Michael RoanhouseJanuary 23, 2014

HUD Homeless Assistance Grants: Overview

HUD’s Homeless Assistance Grants

HUD has 2 main funding vehicles to assist the homeless:1. Continuum of Care (CoC) Program2. Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) Program

The 2009 HEARTH Act also authorized the Rural Housing Stability Assistance Program (RHSP), a program to serve person who are homeless or at-risk of homelessness in rural areas• RHSP is awaiting final regulations and has not yet

been funded

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CoC Program

The CoC Program is designed to:1. promote community-wide commitment to the goal

of ending homelessness2. provide funding to quickly re-house homeless

individuals and families3. promote access to and effective utilization of

mainstream programs by homeless individuals and families

4. optimize self-sufficiency among individuals and families experiencing homelessness

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ESG Program

The ESG program provides funding to: 1. engage homeless individuals and families living on

the street2. improve the number and quality of emergency

shelters for homeless individuals and families3. help operate emergency shelters4. provide essential services to shelter residents5. rapidly re-house homeless individuals and families6. prevent families and individuals from becoming

homeless

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Goal: To Prevent and End Homelessness

HUD is partnered with federal partners to fulfill Opening Doors: Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness to

1. End chronic homelessness by 20152. End veteran homelessness by 20153. End child, youth, and family homelessness by 20204. Get on the path to end all homelessness

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Current CoC Program Competition

Important Dates for the FY2013 CoC Competition

Opened: November 22, 2013

Closes: February 3, 2014

Awards Announced: Spring 2014

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Current CoC Program Competition

Similar to FY2012, for FY2013 HUD implemented a tiered award process• Why? – to account for the likelihood that HUD cannot

fund all renewal projects

HUD anticipates announcing Tier 1 projects first, and Tier 2 projects subsequently

Unlike FY2012, HUD is nearly certain renewals will be cut in FY2013

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FY2013 Funding

Homeless Assistance Grants Appropriation in FY2013 (after sequestration)

$1.933 billion*• $215 million for the ESG Program

• $1.7 billion available for the CoC Program

There was approximately $1.76 billion requested in the CoC Program

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* The Homeless Assistance Grants also fund TA efforts and is subject to rounding differences.

FY2014 CoC Competition

To expedite funding of FY2014 CoC Program projects HUD combined the FY2013 and FY2014 competition

HUD will carry forward each CoC’s FY2013 CoC score

HUD combined the competition because to expedite the awards for FY2014

The goal is to award FY2014 by September 30, 2014

HUD is beginning to think through the FY2015 NOFA and anticipates announcing those awards by September 30, 2015

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FY2013 vs. FY2014 Summary

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FY2014 Funding

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* The appropriation bill language states minimum amounts, sometimes resulting in a total that does not equal the sum of the line items in the bill.

^ The President's budget requested a $60 million set aside for rapid re-housing and the Senate bill set aside $50 million.

FY2014 Budget History (in millions)

President's

Request House Bill Senate Bill Omnibus Bill (Final)

Total* 2,381 2,088 2,261 2,105CoC 2,027 1,882 1,910 1,815ESG 346^ 200 336^ 250

Homeless Data Analysis Project

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Rental Assistance Administrator IssueThe HEARTH Act did not permit nonprofit

organizations to administer rental assistance

The FY2014 omnibus appropriation bill provided a short-term fix for grants funded in FY2012, FY2013, and FY2014 that allows nonprofits to administer rental assistance

HUD continues to seek for a permanent legislative fix

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ESG UpdatesHUD will announce allocations within 60 days of

budget passage• Changes in ESG recipient status, FY12-15, posted on

OneCPD.info/esg

ESG Notice re-opening public comment on the interim rule: “Coming Soon”

HUD has begun developing new ESG CAPER

New monitoring exhibits under development

New FAQs, SNAPS-Shots, and Guidance documents continue being developed

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