH and Rapid Re-housing)
New PSH Projects created through reallocation for 100% chronically homeless
New Rapid re-housing project created through reallocation for homeless
families with children
Renewal Transitional Housing
CoC Planning Costs
Renewal HMIS
All other renewal Supportive services Only projects
NEW Projects created through bonus funding
Review Process
1. Review all renewal and voluntary reallocation applications
(completed July 2015)
2. Conduct bonus funding RFP (submission deadline October 15)
3. Threshold review of renewal and voluntary reallocation
applications in esnaps (submission deadline Oct 15)
4. Final ranking and recommendations
5. Notification (min 15 days prior to NOFA submission)
6. Appeal (within 48 hours of notification)
Deadlines
Renewal and Voluntary Reallocation Projects: All project information,
including required attachments must be entered into e-snaps no later
than 7:00pm Thursday October 15th, 2015
Bonus Funding Requests: All project information, including required
attachments must be entered into e-snaps no later than 7:00pm
Thursday October 15th, 2015
NOFA submission November 20, 2015
E-SNAPS
Applicant profile
SF424
Project Application
All required attachments – must be dated
between July 1,2015 and November 20,2015
Renewing Applicant Requirement
Applicant must be in good standing
with HUD
- No open HUD findings
- No history of slow expenditures
- Limited unexpended funds
Eligible Organizations
Nonprofit organizations
States
Local governments
Public housing agencies
For profit organizations are NOT eligible to apply for grants or to be
sub-recipients of grants
Applicant Requirements
Submit program data and participate in the Homeless Management
Information System (HMIS) or have an equivalent system and submit
de-identified data to HMIS if a domestic violence provider
Participate in coordinated assessment and prioritize the most
vulnerable individuals
Demonstrate financial and management ability to manage Federal
Grants
DUNS number and active SAM registration
Renewals
One Year Grant terms
Budget must match GIW
HUD will make rental/leasing adjustments
later
Grant consolidation must have already taken
place
Renewals
Renewal Samaritan – continue to serve exclusively chronically
homeless individuals
Renewal PSH Bonus – continue to serve original population
Renewal Projects prioritizing chronically homeless – must continue
to do so
2008 Rapid Re-housing Demonstration Project may transition to
permanent housing/rapid re-housing
NOTE: if identify in esnaps that you operate a low barrier program,
you will be held to that standard
Renewals
Esnaps will pre-populate
Use notepad not MS word
New section on recipient performance timeliness of APR.
LOCCS drawdown, HUD monitoring and funds recaptured
Once submitted to esnaps, send a pdf to
[email protected]
Bonus Funding
NEW Permanent Supportive Housing to serve 100
percent chronically homeless families and individuals
NEW Rapid-Re-housing to serve homeless individuals
and families who enter directly from the streets or
emergency shelters, and includes persons fleeing
domestic violence and other persons who meet the
criteria of paragraph (4) of the definition of
homelessness
Definition of Homelessness
1.
People who are living in a place not meant for human habitation, in emergency shelter, in
transitional housing, or are exiting an institution where they temporarily resided (90 days or Less).
2.
People who are losing their primary nighttime residence, which may include a motel or hotel or a
doubled up situation, within 14 days and lack resources or support networks to remain in housing.
3.
Families with children or unaccompanied youth who are unstably housed and likely to continue in
that state. This is a new category of homelessness, and it applies to families with children or
unaccompanied youth who have not had a lease or ownership interest in a housing unit in the last
60 or more days, have had two or more moves in the last 60 days, and who are likely to continue
to be unstably housed because of disability or multiple barriers to employment.
4.
Individuals and families who are fleeing, or are attempting to flee, domestic violence, dating
violence, sexual assault, stalking, or other dangerous or life-threatening conditions that relate to
violence against the individual or a family member.
Chronically Homeless
Chronically homeless includes individuals and families who have:
a qualifying disabling condition
who have been homeless and living in a place not meant for human
habitation, emergency shelter, or safe haven for 1 year continuously
or over a period of four occasions in the past 3 years.
 Persons in transitional housing are not considered to be chronically
homeless even if they met the criteria prior to entering the
transitional housing program.
Permanent Supportive Housing
Permanent housing for individuals with disabilities
Long-term community-based housing (not time limits)
Only for homeless persons with disabilities
Programs should be designed for persons to live as independently
as possible
Support services are required to be offered and can be provided by
grantee or other organizations
See ECHO Community Definition of PSH
Rapid Re-housing
Rapidly connects families and individuals experiencing
homelessness to permanent housing
 Provides a tailored package of assistance
Resolves immediate challenges and barriers to housing
Links to community resources
Limited time frame
See ECHO Community Definition of Rapid Rehousing
Rapid Re-housing
 Must follow CoC procedures for prioritizing eligible families and individuals
 May set maximum amounts of assistance (percentage, months, or number of times)
 May require participants to share in the cost of rent (rent calculation information is detailed)
 Limits Rental Assistance to a household to no more than 24 months
 May provide supportive services for no longer than 6 months after RA stops
 Must re-evaluate, not less than once annually, program participants’ need to retain housing
 May require each participant to notify the program of changes in income or other circumstances
 Must require participants to meet with a case manager at least once per month (exceptions are noted)
Housing First
No preconditions, ie, sobriety, criminal history
Services offered, not required
Accept regardless of rental history
Rapid placement and stabilization in housing are
primary goals
Transitional Housing
Can be considered Housing First/low barrier if:
Works to quickly move people into permanent
housing
Does not require participation in supportive services
Does not require any preconditions for moving into
transitional housing (eg, sobriety and income)
Rapid Implementation
New projects must be able to house
individuals within 2 years with a
preference that it is within 12 months of
award
New Projects
Consider grant term request
Consider community priorities
Identify target population
Match housing and services to needs of target population
Identify how will connect clients with healthcare, mainstream (TANF, Medicaid etc, ) and
employment services
Identify how will partner with and leverage services of other organizations
Identify how clients will access services – location of housing
Integration of individuals with disabilities into the community
Project Budget
All budget line items must be clearly explained and must be in
compliance with eligible expenses that are outlined in the CoC
Program Interim Rule
If requesting rental assistance must request Fair Market Rental
(FMR) amount per unit
All applications must meet 150% leverage
Maximum 10% in administrative costs
Match
Required match is 25% of all budget line items
except leasing
Leverage
150% in leveraging required
Written commitments of cash or in-kind must
be attached, dated between July 1, 2015 and
November 20, 2015 to esnaps and included in
application
HUD Threshold – must receive 3 points
Type, scale and location of housing fits the needs of program participants (1 pt)
Type and scale of supportive services fit program participants (1 point)
Plan for ensuring individual assistance for program participants access to
mainstream services and employment (1 point)
Program participants are able to obtain and remain in permanent housing (1
pt)
At least 75% of proposed program participants come from the streets or other
locations not meant for habitation, emergency shelters, safe havens or fleeing
domestic violence (1 point)
HUD POINT VALUES FOR TIER II - 100 point scale (P16)
COC SCORE
COC PROJECT
RANKING
Up to 60 points
Up to 20 points
CoC’s must receive 198.5 / 200 points to get full 60 points
20x the quantity where x is the ratio of the total amount of (the
cumulative funding requests for all projects or portions of projects ranked
higher by the CoC in Tier 2 plus one half of the funding of the project of
Max 60 points Based on identified
need and
response
chronicin
homelessness
interest)to
the community
total amount
fundingto
available
Tier II.
CoC – 60a)points
to 10 points
10 points for renewal and new permanent housing, renewal Safe
PROJECTAustin/Travis
TYPE UpCounty
Haven, HMIS, SSO for Centralized or Coordinated Intake, or transitional
40 points based on:
housing that exclusively serve youth homeless populations
Prioritizing highest need (10 points)
b) 3 points for renewal transitional housing (except those that exclusively
serve homeless youth
Housing First (10 points)
c) 1 point for renewal SSO projects
Mainstream services (5 pts Medicaid enrollment) (5 pts includes Medicaid financed services)
10–points
a) How
COMMITMENT
LeveragingUp
(5 to
pts)
expectation
200%PH application commits to Housing First
describing
b) How TH and SSO projects are low-barrier, prioritize rapid placement
TO POLICY
CoC FY 2013/2014 score (5 pts) and stabilization in PH and do not have services participation
PRIORITIES
requirements or preconditions to entry (ie sobriety and minimum
income threshold)
HUD Score
Project Scores Based on
Prioritizing Chronically Homeless with the Highest Need
Ability to put project in place quickly
Housing First Orientation
Plan to increase Mainstream Services/Employment
Access to healthcare
Leveraging
Resources
FY2015 CoC Program Competition NOFA
HUD FY 2015 General Section of the NOFA
ESnaps detailed instructions
CoC Program Interim Rule – outlines eligible costs, Match and
leverage requirements
ECHO Community Definitions: PSH, Rapid-rehousing
Opening Doors: Federal Strategic Plan to End Homelessness
Timeline
th
15
October
– Applications Due
October 20 – IRT Review
October 26-30- Membership Council
Review and Final Ranking
th
November 20 – NOFA due
Questions
Sam Woollard, [email protected]
512-217-6862
Niki Paul [email protected]
860-301-0112