FY 2014 CoC Funding Notice

Webcast Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for the Fiscal Year (FY)

2014 Funds in the FY 2013-FY 2014 Continuum of Care Competition

Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs September xx, 2014

Broadcast Overview

A. General Information for FY 2014

B. Policy Priorities

C. Budget Limitations and Implications

D. Permanent Supportive Housing Bonus

E. Selection

F. Project Application

G. CoC Priority Listing

H. Helpful Hints and Reminders

I. Tools and Resources

General Information for FY 2014

What’s New for 2014

FY 2014 Funding Notice

FY 2013 General Section NOFA still applies – NOT the FY 2014 General Section NOFA

No CoC Application

CoC Priority Listing

Section VI.C. of the FY 2014 Funding Notice

New forms added

Reallocation

Attachments

What’s New for 2014

Project Applications

New

Created through reallocation

Permanent Supportive Housing Bonus

CoC Planning

Unified Funding Agency (UFA) Costs

Renewal

Unified Funding Agency (UFA)

Designation approved by HUD

Approved designation for UFA has been communicated to selected CAs

13%

87%

UFA Applicants

Approved for UFA

Not Approved forUFA

Mistakes to Avoid

ALL projects must pass threshold

Including new projects created through reallocation

Tier 1 and Tier 2 Allocation

Review NOFA

Eligible Populations

Incomplete Answers

Reallocated projects are New projects - NOT continuing projects

Review “Lessons Learned in FY 2013"

A Note About Project Changes

Had to be identified during the FY 2014

Registration process

MUST be have an executed grant agreement on or before October 30, 2014

Leasing to Rental Assistance

Component Changes

SSO to Housing

TH to RRH

Policy and Other Priorities

Policy Priorities

• Strategic Resource Allocation

• Ending Chronic Homelessness

• Ending Family Homelessness

• Removing Barriers to CoC Resources

• Maximizing the use of Mainstream Resources

• Building Partnerships

• Other Priority Populations

Housing First

Connect families to permanent housing No preconditions

No barriers to entry

Includes supportive services

Housing First MUST be selected in FY 2014 project application if selected in the FY 2013 project application.

Adopting Housing First Review existing program policies and procedures

Implementing new services and practices

Review the “Housing First in Permanent Supportive Housing Brief”

Rapid Re-Housing

Tailored Intervention Time-limited financial assistance Targeted supportive services

Benefits House families quickly Reduce amount of time experiencing

homelessness Avoid near-term return to homelessness Link to community resources

New rapid re-housing projects can be created through reallocation

Review the “Rapid Re-Housing Brief”

Budget Limitations and Implications

GIW 7 Day Grace Period

See Section II.B.4. of the FY 2014 Funding Notice for details.

NO changes to the GIW after the 7 day grace period

Due date for final HUD approval is September 22, 2014

Funding Availability

$1.83 Billion available under this funding notice

CoCs will rank projects in Tier 1 or Tier 2

Tier 1 is equal to CoC’s ARD less 2%

Tier 2 is the amount between a CoC’s Tier 1 and CoC’s ARD, plus any approved amounts for CoC planning and UFA costs.

Permanent Supportive Housing Bonus

$40 million set-aside – NOT included in the Tier process

Reallocation Limits

Reallocation

PSH for chronically homeless persons

Rapid Re-Housing for homeless

households w/children

Use of Actuals for Fair Market Rent (FMR)

Amount Less than the FMR Renewal rental assistance projects are permitted to

request a per-unit amount less than the FMR; based on actual rent costs per unit.

The change will help reduce the number of projects that have large balances of unspent funds at the end of the operating year.

The amount requested must be sufficient to cover all eligible costs as HUD cannot provide funds beyond what is awarded through the competition.

Project applicants cannot request more than 100% of published FMR.

New project applications requesting rental assistance MUST request use FMR (24 CFR 578.51(f)).

Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) Bonus

PSH Bonus Competition – Section II.C.

Exclusively serve chronically homeless persons

Limited to one project per CoC

Prioritize CoCs with highest need in relation to chronic homelessness

Must meet eligibility, threshold and scoring criteria

Do NOT rank project within Tier 1 or Tier 2. Rank project as “999”.

Maximum Amount per CoC = 15% of FPRN or $10 million

FPRN = higher of ARD or PPRN – Section II.A.2.b of the FY 2014 CoC Registration Notice

PSH Bonus Competition - Criteria

100% Chronically

Homeless

Scattered-site Leasing, Tenant or Project based

Rental Assistance, or Operating Costs

Good Standing

70% Leasing, Rental Assistance, or Operating

Costs Rapid Implementation

Mainstream Service Systems

Coordinated Assessment System

PSH Bonus Competition - Scoring

Criteria Score

CoC Need: - Extreme High Need: 60 pts. - High Relative Need: 45 pts. - Medium Relative Need: 30 pts. - Medium-low Relative Need: 15 pts.

Maximum: 60 points

Project Quality - Prioritizing Highest Need: 10 pts. - Housing First: 10 pts. - Mainstream Services: 10 pts. - Leveraging: 5 pts. - CoC Score from FY 2013/FY 2014

CoC Applications: 5 pts.

Maximum: 40 points

Selection

Overview of Selection

1. Renewal Permanent Housing Projects, RRH and PSH;

2. New PSH Projects created through reallocation

3. New RRH created through reallocation

4. Renewal safe havens

5. Renewal Transitional Housing

6. CoC Planning Costs

7. UFA Costs

8. SSO Projects for Coordinated Assessment

9. Renewal HMIS

10. All other Renewal SSO Projects

11. Any project application submitted by the CoC that was not included in the HUD-approved GIW

Selection and the GIW

After the 7-day grace period closes, no additions can be made to ARD.

HUD can remove projects from ARD if they do not go to grant agreement by December 31.

If a project is missing from the final HUD-approved GIW, and the CoC realizes this after the grace period ends, no new funds will be added to ARD and the Tier 1 amount will remain the same.

The project, however, is still eligible for renewal and can submit an application.

That project will be selected last in Tier 1 or Tier 2, depending on where it is placed.

How a Missing Project Impacts Tier 1

ARA Amount After Error on GIW is Realized

Project Amounts After 19.82% Across the Board Cut

Project 1 $ 100,000 $ 80,180.00

Project 2 $ 200,000 $ 160,360.00

Project 3 $ 100,000 $ 80,180.00

Project 4 $ 50,000 $ 40,090.00

Project 5 Added After Grace Period $ 100,000 $ 80,180.00

NEW TOTAL Projects Eligible for Renewal $ 550,000 $ 440,990.00

CoC's ARD Remains at: $ 450,000

Tier 1 Remains at: $ 441,000

Across the Board Cut Required to Have All Renewals in Tier 1 19.82%

Final HUD-Approved ARA Amount on GIW

Project 1 $100,000

Project 2 $200,000

Project 3 $100,000

Project 4 $50,000

CoC’s ARD $450,000

2 Percent Cut $9,000

Tier 1 $441,000

Project Application

Overview of Project Application

Project applications Renewal projects

New projects created through reallocation

CoC planning

UFA costs

New PSH Bonus projects

Solo applicants 24 CFR 578.35

Notice CPD-14-01: Notice on Appeals for the FY 2013 - FY 2014 CoC Program Competition

Must submit the Solo Application by project application submission date: 7:59:59 pm, eastern time, October 30, 2014

CoC should have provided written rejection of the project

Read the Project Application Detailed Instructions on HUD Exchange website and proofread each application!

Attachments

Project application charts, narratives and attachments

SF-424 Application for Federal Assistance

SF-424 Supplement

Documentation of Applicant and Subrecipient Eligibility

Applicant Certifications

Form HUD-2880

SF-LLL

Applicant Code of Conduct

Form HUD-50070

CoC Priority Listing

Priority Listing

Listing of all project applications approved by CoC Local CoC Competition Requirement

The CoC MUST notify project applicants within 10 days prior to the HUD application deadline if their project application has been rejected

All parts must be completed before submission

Every project assigned a unique rank number

PSH Bonus project needs to be assigned a rank of ‘999’ in esnaps.

Priority Listing

Priority Listing

Reallocation Forms

Project application

ranking

Form HUD-2991

Final HUD-approved GIW

PSH projects prioritizing the

chronically homeless

Helpful Hints and Reminders

Helpful Hints and Reminders

Points to Consider CoCs AND Project Applicants are expected to read:

CoC Program Interim Rule;

FY 2013 NOFA General Section;

FY 2013 – FY 2014 CoC Program Competition NOFA;

FY 2014 Funding Notice; and

All additional training and instructions.

Helpful Hints and Reminders

Numbers entered must be consistent throughout the application (e.g. units, persons served, performance measures universe, HMIS and budgets)

Many grant applicants listed numbers that did not match when taken together in context.

Helpful Hints and Reminders

Collaborative Applicants should read the project applications prior to submission

There were instances of text cut and pasted in the wrong sections and questions that were missed.

A review by the CA prior to submission would catch many of the minor project application errors.

Strongly recommend the CA review the project applications prior to submission.

Tools and Resources

Tools and Resources

Visit HUD Exchange to access the following resources:

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Application Training Modules/Guidance

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