FFY 19 HUD Continuum of Care - Vermont Coalition to End Homelessness

September 20, 2019

SEEKING COMMENT

VT-500 Balance of State Continuum of Care
FY19 HUD CoC Program NOFA
Consolidated Application/Project Priority Listing Final Draft

Below are links to the VT-500 BoS/FY19 CoC Application FINAL DRAFT and the VT-500/FY19 CoC Project Priority Listing FINAL DRAFT.

Please review for accuracy and completeness.
Send any comments or questions to the Collaborative Applicant Vermont State Housing Authority (andrea@vsha.org or daniel@vsha.org) before 11AM Wednesday, September 25th, 2019.

The files are available on the VT Coalition to End Homelessness website and through the links below:

Below is a Table of Contents of general topics in each section for the Consolidated Application.

1A. Continuum of Care Identification
1B. Continuum of Care Engagement (Meeting Attendance, Voting Board, Coordinated Entry Involvement, Membership, Public Notice of RFP)
1C. Continuum of Care Coordination (ESG, DV/SV, PHA, Anti-Discrimination, Coordinated Entry)
1D. Continuum of Care Discharge Planning
1E. Local CoC Competition
1F. DV Bonus Project
2A. Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) Implementation
2B. Continuum of Care Point-in-Time Count
3A. Continuum of Care System Performance
3B. Continuum of Care Performance and Strategic Planning Objectives (Families with Children, Youth, Anti-Discrimination, Collaborative Partners, Veterans)
4A. Continuum of Care Accessing Mainstream Benefits and Additional Policies (Mainstream, Rapid-Rehousing, Street Outreach)
4B. Attachments

https://helpingtohousevt.org/2019/09/20/vt-500-bos-fy19-coc-program-consolidated-application-final-draft/

September 4, 2019

VT-500/VT BoS CoC Project Raking List Final Determination for FY19 CoC Program Funding

The VT-500 – Vermont Balance of State Continuum of Care (VT BoS CoC) Ranking Committee has reviewed all project applications that were submitted for consideration for FY19 Continuum of Care (CoC) Program Funding.

Below is a link to the CoC Program Project Ranking Final Determination for the FY19 Continuum of Care Program Competition:

VT-500 BoS FY19 CoC Program Project Ranking – FINAL determination

This list represents the projects that will be submitted to HUD as part of our VT BoS CoC’s consolidated application.

There were no appeals from project applicants this year.

Thank You!

July 24, 2019

https://helpingtohousevt.org/2019/07/24/fy2019cocnofa-rfp/

Vermont Coalition to End Homelessness (VT-500 Balance of State Continuum of Care)

FFY2019 HUD Continuum of Care Program – Notice of Funding Availability

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) – NEW AND RENEWAL PROJECTS

The Vermont Balance of State Continuum of Care (VT BoS CoC) is accepting proposal applications for projects to be funded by the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) as part of the FFY2019 CoC Program Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA)

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Community Planning and Development
Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for the Fiscal Year 2019 Continuum of Care

FY19 NOFA Summary from Technical Assistance Collaborative (TAC)

Applications for projects to serve the VT BoS CoC geographic area (all counties in Vermont, except Chittenden) should address local housing and service needs, with a priority to serve vulnerable populations including individuals & families experiencing chronic homelessness, persons fleeing domestic violence, youth/young adults (18-24), families with children under 18, and Veterans.

Any and all eligible entities, including those that do not currently receive CoC Program funds, are encouraged to submit complete proposal applications (only one request per application) for any NEW and/or RENEWAL project with the following available funds:

$3,568,157; Existing CoC Projects – Renewal (currently funded FFY18 recipients)
TBD; New or Expansion Projects – Reallocation funding (any eligible entity)
$178,408; New or Expansion Projects – Bonus funding (any eligible entity)
$157,991; New or Expansion Projects – DV Bonus funding (any eligible entity)

The Full Request For Proposals (RFP) for the VT-BoS CoC 500, includes the RFP, Timeline, & Application for NEW & RENEWAL projects.

Complete applications must be submitted electronically to the Vermont State Housing Authority (Andrea Hurley: andrea@vsha.org) before 4:00PM Friday, AUGUST 16, 2019.

Applications will be scored via the following:

More information on the CoC Program, HEARTH Act, the CoC Interim Rule and the NOFA is available on HUD’s website: https://www.hudexchange.info/coc

Additional information on the VT Coalition to End Homelessness (VT BoS CoC), FFY2019 CoC Program RFP, CoC Project Ranking Policy, CoC Project Scoring Tools (Renewal & New) is available at: https://helpingtohousevt.org/whatwedo/hud/

July 24, 2019

https://helpingtohousevt.org/2019/07/24/online-vote-results-and-final-documents-for-fy19-nofa/

VOTE Results: Approved (Questions/Concerns can continue to be sent to Andrea until August 12, 2019, and brought to the VCEH Executive Team)

	NOFA Policies & Ranking Procedures	FY19 NOFA Scoring Sheets
YES	17	13
NO	0	3
Abstain	7	6
No Reply	2	2

Final Documents:

July 17, 2019

FFY2019 HUD COC PROGRAM PROJECT APPLICATION TASKS AND DEADLINES

VT Coalition to End Homelessness (VT-500 Balance of State Continuum of Care)

TASK

DEADLINE

HUD releases the FFY2019 HUD CoC Registration Notice

January 31, 2019

HUD releases FFY2019 HUD CoC Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA)

July 3, 2019

VSHA releases RFP and Application form

via VCEH email listserv, emails (VT League of Cities & Towns,

Local CoCs, PHAs, Other Stakeholders),

Social Media (VHFA Blog/Facebook/Twitter) and TV (PSAs)

July 24, 2019

Local Priorities determined at June VCEH Meeting Via Discussion

https://helpingtohousevt.org/whatwedo/hud/nofa2019/

June 24, 2019

VCEH votes on CoC Project Ranking Policy, Tools & Committee Members.

Collaborative Applicant (VSHA) updates VT BoS CoC on Funding Options.

July 22, 2019

(online vote)

VSHA-Daniel Blankenship is available to answer basic questions via

email-only related to submission of the application form and process.

July 17 – August 9, 2019

HMIS & Coordinated Entry: Intent to apply for NEW & RENEWAL projects due to VSHA:

Email (andrea@vsha.org)

Before 4:00 PM

Friday, August 16, 2019

CoC Project applications are due to VSHA via:

email (andrea@vsha.org) or fax (802-828-2111)

*applicant must confirm after sending

Before 4:00PM

Friday, August 16, 2019

ALL CoC Project applications will be forwarded

by VSHA to the VCEH CoC Project Ranking Committee.

Before 5:00PM

Monday, August 19, 2019

VCEH CoC Project Ranking Committee will meet to review, accept/reject and prioritize/rank all VT BoS CoC applications with available HUD funds.

August 20, 2019

(After VCEH Monthly Meeting)

Proposed Applicants will be notified if their project(s) were

Accepted/Rejected/Reduced AND the CoC Ranking number (if accepted).

Before 5:00PM

Monday, August 26, 2019

Proposed Applicants that are rejected or reduced must submit a written appeal to the CoC Collaborative Applicant [VSHA] via:

· VSHA – email (andrea@vsha.org) or fax (802-828-2111)

Before 4:00PM

Thursday, August 29, 2019

The CoC Ranking Committee will review all appeals and make a final determination (if different), sent by VSHA to each applicant.

Before 5:00PM

Wednesday, September 4, 2019

All CoC Program project applications approved by the Ranking Committee must be completed/submitted in e-snaps and submitted to the Collaborative Applicant within the e-snaps system.

Before 4:00PM

Wednesday, September 11, 2019

Any applicant whose project is rejected by the VCEH may appeal the decision directly to HUD, with a Solo Application in e-snaps, if the project applicant believes it was denied the opportunity to participate in the Vermont Balance of State CoC planning process in a reasonable manner.

*See the FFY2018 CoC NOFA for full details*

Before 8:00PM

Monday, September 30, 2019

July 17, 2019

As Collaborative Applicant on behalf of the VT BoS CoC, the VT State Housing Authority recommends that the VCEH CoC Board vote on the following for the CoC FFY NOFA19 through an online vote due July 22, 2019.

Proposed Changes:

NOFA Policies & Ranking Procedures
1. Committee Member change from Brooke Jenkins from Good Samaritan Haven to Rob Farrell
Scoring Sheets (all changes are highlighted in red)
1. New Applications:
  1. Decreased Points for Permanent Supportive Housing from 20 to 15 to reflect local CoC Priorities
2. Renewal Applications
  1. Decreased Points for Permanent Supportive Housing from 20 to 15 to reflect local CoC Priorities
  2. Increased Point value for Part C. Performance from 48 to 58 to reflect HUDs increase in scoring
  3. Added “at exit” to the employment & non-employment to reflect change in HUDs criteria
  4. Adjusted the percentages for employment questions to reflect this change in looking at the data to ensure they are achievable benchmarks
  5. Decreased points for Part D. Target Population from 20 to 10 to give more points to Part C. Performance
  6. Moved category ‘youth’ down due to new Youth Homeless Development Program money for the CoC

Discussion that happened at the July 16, 2019 VCEH meeting regarding these changes: Decreased Points for Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) from 20 to 15 to reflect local CoC Priorities

Rapid Rehousing (RRH) is easier than Shelter + Care to match up to persons as there is a lower threshold.
Service availability as well as the inability to ‘lease up’ for Rapid Rehousing is lacking making it hard to use currently.

July 3, 2019

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Community Planning and Development
Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for the Fiscal Year 2019 Continuum of Care

FY19 NOFA Summary from Technical Assistance Collaborative (TAC)

June 21, 2019

https://helpingtohousevt.org/2019/06/21/updates-on-domestic-and-sexual-violence-legislature-bos-coc-funding/

“As part of the FFY2018 Continuum of Care Program funding cycle, HUD awarded the VT Balance of State CoC a new Rapid Rehousing Project ($163,909) that begins October 2019 to assist 13 households fleeing domestic and other violence. As part of a collaboration with the VT Network Against Domestic & Sexual Violence, the VT State Housing Authority (VSHA) will administer rental assistance in partnership with Capstone Community Action which will serve Central Vermont (Lamoille, Orange and Washington Counties).”

“In preparation for the upcoming FFY2019 HUD CoC funding opportunity, the VT Balance of State CoC encourages eligible organizations (non-profits, PHAs, state/local government) to consider applying for a potential new Rapid Rehousing-DV project. As CoC Collaborative Applicant, VSHA will provide technical support to any organization interested in submitting their own RRH project application to HUD. Otherwise, VSHA may consider submitting another RRH-DV project application, to serve one or two areas within the VT BoS CoC, as long as sufficient services match can be identified for general case management.”

June 24, 2019

Priorities Discussion

NOFA – Break out for 10 minutes to talk about 2 topics: (1) Point-in-Time reflection. (2) CoC Funding Priorities (Persons on the phone were able to be muted and have a conversation as their own group)
- Group 1:
  - Do a July PIT count to compare seasons.
  - More Unrestricted Funds.
- Group 2:
  - The complexity of needs for our clients is higher and services are for these needs are underfunded.
  - Would like to see more information on ‘aging into homelessness’.
- Group 3:
  - Permanent Supportive Housing developed has helped reduce numbers.
  - More Supportive Services Funded.
- Group 4:
  - Cases are more complex.
  - There isn’t enough housing stock for those who are accepted into a rental assistance program and there are services available to them.
  - Would like to see more emphasis on Rapid Rehousing – we are able to implement this project much quicker than other projects.
  - Veterans PIT was very valuable as the numbers matched up really well to the statewide bi-name list and reinforced both the accuracy of their bi-name list and the PIT count for Veterans.
- Group 5:
  - Subpopulations and the complexity of cases.
  - Veterans finding housing that is too high cost with just SS, challenges with Transportation.
  - More effort in doing mapping in each continuum on what is needed to build a stronger case to the legislature. (How would we do this, how can it be sustainable)
  - A refresher and possible update to the Vermont Housing Resource Chart.
  - Service capacity is a challenge.
- Group 6: Phone:
  - There seems to be more couch surfing and doubling up, it would be good to see how counting the precariously housed changes the PIT count.
  - Lack of housing stock is causing returns to homelessness.
  - Elderly populations (not enough housing supports)

Priorities Identified: (1) Services (2) Rapid Rehousing projects if services are available

https://helpingtohousevt.org/2019/06/24/vceh-june-18-2018-minutes-draft/

May 28, 2019

https://helpingtohousevt.org/2019/05/28/conversations-to-have-locally-for-june-vceh-meeting/