MDHICoC NOFA

Competition

Gary Sanford – Executive Director, Metro Denver Homeless Initiative

Christine Groves – Grant Writer

Nathan Davis - Program Manager, Mile High United Way

Teri Marquantte – SWAN Enterprises & Consulting

What’s NewTwo year application

for CoC

No new Permanent Housing Bonus

Our annual renewal amount for current projects may be cut by at least 5% ($824,183)

Pushing the targeting of the most in need

Reallocation of

renewal dollars to create more beds for CH individuals and homeless families with children

New HUD Goals for benefits acquisitions -56%, & income other than employment – 54%

Encourage healthcare acquisition through the Affordable Health Care Act

Special focus on the Housing First Model

Push to dedicate existing PSH units for the Chronically Homeless at turn over

MDHI Renewal Application in WizeHive

What’s New

What’s Old but Changed Tiering again required with more direction regarding the order

1. PSH & RRH renewals

2. Reallocated PSH3. Reallocated RRH4. Transitional Housing5. CoC Planning

6. Supportive Services previously reallocated into Coordinated Entry

7. Renewal HMIS8. Supportive Services

only grants (SSO)

Rewarding good performance & achieving goals of ending homelessness

Of the 156 points available in the Consolidated Application (150 points + 6 bonus points) 59 are dedicated to measuring and improving performance and outcomes

Major goals re-emphasized in scoring:

Reducing chronic homelessness Increasing housing stability Increasing income and benefits Increasing rapid housing

These goals are tracked from project APR’s and then summarized in

CoC Consolidated Application

What will be used to rank current projects?

APR’sMDHI Renewal ApplicationHMIS Data Quality ReportsBudget, match & leverage informationProjects’ alignment with HUD and CoC goals &

objectives Housing First approach and/or barriers to housing Willingness to dedicate turn over units to CH

population

APR’sUtilization rates% of households served that obtained

housing and stabilized for at least 6 monthsHouseholds moving from TH to PHIncreased income and benefits during project

participation and at exit

MDHI Renewal Application Highlights: Types of households served in most recent

APR cycle

Subpopulations served in most recent APR

Housing First Model

Barriers to housing placement

PSH = 80% of participants retain housing for 6 months or more

Transitional Housing households moved to PH at exit

Increased Income & self-sufficiency through earned income &benefits acquisition

HMIS information

Diversity and outreach plans & practices Collaborative efforts in housing CH individuals & families

MDHI Renewal Application Highlights:

Community involvement by participants as well as volunteers

Staff quality and how it mirrors your participants

How your program works to move households on to self-sufficiency

Identification and utilization of community services

MDHI Renewal Application Highlights:

Program Innovation and data usage from APR’s – best practices identified and used, APR info to evaluate program

How you involve participants in goal setting, feedback on program, program decisions and your grievance plan

HUD contract, project budget, Project leverage & match

MDHI Renewal Application Highlights:

HUD’s Project Renewal ThresholdsRead page 28 of NOFA

Goals Timeliness standards for grant

renewals including spending down funds

Program participants achieving and maintaining independent living

Program management

New ProjectsRead page 23 – 28, Section C thru

E.2.e.(3) of NOFA

New projects from reallocation of existing projects only (no new money)Don’t know amount yet (if any)Letter of interest due by noon Dec. 10Eligible activities spelled out in NOFA on page 12 Section B Reallocation Protocol (from HUD)

1. Type, scale & location of housing fits the needs of the program participants

2. Type, scale, location of the supportive services and the mode of transportation to those services fits the needs of program participants

3. Specific plan for ensuring program participants individually assisted to obtain mainstream benefits and employment

4. Program participants assisted to obtain and remain in permanent housing in a manner that fits their needs

5. Program participants assisted to both increase their income and live independently using mainstream housing & service programs

6. At least 75% of proposed program participants come from the street or other location not meant for hum habitation ES or safe havens

7. Whether amenities are accessible in the community

CoC Consolidated ApplicationConsolidated Application score dictates funding

for next two years

Each project application attached to CoC Consolidated Application affects the CoC’s score and funding

Highest scoring CoC’s will go deepest into Tier Two

Bonus Points : 7% admin costs, no SSO in Tier 1, accuracy of NOFA

A. CoC Strategic Planning & Performance (69 pts):

1. Ending Chronic Homelessness: prioritizing the chronically homeless in ALL CoC funded permanent supportive housing – not just those units that are dedicated to that population and e prioritizing CH for placement as units become available through turnover

2. Housing Stability – ability of program participants to obtain and maintain housing

3. Jobs and Income Growth – extent to which program participants obtained or increase income/jobs

4. Mainstream Benefits – program participants increase of benefits

5. Rapid Re-Housing – how long it takes to place households in permanent housing

6. Opening Doors – plans on indentifying and ending barriers to housing

8. Ending Family Homelessness– efforts to reduce number of homeless households with children including outreach plans

9. Addressing Needs of Victims of Domestic Violence – clear description of services and safe housing form funding within the CoC for this population

10.Ending Youth Homelessness – clear description of current efforts to address youth homelessness

11.Reaching Unsheltered Homeless – outreach and engagement efforts

12.Ending Veteran Homelessness – services and housing available for veterans from all funding sources

Continuum of Care Scoring

B.CoC Coordination of Housing and Services (28 points)

1. Preventing Homelessness – homeless prevention efforts including an analysis of barriers to housing, coordination with ESG, Consolidate Plans

2. Discharge Planning – Community plans for those coming from foster care, health care facilities, mental health facilities, correctional institutions

3. Consolidated Plan – listing of goals from Consolidated Plans that address homelessness

4. Emergency Solutions Grants – how CoC community determines allocation of ESG funds, coordination with ESG recipients and project evaluation

5. Coordination with Other Funding Sources:- demonstrate coordination with other federal, state, local, private entities serving homeless

Continuum of Care Scoring

6. Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing – identification and outreach to diverse homeless

7. Educational Assurances – for projects working with families with children

8. Preventing Involuntary Family Separations – CoC’s collaboration with shelter and housing provides to ensure homeless households with children und the age of 18 are not denied admission and are not separated

9. Affordable Health Care Act – CoC’s preparation with project recipients for the implementation of the Affordable Care Act and project participants access to health care

10.Resources for Service - how CoC is working with funding recipients to identify other sources of mainstream funding for supportive services to reduce the amount of CoC program funds used for supportive services

Continuum of Care Scoring

C. Recipient Performance (15 points) 1. Performance Monitoring – CoC monitors recipients

performance on HUD-established goals2. Increasing Performance – time in housing, increased

income/benefits3. Increasing Capacity – CoC’s assistance to

underperforming recipients to increase capacity to meet requirements of Act, CoC Program interim rule and local priorities

4. Reducing Homeless Episodes – how CoC tracks time and episodes of homelessness as well as housing stability

5. Outreach – thoroughness of CoC plan for reaching all homeless subpopulations in 100% of CoC’s geographic area

6. Tracking & Reducing Returns to Homelessness – use of HMIS to monitor and explanation of plans to reduce number of additional returns to homelessness

Continuum of Care Scoring

D. CoC Housing, Services & Structure (13 points)

1. CoC Meetings – open, inclusive of homeless and/or formerly homeless

2. Complaints - any received and how handled3. Inclusive Structures – considers full range of opinions

from individuals or entities with knowledge of homelessness and open to proposals from entities not previously funded

4. Project Application Performance Metrics – review & ranking process

5. Housing Inventory Count Submissions

Continuum of Care Scoring

E. Leveraging (5 points) – looking for 100% participation by CoC funded recipients leveraging with 150% demonstrated leverage

F. HMIS (11 points) - Governance, Privacy Plan, Security Plan, Data Quality Plan, funding, bed coverage, data quality, entry and exit dates, required reports

G. Point-in-Time Count (9 points) – actual count and submission, change in PIT numbers, subpopulation data, methodology

H. Bonus Points (up to 6 points) • 100% renewals administration at 7% or below• No SSO projects in Tier 1 • Accuracy of submission

Continuum of Care Scoring

Date Tasks and Deliverables

September 10, 2013 Grant Inventory Worksheet Due to HUD

(completed)September 23, 2013 CoC Registration Due to HUD (completed)

November 22, 2013 NOFA Release (completed)

Week of December 2, 2013

MDHI Distributes NOFA RFP (completed) MDHI Distributes request for letters of intent

for new projects (completed)

December 9, 2013

Mandatory meeting for NOFA applicants to review process (scoring tool, time frame, priorities) and address NOFA questions—Monday, December 9, 2013 from 9am to noon at Mile High United Way

Week of December 9, 2013• WizeHive site goes live

December 10, 2013

Applicants must send any feedback, recommended edits or changes to NOFA application to MDHI staff via email by 9am

• Letters of Intent for new projects due at noon on December 10, 2013

December 23, 2013

• NOFA applications for renewals are due to MDHI via WizeHIve by noon on December 23, 2013

December 23, 2013• NOFA applications for new projects are due to

MDHI via email by noon on December 23, 2013

January 7, 2014

• Project Applicants (new and renewal projects) will be scheduled for presentations at NOFA Review Committee meeting—Morning of January 7, 2014 at Mile High United Way

January 10, 2014 (tentative)

Final ranking of renewal projects announced to Stakeholders

MDHI 2013 NOFA Time Line

January 17, 2014

Any and all appeals must be submitted to MDHI by noon on January 17, 2014

January 17, 2014

All projects due in e-snaps by noon on January 17, 2014

Week of January 20, 2014

Committee and staff provide recommendations for full board consideration

NOFA ranking presented to Board for review & approval

Agencies who have appealed will receive in writing the decision prior to CoC NOFA application submission

Week of January 27

Completed MDHI Consolidated Application published on MDHI website for community review and comment

Week of January 27

NOFA application submitted to HUD HUD deadline for submission—February 3, 2014

http://www.onecpd.info

Access to training documents, instruction manuals, FAQ’s, and the help desk

http://mdhi.org/NOFA AnnouncementNOFA TimelineNOFA Renewal applicationNOFA Renewal Leverage chartNOFA Budget chartHMIS 2013 Data Quality reportNOFA New Project Letter of Interest directionsMDHI NOFA Appeals Process

Things to pay attention to and other important

information

Christine GrovesGrant

Writer/Consultant

How to use WizeHive

Nathan DavisProject Manager

Mile High United Way