The Interagency Council for Coordinating Homeless Programs (ICCHP) is an advisory group created to advise the Governor and the Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services on issues affecting persons who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. The ICCHP's 2012 annual report, "A Status Report on Homelessness in North Carolina: Where We Are and Where We're Going," is available to read here.
In developing the Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) Program Interim Rule, HUD drew on its and grantees’ experience in administering the Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP) to establish policies and requirements for ESG. Now, as communities are transitioning into implementing ESG, HUD has issued a new resource to assist communities in understanding the similarities and differences between HPRP and ESG program requirements: Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Assistance: A Comparison of ESG and HPRP Requirements. This document focuses on a number of the key requirements between the two programs. Please note that it does not compare all of the requirements or go into great detail for most. Also, for ESG, it specifically focuses on the Rapid Re-Housing and Homelessness Prevention components—it does not address the Emergency Shelter or Street Outreach components, since those were not eligible activities under HPRP. …
Amy Sawyer, Homeless Initiative Coordinator at the City of Asheville, and Robin Merrell, member of the Asheville-Buncombe Homeless Inititative Advisory Committee, discuss family homelessness with Tank Spencer of radio station WWNC 570. Listen to the conversation on the WWNC website.
At the Interactive Resource Center, a nonprofit day facility designed to assist Greensboro’s homeless population, clients can seek housing counseling, job skills training and get a warm shower or a meal. But the IRC also boasts a sculpture garden, a newspaper and other creative projects that get their clients involved in the community and give them opportunities to share their experience with others. Author Lorraine Ahearn, who covered the Triad’s homeless as the metro columnist for the Greensboro News & Record for years, talks with The State of Things host Frank Stasio about the self-help model the IRC operates under and how the center is truly making a difference in that region of the state. Also joining the conversation is Liz Seymour, IRC director, and Brain Clarey, editor of YES! Weekly in Greensboro. Listen to the recording of …
HUD has posted the materials from the HEARTH/HMIS Training Conferences held September 14-17 and 27-30, 2010, on the HUD HRE website. Click the links below to access the materials according to their topic area. Plenary Continuums of Care (CoC) Emergency Solutions Grant Program (ESG) Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS) Homeless Systems and Performance Measurement Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing (HPRP) Rural Housing Stability Program (RHSP)
On July 14, 2010, NCCEH staff and North Carolina conference attendants met with Congressional representatives in Washington, D.C., during the National Alliance to End Homelessness conference. Please click the links below to download the materials that were shared with our elected representatives. North Carolina Information: Continuum of Care Awards Summary: view pdf 2010 Point-in-Time Count Fact Sheet: view pdf 2010 Point-in-Time Count Map (Numbers per County): view pdf 2010 Point-in-Time County Map (Percentages per County): view pdf Federal Policy Information: Federal Strategic Plan to End Homelessness Executive Summary: view pdf AHAR Key Points: view pdf McKinney-Vento Appropriations (NAEH one-pager): view pdf Housing and Services Demonstration Project (NAEH one-pager): view pdf National Housing Trust Fund (NAEH one-pager): view pdf Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Appropriations (NAEH one-pager): view pdf Ending Veterans Homelessness (NAEH one-pager): view pdf Zero Tolerance for Veterans Homelessness …
This paper, written by students at the UNC School of Public Health, addresses the perceived need for respite care in Durham and reviews respite programs in other communities that could serve as models. Click here to download the report.
By Tonya Jameson tjameson@charlotteobserver.com Posted: Saturday, Aug. 22, 2009 When school starts on Tuesday, Sierra will be a senior. This is her time to tour colleges, giggle about prom and stress about graduation. But Sierra's senior year wasn't supposed to start like this: Living in an emergency shelter. Sharing one room with her mom and sister. Worried about whether she can afford college – any college. “I know I should be happy because it's my last year,” said Sierra, sitting in the day care room of the shelter. “I've been struggling.” Sierra and her family live at Charlotte Emergency Housing. She is one of nearly 3,000 students in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools who are considered homeless. When these students go to school Tuesday some might catch the bus in front of a cheap …
The SOAR initiative is a federally funded partnership (HHS, HUD) that seeks to assist adults who are homeless to apply for SSI/SSDI, which generally provides health insurance as well. SOAR involves a comprehensive approach that includes training for community and hospital staffs in the intricacies of the SSI/SSDI application process and ensuring that approved individuals receive health insurance, treatment, and other services to begin recovery. This initiative is a “win” for all medical providers, including hospitals, as services and medications are then covered under Medicaid or Medicare, depending on the disability benefit received. Read the full description here.
Transformation of the North Carolina public mental health, developmental disabilities and substance abuse services (MH/DD/SAS) system benefits from, and requires, collaboration at both state and local levels. This annual report identifies some of the most successful collaborative approaches and accomplishments undertaken during state fiscal year 2006 from July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006.