Madison/Dane County Continuum of Care Application Process and Schedule

Supportive Services Only (SSO) for centralized or coordinated assessments system:

HUD’s threshold for SSO:
“To be considered as meeting project quality threshold, new SSO projects for centralized or coordinated assessment systems must receive at least 2 out of the 4 points available for the criteria below. SSO projects for centralized or coordinated assessment systems that do not receive at least 2 points will be rejected.

(a) Whether the centralized or coordinated assessment system is easily accessible for all persons within the CoC’s geographic area who are seeking information regarding homelessness assistance (1 point);

(b) Whether there is a strategy for advertising the program that is designed specifically to reach homeless persons with the highest barriers within the CoC’s geographic area (1 point);
(c) Whether there is a standardized assessment process (1 point); and
(d) Whether the program ensures that program participants are directed to appropriate housing and services that fit their 31 needs (1 point)”

Use of Funds
Review of project applications will be based on FY15 CoC NOFA project and quality threshold requirements. Use of funds available must comply with all HUD CoC regulations and notices. The FY15 CoC NOFA and CoC Program interim rule at 24 CFR part 578 details the requirements with which grants awarded under this competition must comply.
Applicants applying for new project funds have the option of using funds as an expansion project to existing Rapid Re-Housing (RRH) or Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH). If applying for expansion, the following applies:

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  Expansion projects are NEW projects that expand on existing projects (PSH or RRH only);
  
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  If approved, new expansion projects operate separately from existing projects and will generate a new contract, grant period, budget, APR, and subsequent requirements of a new project;
  
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  Cannot be used for Capital Costs;
  
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  If approved, expansion projects can be merged at a later time with existing projects through a HUD grant agreement. Mergers are not guaranteed. Grant years should closely align for best likelihood of merger;
  
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  Expansion projects must be described and operated as a new effort and demonstrate it will not supplant an existing project. Proposed project funding cannot replace other funding sources;
  
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  All proposed services in new project must be new or an expansion of existing services to Rapid Re-Housing or Permanent Supportive Housing.
  

Housing must have minimal barriers using the Housing First approach and built-in strategies to promote success. Proposals must indicate that names of program participants for permanent housing programs will be pulled from the HSC Permanent Supportive Housing Prioritized List. Permanent housing programs must consider individuals or families in order of prioritization.
This form is for any new projects created through reallocation only for permanent supportive housing serving 100% chronically homeless, or, through reallocation for rapid re-housing for families, or, HMIS, or, Supportive Services Only (SSO). All new project submissions must comply with the CoC Program Interim rule and FY 2015 CoC Competition NOFA.
To learn more about HUD requirements for all CoC programs, please read the FY2015 CoC Competition NOFA at: https://www.hudexchange.info/resources/documents/FY-2015-CoC-Program-NOFA.pdf, and the CoC Interim Rule that can be found at http://www.hudhre.info/documents/CoCProgramInterimRule.pdf.


Intent to Apply for FY2015 HUD Continuum of Care New Projects through Reallocation
Name of Agency :      
Name of Proposed Project:      
Total CoC funds requested: $      
Contact Person:      
Phone:      
Email:      
Proposed funding - please indicate the type of project(s) you intend to use the funds for



Permanent Housing  Permanent Supportive Housing  Rapid Re-Housing



SSO



HMIS

1. Provide a brief overview of your project in one or two paragraphs, including the number of units and target population.

     

     
2. Please list any additional organizations involved in implementing the renewal project, provide a brief description of what each will do, and describe past performance that demonstrates each organization’s capacity and qualification to serve the proposed population and/or administer the project.

     
3. Identify the homeless population served, including their characteristics and needs for housing and supportive services, where they come from, and the outreach used to bring them into the project.

     
4. What housing gap/need does this renewal project address?
     
5. Briefly describe in one or two paragraphs how your project will commit to and assist in the advancing of the Madison/Dane CoC towards a Housing First model. Note the ways it addresses removing barriers to entry, utilizing best practices, efforts of prioritization of Chronic Homeless and Veterans in turnover units, client centered service delivery, inclusive decision-making, etc.)
     

6. Please describe how the proposed housing project will:

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   Maintain housing stability of project participants;
   
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   Maintain or increase income either through wages or benefits for project participants;
   
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   Increase non-cash mainstream resources for project participants
   

     
7. Briefly describe your experience using a Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) or similar client data base AND your experience operating a permanent housing program whether the program utilized agency owned units or privately-operated scattered-site units.

     
Enter requested budget by double-clicking on the embedded spreadsheet below.
1. Projects must provide a 25% match to any requested CoC funds other than lease funds. Match letters must be provided at the time the application is submitted into eSNAPS.

2. Rental assistance budgets must be calculated using the spreadsheet above.

3. Project may not request CoC Admin funds more than 7% of the requested CoC program funds.
In addition to the answers to the questions above, proposals will receive additional points for the following:

Proposals that are converting an existing transitional housing program to a permanent supportive housing or rapid re-housing project will receive priority.

Proposals for permanent housing projects that clearly document a gap in services will score higher than those projects that do not.
Proposals for permanent housing that utilizes the Housing First model and commits to pulling and considering names of homeless individuals and families from the HMIS prioritized list.

If requesting Rental Assistance budget, budget must be calculated using the worksheet below (double-click to access). No other method of calculating rental assistance budget is allowed.

		Rental Assistance Budget Worksheet
		Please click on the link provided below to obtain 2015 FMR amounts.
				2015 FMRs
Project Name:
Project Number:		NA
Rental Assistance:		$0
County/FMR Area:
Size of Units		# of Units		FMR/Actual Rent		# of Months		Total Budget
SRO			x		x	12	=	$0
0 Bedroom			x		x	12	=	$0
1 Bedroom			x		x	12	=	$0
2 Bedrooms			x		x	12	=	$0
3 Bedrooms			x		x	12	=	$0
4 Bedrooms			x		x	12	=	$0
5 Bedrooms			x		x	12	=	$0
6+ Bedrooms			x		x	12	=	$0
Total		0					=	$0

Signature: _________________________________________Date: ______________________________
Contact Person: ___________________________________ E-Mail Address:     ________________ __
Phone Number: _____________________________________

2015 Continuum of Care

Intent to Apply/Policy for Funding Consideration for NEW BONUS Projects
This solicitation seeks pre-applications for BONUS projects that will be competitively selected to forward as part of the Madison/Dane CoC application to HUD under the competition outlined in the FY2015 CoC NOFA. Projects locally selected may or may not be subsequently funded by HUD. Please complete the following form and return to [e-mail] by Thursday, October 8, 2015 by 5:00 pm.
If you have questions, please contact Sue Wallinger, [e-mail] or call 608-261-9148 OR attend the meeting of the CoC Application Committee, Wednesday, September 30^th, 8:30 am at Housing Initiatives, 1110 Ruskin Street.
This form is for any new projects created through bonus for permanent housing serving 100% chronically homeless, or, for rapid re-housing serving homeless individuals and families coming directly from the streets or emergency shelters, and includes persons fleeing domestic violence situations and other persons meeting the criteria of paragraph (4) of the definition of homeless in accordance with HUD’s definition 24 CFR 578.3. All new bonus project submissions must comply with the CoC Program Interim rule and FY 2015 CoC Competition NOFA. CoCs may create new projects through the permanent housing bonus in the amount of $472,269 (15 percent of the CoC’s FPRN), for the following types of new projects:
Project Type:

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