6.8 understanding the hearth act
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Presented by Norm SucharTRANSCRIPT
The HEARTH Act
February 2011
Aspiration
Homelessness Assistance Incentives ($)
Aspiration
Incentives ($)
Incentives ($)
HEARTH Act
Homelessness Assistance
“to establish a Federal goal of ensuring that
individuals and families who become homeless return to permanent
housing within 30 days”HEARTH Act Purposes – Sec. 1002(b)
Programs Systems
Activities Outcomes
Shelter Prevention
Transitioning Rapidly Re-Housing
Most changes take effect in the NOFA released in Fall 2011
Some changes implemented over several years
Regulations in May 2010…Summer…Fall…Soon
Public comment period! Plan to Comment!
Timeline
Changes to the ESG (Formula) Program
Old
Emergency Shelter Grants
Up to 5% for administrative expenses
Formula to cities, counties, and states
New
Emergency Solutions Grants
Up to 7.5% for administrative expenses
Same formula, maybe more funding
Changes to the ESG ProgramOld Eligible Activities
Shelter renovating, rehab, conversion
Operating Emergency Shelter (max. 10% for staffing)
Services in Shelter or outreach (max. 30%)
Prevention (sudden loss of income, max. 30%)
New Eligible Activities
Same as now plus HPRP activities (except prevention targets below 30% of AMI)
No cap on prevention, services, or staffing
Minimum of 40% must be for prevention and rapid re-housing (with a hold-harmless provision)
New ESG = Old ESG + HPRP
Changes to the CoC ProgramOld
3 programs
Supportive Housing Program (SHP)
Shelter Plus Care (SPC)
Mod. Rehab./SRO
New
One Continuum of Care program
All eligible activities of the 3 former programs
More flexibility for mixing and matching eligible activities
Up to 10 percent for administrative costs
Changes to the CoC ProgramOld
Providers in community jointly apply for funding
Stakeholders review and rank applications
Application has two parts
-Exhibit 1 – community wide
-Exhibit 2 – individual project applications
New
Similar to existing process
Collaborative Applicant, eligible for 3% for admin.
Focused on performance:
-Lengths of homeless episodes
-Returns to homelessness
-New Homelessness
New Measures–Duration of homelessness episodes
–Returns to homelessness
–Number of people who become homeless
Measures require evaluating performance in the entire CoC region
Performance
CoC application must be approved by Consolidated Planning body
Consolidated Plan requires coordination with CoC
Many elements of Ten Year Plan in CoC application
CoC/CP/TYP Coordination
MatchOld
Match requirement varies depending on activity
25% for services, must be cash
100% for rental assistance, must be in-kind services
100% for construction/rehab
33% for operating expenses
No match for leasing
New
Uniform 25% match except for leasing projects
Match covers entire CoC
Match can be cash or in-kind when documented by Memorandum of Understanding
IncentivesOld
Bonus for permanent supportive housing project
Sometimes for Chronic Homelessness
New
Bonus for proven strategies, including—
-Permanent supportive housing for chronic homelessness
-Rapid Re-Housing for families
-Other activities that HUD determines are effective
Projects that serve families cannot refuse to serve families because of the age of the children (i.e. must serve families with adolescent children)
Projects must identify person who will be responsible for coordinating child’s education
Additional Requirements
Unified FundingOld New
HUD HUD
Project Sponsor
Project Sponsor
Project Sponsor
Project Sponsor
Project Sponsor
Project Sponsor
Unified Funding Agency
Collaborative Applicant could apply to become a UFA or HUD could designate Collaborative Applicant as a UFA
UFA responsible for audits and fiscal controls
UFA could get up to 3% of a communities award for administrative expenses (on top of the 3% that for being collaborative applicant)
Unified Funding
ESG serves people at risk All programs serve homeless people, including
People who are losing their housing in 14 days and lack resources/supports
People who have moved from place to place and are likely to continue to do so because of disability/barriers
Up to 10% (more in some cases) of CoC funds can serve doubled up/motels
Definition of Homelessness
Non-competitive renewals for PSHProject-based PSH can obtain 15-year contracts subject to annual funding
Permanent housing activities are adjusted for inflation at renewal
Even More Changes
Get Ready!
Figure out how to
measure and reward
performance.
Analyze your system to
make sure you have the right
programs.
Create process for continuing
HPRP-funded programs.
Integrate CoC, Ten Year
Plan, and Consolidated
Planning
HEARTH Academy Communities So Far:Whatcom County, WA | Washington, DC | State of Washington | State of Iowa | State of Mississippi
State of Missouri | State of Connecticut | State of North Carolina
HEARTH Academy
QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS + SYSTEM DESIGN SUPPORT
