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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.

UPCOMING EVENTS

NEXT MEETING
Date: Thursday, March 20, 2008
Time: 9:30
Location: City Council meeting room, second floor, Mount Vernon City Hall
Notes: The agenda includes an update on Mount Vernon's unsheltered homeless and follow-up to our meeting with the Mount Vernon DSS district office.
Directions: Driving Directions

OTHER NOTICES

RESOURCES

HUD Forms

Manuals/Training Material

APR Training Materials

HUD SHP and S+C 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.

HUD Chronic Homeless Materials

The following HUD approved materials, from HUD Resource Exchange, explains the definition, documentation and verification of chronic homeless. There 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 Chronics Homelessness Technical Guide. These templates are HUD approved forms used to document and verify chronic homeless status.

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.

Other Information about MVCOC

Summary as of January 3, 2008, includes FY07 awards.

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.

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.