Slide 1:

HUD’s McKinney-Vento Programs:
Moving Towards Ending Chronic Homelessness

John Garrity
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Office of Special Needs Assistance Program

Slide 2:

Continuum of Care

This slide shows the flow through the continuum of care from outreach intake assesment through to permanent housing or permanent supportive housing. The paths are as follows:

• Outreach intake assesment to emergency shelter:
  • to permanent housing or permanent supportive housing; or
  • to transitional housing to permanent housing or permanent supportive housing; or
  • to transitional housing to supportive services to permanent supportive housing.

Slide 3:

Establish a Community Process

• Organizational Structure
  
• Inclusive Participation
  
• All Subpopulations
  
• Year Round Process
  
• Active Involvement of All

Slide 4:

This slide shows an image with several items pointed towards the center which reads, "Planning/Coordinating Councils." The items are as follows:

• Veterans Services
• Mental Illness
• Faith-based Organizations
• Housing Developers
• Service Providers
• Homeless Persons
• Neighborhood Groups
• Local and State Government
• Foundations
• HIV/AIDS
• Business

Slide 5:

Developing A Comprehensive System

• Address All Sub-populations:
  • Veterans
    
  • Persons living with mental illness
    
  • Persons living with HIV/AIDS
    
  • Substance abusers
    
  • Victims of domestic violence
    
  • Other

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Gaps and Priorities

Need - Current Inventory = Continuum of Care Gaps

Slide 7:

Set Priorities for Funding

• Develop Projects Based on Gaps
  
• Prioritize Projects
  
• Rational Process
  
  • Use Criteria
    
  • Ensure Fairness
    
  • Include Nonprofits

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Supplemental Resources

• Leverage HUD Project Funding
  
• Secure Mainstream Funding
  
  • Other HUD
    
  • Other Federal
    
  • State and Local
    
  • Private, Foundation

Slide 9:

What We Know AboutContinuum of Care

• Over 90% of the US population covered
  
• Responsible for the development of over 155,000 total beds
  
• Of those, 43,000 are permanent housing beds
  
• Has helped over 400,000 formerly homeless individuals and families obtain either transitional or permanent housing
  
• Annually leverages nearly $2 in non-McKinney Act money for each $1 awarded in the Continuum of Care competition

Slide 10:

2002 Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA)

• $950 million
  
• Applications expected from 450 Continuums of Care
  
• Applicants will propose 3,500-4,000 projects

Slide 11:

The NOFA is a vehicle to effect change

• Overall changes for 2002:
  
  • less emphasis on process
    
  • more emphasis on ending chronic homelessness
    
  • more emphasis on linking to mainstream supportive services

Slide 12:

Overall changes for 2002:(cont’d)

• more emphasis on housing
  
• more emphasis on performance

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Each Continuum of Care Must Provide:

• A system-wide strategy to:
  
  • identify eligible homeless persons
    
  • enroll them in each mainstream service program for which they are eligible
    
  • ensure they receive benefits

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Each Project Applicant Must Provide:

• A plan that ensures all clients are assisted to:
  
  • identify mainstream programs for which they are eligible
    
  • enroll them in those programs
    
  • ensure they obtain benefits

Slide 15:

Mainstream Programs Targeted

• Medicaid
  
• TANF
  
• SSI
  
• State CHIP
  
• Workforce Investment Act
  
• Food Stamps
  
• Veterans Health Care

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Actions Suggested for Applicants

• Case managers accompany clients in making application
  
• Formal service agreements between providers and local mainstream program offices
  
• Single intake form to determine eligibility
  
• Train mainstream staff to do outreach
  
• Mobile-support teams