MVCOCH
This group brings together all the homeless housing and service providers in Mount Vernon, NY funded with HUD Continuum of Care for the Homeless funding administered by the City of Mount Vernon.
Contents
UPCOMING EVENTS
NEXT MEETING
Date: Thursday, July 17th, 2008
Time: 9:30
Location: Mount Vernon City Hall, Room To Be Announced
Notes: Agenda items will include an update on the FY08 application process.
Directions: Driving Directions
OTHER NOTICES
- Information about the new electronic FY 08 Continuum of Care application processis now available.
- The Center for Urban Community Services provided a HUD Annual Progress Report Technical Assistance on February 7th. For training materials click here.
RESOURCES
Westchester's FY07 Continuum of Care application
Exhibit 1 from Westchester County's FY07 consolidated application to HUD's Continuum of Care for the Homeless program outlines Westchester's resources and strategies in a cumbersome and not very reader-friendly format mandated by HUD. Nonetheless, this document is the most comprehensive available description of Westchester's housing and services for the homeless.
This corrected Housing Inventory (revised 2/29/08) includes an estimate of the unmet need for permanent housing for the homeless in Westchester. This is calculated by taking the number of transitional homeless beds minus permanent housing beds currently under development to derive the number of units needed just to house the homeless people already in transitional housing in Westchester.
HUD Forms and Notices
APR Forms
- HUD APR 40118
Most Recent HUD APR Form - HUD APR Worksheet
APR Worksheet
Documentation Forms
- Homeless Eligibility
Homeless eligibility form that can be used to document a participant's homeless status. - Rent Calculation Form
This form should be used for all S+C and SHP projects with leasing funds for resident rents. For more information and instructions visit Calculating Resident Rent for SHP and Calculating Resident Rent for S+C on the HUD Resource Exchange site.
Notices
This notice provides instructions to potential applicants applying for funding under HUD’s grant programs available through Grants.gov. This notice does not pertain to applicants who will be applying in Fiscal Year (FY) 2008 for Continuum of Care funds. HUD will publish a separate notice to address the receipt of Continuum of Care applications in FY2008. This notice provides information to help applicants better understand the registration and electronic submission process for HUD applications made available through Grants.gov. Grants.gov is the federal portal for applicants to electronically find and apply for over 1,000 funding opportunities made available by 26 Federal grant-making agencies.
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Manuals/Training Material
APR Training Materials
- Center for Urban Community Services APR Curriculum
- Center for Urban Community Services APR Tip Sheet
HUD Manuals
The purpose of the Supportive Housing Program (SHP) Self-Monitoring Tools is to provide SHP project sponsors and grantees with "user-friendly" forms to enable staff to assess their project operations against the standards set by HUD rules and regulations.
This manual prepared by PD&D combines three HUD online manuals(Understanding S+C , S+C Resource Manual, and Enhancing Shelter Plus Care Guide) as well as other locally developed materials.
Developed by HUD, this presentation provides SHP grantees with information that allows them to effectively address advanced issues of homeless programs as well as new strategies and techniques. Specifically covered are Chronic Homelessness, Housing First & Safe Havens, Case Management and Alternative Match Sources.
Chronic Homeless Materials
The following HUD approved materials, from HUD Resource Exchange, explains the definition, documentation and verification of chronic homeless. These materials are highly recommended from programs targeting the chronic homeless and programs providing emergency shelter and services to the chronic homeless.
Developed by HUD, this technical guide is intended for non-profit local housing and service providers as well as local government agencies that are under contract with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to provide housing and related support services to the target population of chronically homeless persons. It is intended to answer frequently asked questions pertaining to the federal definition of chronic homelessness and the standards for qualifying persons for housing under this definition. It also provides suggested templates for forms and letters that may assist providers, government agencies, and their local partners in devising internal mechanisms to certify homeless persons for a program for chronically homeless persons.
This document contains the templates referenced in the above Defining Chronic Homelessness Technical Guide. These templates are HUD approved forms used to document and verify chronic homeless status.
This is the official current definition of which programs in Westchester are considered emergency housing and which are considered transitional housing. These lists come from Westchester County's FY07 Continuum of Care application. This is the list that everyone in Westchester should be using now to determine who is chronically homeless.
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Other Information about MVCOC
Funding Summary
Summary as of January 3, 2008, includes FY07 awards.
Submitting APR
A. Annual Progress Reports (APRs) must be submitted to the City of Mount Vernon within 45 days of the end of each contract year.
B. Every contract extension, even if only for one month, requires a separate Annual Progress Report for the period of the contract extension.
C. Digital copy of the current Annual Progress Report form is available in HUD Forms and Notices.
D. Draft the APR but before submitting a signed copy, email a digital draft to Melia Polynice at MPolynice@programdesign.com to review. She will check for mathematical errors and inconsistencies, correct dates, project numbers, budget information, etc. Melia will email back a list of any issues that must be addressed.
E. Once all necessary corrections are made, email the corrected copy to Melia once more for a final review. If the draft is correct, Melia will send an email stating that the review is complete, with a copy to Carmen Sylvester and Karl Bertrand.
F. After Melia has confirmed that your draft is correct, mail or hand-deliver five (5) signed copies to:
Carmen Sylvester, Executive Director
City of Mount Vernon
Mt. Vernon Dept. of Planning & Community Development/ Urban Renewal Agency
City Hall - Roosevelt Square
Mount Vernon, NY 10550-2060
DSS Worker Phone Lists
These documents give names and contact information for Westchester County Department of Social Services district office staff, as of February 2008.
- Yonkers district office
- Mount Vernon district office
- White Plains district office
- Peekskill district office
Ten-Year Plans to End Chronic Homelessness
Affordable Housing Resources
This study demonstrates the feasibility of building housing, including affordable housing, on underutilized office park land. It used existing sites as case studies to evaluate feasibility, but the findings and tools it provides can be used anywhere. Importantly, it also provides a model zoning ordinance that can be adapted by local governments interested in redevelopment and revitalization of such properties.
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Other Resources
Legal Services of the Hudson Valley has opened a new office in Mount Vernon. This flyer describes the services available and tells how to contact them.
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Grants.gov Registration
If your agency ever wants to get another federal grant directly from the federal government, it should have registered with grants.gov. If it hasn't already done so, please visit grants.govfor registration instructions.
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