PY 2013 Action Plan - Draft - Tarrant County

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Acquisition of New Housing = any $ amount MAP is 20 years 4. Plans for using HOME funds to refinance existing debt secured by multifamily housing that is rehabilitated with HOME funds along with a description of the refinancing guidelines required that will be used under 24 CFR 92.206(b), are as follows: Tarrant County does not plan on re‐financing existing debt secured by multi‐family housing. Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) 1. Include written standards for providing ESG assistance (may include as attachment) Please see Written ESG Standards in Appendix. 2. If the Continuum of Care has established centralized or coordinated assessment system that meets HUD requirements, describe that centralized or coordinated assessment system. THe client intake form will be used as a common form so that data within will be put into the HMIS so that the CoC may track and report clients relative to each program. The HMIS is a coordinated assessment information system which allows for more accurate reporting and analysis. 3. Identify the process for making sub‐awards and describe how the ESG allocation available to private nonprofit organizations (including community and faith‐based organizations). A Request for Proposals (RFP) to receive Tarrant County HPRP funds was issued January 15, 2013 and was due back to Tarrant County Community Development on February 20, 2013. Funds were open to operations only as allocations for rapid re‐housing were made in‐house. The RFP for Operational funds were made available to all shelters that operate emergency shelters for the homeless.All proposals were evaluated by the Tarrant County Community Development Division on the basis of the following criteria: Scoring of RFPs: 100 Points Total Capacity: 20 points Need: 20 points Collaboration: 10 points Priorities: 20 points HMIS: 20 points Discharge Planning: 10 points Once all RFPs are evaluated, Tarrant County intends to administer its ESG program by contracting with selected local non‐profit service providers who directly assist homeless individuals and families and persons at risk of becoming homeless. 4. If the jurisdiction is unable to meet the homeless participation requirement in 24 CFR 576.405(a), the jurisdiction must specify its plan for reaching out to and consulting with homeless or formerly homeless individuals in considering policies and funding decisions regarding facilities and services funded under ESG. Tarrant County meets the homeless participation requirement. Tarrant County has taken several Annual Action Plan 2013 36 OMB Control No: 2506‐0117 (exp. 07/31/2015)
steps to ensure citizen participation has occurred, particularly for the homeless population. An annual public forum to hear the needs of homeless populations, agencies that serve them and case workers who work directly with the homeless or almost homeless population occurred on February 20, 2013 at the Presbytarian Night Shelter. The information and public comments received will be reflected in this substantial amendment and the PY2013 Action Plan for 2013 ESG funds. A public forum report is available in the appendix in the final Action Plan. Comments and information are also collected from the consumer council meetings held monthly that is comprised of homeless or formerly homelessness persons that have concerns with homeless programs and services. From this group, we are able to better identify their needs to assist them out of homelessness or prevent homelessness. 5. Describe performance standards for evaluating ESG. The performance standards will require initial evaluations and re‐evaluations. Subrecipients will be required to conduct initial evaluations of all households interested in receiving ESG assistance in order to determine eligibility and the cost and type of assistance necessary for the household to regain stability in permanent housing. The evaluation must comply with the County¿s written standards and the local Continuum of Care¿s centralized or coordinated assessment system. In order to successfully record performance outcomes, the CoC system requires that once a household is enrolled in an ESG program, non‐domestic violence agencies must complete an initial HUD Intake Assessment within the HMIS system (ETO), the HUD Mid‐Program Assessment, and the HUD Exit Assessment upon program. Performance outcomes will be reported to the County using the HMIS generated ESG reports. Domestic Violence Organizations will provide the same data utilizing their similar data systems. Reassessments are required for program participants receiving homelessness prevention assistance and rapid re‐housing assistance. Participants receiving homeless prevention must be reassessed monthly; rapid re‐housing participants must be reassessed at least quarterly. All participants must receive an exit assessment. The Tarrant County CoC will help provide data to asses performance of subrecipients thereby allowing Tarrant County to best allocate program funds for the program year. Data collected by the CoC will be provided quarterly and upon request. The administration of the HMIS will be lead by the CoC and chaired by a board of grantees and users. Discussion Annual Action Plan 2013 37 OMB Control No: 2506‐0117 (exp. 07/31/2015)
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