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. …
On May 1, 2012, NCCEH held a Tuesdays @ Two conference call entitled "Rethinking Shelter". Carson Dean, Executive Director of the Men's Shelter of Charlotte (MSC) and NCCEH Board Chair, spoke about the ways in which the shelter has integrated rapid re-housing, shelter diversion, and housing first approaches into its work. Please click the links below to view the materials from the call. MSC Mission & Vision MSC Streets to Housing Model MSC Programming Model MSC Outcomes Report Carson also referenced these resources that MSC found helpful while retooling their program: Bridgespan Partnership Template The NonProfit Secret: The Six Principles of Successful Board/CEO Partnerships Archived Recording: Current NCCEH members may access a recording of the conference call and presentation. Members will need to log in to the website to access the recording. If you are not an NCCEH …
During the week of April 25, 2011, WUNC examines a persistent problem for mentally ill people in North Carolina – housing. Mental health reformers have repeated their intention to move people out of large institutions toward treatment options closer to home. But even as people have left hospitals, local resources have not kept pace. That means in North Carolina, many people with mental health disabilities live in adult care homes designed for frail elderly people. Now the U S Justice Department is investigating this situation. In the first installment of the series, North Carolina Voices, Mental Health Disorder, Rose Hoban reports that it could mean big changes for North Carolina. Listen to the interview and read the transcript on the WUNC website.
The News & Observer BY JOSH SHAFFER AND SARAH OVASKA - Staff Writers RALEIGH -- In its time, the Water Garden stood as a shrine to modern design: a complex of low-slung, hill-hugging offices surrounded by tall, ivy-covered pine trees and ponds topped with lily pads. You'd never guess from the car dealerships and furniture warehouses that such a gem stood hidden off Glenwood Avenue. And for the last three years, the complex has slowly rotted and gathered squatters' trash. But now the site of the 11-acre Water Garden campus, home and life's work of master landscape architect Dick Bell, is being put to use. Starting next spring, its lush and rolling hills will be converted to low-income housing in a northwest Raleigh neighborhood where it is sorely needed. Quantcast The roughly $6.1 million project by Downtown …
On June 28, 2010, NCCEH hosted a training on Effective HPRP Case Management. Melissa Mowery, Program Director for CAMBA's HomeBase, which provides rapid re-housing, aftercare and prevention services to families and adults in New York City, was the speaker at this training. Material from the training are posted below. "Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing" PowerPoint Presentation (pdf) HomeBase Rapid Re-Housing Field Guide Handout Packet
The Corporation for Supportive Housing has published "Housing Credit Policies in 2009 that Promote Permanent Supportive Housing". The report provides a synopsis of 2009 Low Income Housing Tax Credit Qualified Allocation Plans (QAP) and describes the strategies used in different states to support the creation of supportive housing within the QAP – such as scoring incentives, set-asides and the use of thresholds. Tax credits have been an important source of capital financing for permanent supportive housing projects (PSH) for some time and the report describes how an increasing number of Housing Credit Agencies are also now using them to promote a diverse array of supportive housing models. These models range from projects with 100% of units dedicated for PSH, to projects with only a small proportion of units (10%) dedicated for supportive housing. Click here to read the full report.
Nan Roman, the president of the National Alliance to End Homelessness, spoke on NPR's Weekend Edition about the Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing program. Listen to the story on the NPR website.
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 …
On June 29, 2009, NCCEH hosted a summit for hospital leadership on "Increasing Successful Outcomes While Decreasing Costs: Hospital Partnerships to End Homelessness." Agenda and Presentations: Summit Agenda: view pdf Richard Cho, Corporation for Supportive Housing - "Current Research: Costs and potential cost savings associated with healthcare for frequent users who are homeless": view ppt Lori Pacura, Mount Sinai Medical Center - "Model of Success: Chicago Housing for Health Partnership": view ppt Brooks Ann McKinney, Raleigh Rescue Mission - "Homeless Mental Health Respite": view ppt Denise Neunaber, NC Coalition to End Homelessness - "NC SOAR: Success Through Outreach, Access and Recovery": view ppt Additional Resources: From the Corporation for Supportive Housing: Frequent Users of Health Services Initiative fact sheet: view pdf "A Dollars and Cents Strategy to Reducing Frequent Use of Hospital Services": view pdf Press …
This report provides an assessment of the cost effectiveness of supportive housing provided by the Lennox Chase development in Wake County. Lennox Chase is a Low Income Housing Tax Credit housing complex for individuals with low incomes, many of whom were formerly homeless. The complex was developed by DHIC. The development provides 36 efficiency apartments, each with a kitchen, bath, bedroom, and living area. Each apartment is designed for single room occupancy. All residents pay rent which is based on the individual’s income. The complex opened in 2003. This analysis identifies a number of potential benefits of supportive housing. One benefit is stability. More than half of the residents interviewed have been living in the complex for more than three years. Case management and crisis management services are provided by an onsite social worker. Read the full …