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The National Alliance to End Homelessness presents The HEARTH Academy Training and tools to help your community achieve

The National Alliance to End Homelessness presents The HEARTH Academy Training and tools to help your community achieve the goals of the HEARTH Act. The HEARTH Academy. The HEARTH Act. Federal Goal Nobody is homeless longer than 30 days Performance Measures

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The National Alliance to End Homelessness presents The HEARTH Academy Training and tools to help your community achieve

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  1. The National Alliance to End Homelessness presentsThe HEARTH AcademyTraining and tools to help your community achieve the goals of the HEARTH Act

  2. The HEARTH Academy The HEARTH Act Federal Goal • Nobody is homeless longer than 30 days Performance Measures • Reducing lengths of homeless episodes • Reducing new and return entries into homelessness • Assess how your community performs • Receive tools to help you implement proven strategies • Create an action plan for reshaping homelessness assistance

  3. HEARTH Academy Implementing proven strategies to end homelessness Webinars and Tools Implementation Clinic Individualized Consulting The Alliance’s Center for Capacity Building and other expert consultants will be available to provide customized assistance. Webinars, tools, and training materials will help communities prepare for the Implementation Clinic and learn about and implement the strategies that help prevent and end homelessness. Participants in this 1.5 day clinic will assess the performance of their homelessness assistance and implement community-wide strategies to better achieve the goals of the HEARTH Act.

  4. HEARTH Academy Implementing proven strategies to end homelessness Implementation Clinic • Clinics will be held January – April 2011 • Sites will be selected partly based on interest and will begin to be announced in early October • Registration for the regional 1.5 day clinic will cost approximately $300 per person • Communities are encouraged to bring 6-10 officials and decision-makers • The clinic will also be available for individual communities or states Participants in this 1.5 day clinic will assess the performance of their homelessness assistance and implement community-wide strategies to better achieve the goals of the HEARTH Act.

  5. HEARTH Academy Implementing proven strategies to end homelessness Webinars and Tools • Webinars will take place on the following schedule and are free of charge • Overview of the HEARTH Act and its implicationsSeptember 22 • Data and performance improvementOctober 13 • Assessing your homelessness systemOctober 27 Webinars, tools, and training materials will help communities prepare for the Implementation Clinic and learn about and implement the strategies that help prevent and end homelessness.

  6. HEARTH Academy Implementing proven strategies to end homelessness Individualized Consulting • Communities can contract with the Alliance’s Center for Capacity Building for more assistance. • The Alliance can also recommend consultants who have worked with the Alliance on HEARTH Act implementation The Alliance’s Center for Capacity Building and other expert consultants will be available to provide customized assistance.

  7. If you are interested in participating or would like more information, please contact: • Aisha WilliamsCenter for Capacity Building National Alliance to End Homelessnessthecenter@naeh.org202-942-8298 Note: The HEARTH Academy is not sponsored by or affiliated with the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) or any other federal agency. The HEARTH Academy is a project of the National Alliance to End Homelessness.

  8. Implications of the HEARTH ActSeptember, 2010 Norm Suchar July 2010

  9. “Because far too many Americans go homeless on any given night, this bill provides comprehensive new resources for homeless Americans” President Obama signing the HEARTH Act as part of the Helping Families Save their Homes Act.

  10. Aspiration Homelessness Assistance Incentives ($)

  11. Aspiration Incentives ($) HEARTH Act Homelessness Assistance Incentives ($)

  12. “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)

  13. Timeline Most changes take effect in the NOFA released in Spring/Summer 2011 Some changes implemented over several years Regulations in mid to late 2010 Public comment period! Plan to Comment!

  14. Changes to the ESG (Formula) Program

  15. Changes to the ESG (Formula) Program

  16. New ESG = Old ESG + HPRP Roughly the same amount of funding for emergency shelters New funding for homelessness prevention and Rapid Re-Housing similar to HUD’s HPRP

  17. Changes to the CoC Programs

  18. Changes to the CoC Application Process

  19. Performance • New Measures • Duration of homelessness episodes • Returns to homelessness • Number of people who become homeless • Overall homelessness • Measures require evaluating performance in the entire CoC region

  20. CoC/CP-ESG/TYP Coordination • CoC application must be approved by Consolidated Planning body • Consolidated Plan requires coordination with CoC • Many elements of Ten Year Plan in CoC application

  21. Match

  22. Incentives

  23. Additional Requirements 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

  24. Project Sponsor Project Sponsor Project Sponsor HUD Project Sponsor Project Sponsor Project Sponsor HUD Unified Funding Agency Unified Funding Agencies (only some CoCs)

  25. Unified Funding Agencies 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 a collaborative applicant could receive)

  26. Definition of Homelessness/Eligibility

  27. Other Changes Non-competitive renewals for PSH Project-based PSH can obtain 15-year contracts subject to annual funding Permanent housing activities are adjusted for inflation at renewal

  28. Get Ready! • Who will be the Collaborative Applicant, and will they be a UFA? • How will performance be measured? • Do we have the programs we need to perform well, and do we have the right mix of programs? • Which HPRP funded programs will continue? • How will we integrate CoC, Consolidated Plan, Ten Year Plan, and other planning efforts?

  29. Contacts:Norm Sucharnsuchar@naeh.orgSamantha Batkosbatko@naeh.orgAisha Williamsawilliams@naeh.org Resources:www.endhomelessness.orgwww.hudhre.info HEARTH Academy:Performance ImprovementOctober 13 at 2pm Eastern

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