2010-2014 Consolidated Plan - City of Champaign

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Chronic HomelessnessThe Urbana-Champaign Continuum of Care has developed a 10-year plan to end chronic homelessness.The document is available on the web http://www.ccrpc.org/socialservices/pdf/UCCCTenYearPlan.pdfThe plan focuses on four components: Prevention, Coordination, Maintenance and Evaluation.Homeless PreventionThe following is listing of homeless prevention measures identified by the Continuum of Care:Information and Referral – Champaign County Regional Planning Commission and Family Service ofChampaign County’s First Call for Help provide information and referral to other agencies offering housingassistance and all available social services. The information is also available on Family Service’s website.Several publications are available in the community that list available social services and the agenciesproviding such: “The Help Book;” “Community Resource Guide for Children and Their Families;”“Champaign County Pocket Resource Guide;” “HIV & AIDS Services for Champaign County and EastCentral Illinois;” “The Champaign-Urbana Community Guide;” “Support Group Directory;” “Senior Guide;”and the “Senior Citizens Handbook.” These publications are free to the public and available at mostservice provider facilities, at public libraries, and at the all local government offices.Rent Assistance – Champaign County Regional Planning Commission offers assistance with first month’srent or up to one month’s past due rent. They also will be administering a Tenant-Based RentalAssistance Program called No Limits for very-low income households. Other rental assistance can beprovided for populations with special needs by Greater Community AIDS Project, Persons AssumingControl of their Environment (PACE), and the C-U Public Health District Ryan White Title II.Skills in Living – PACE offers classes in accessing assistance and independent living skills for persons withdisabilities permitting them to remain in non-supportive housing rather than moving to an assisted livingfacility.Assistance with Power Bills to Avoid Eviction – Champaign County Regional Planning Commission providesassistance with past due power bills under LIHEAP. The Norman Program under the Illinois Departmentof Children and Family Services also provides such assistance if it would prevent the removal of childrenfrom a secure home.Tenant Advocacy – CU Tenant Union intervenes with landlords on behalf of tenants to resolve disputesand avoid evictions. Champaign County Regional Planning Commission provides assistance with landlordnegotiations and housing counseling. PACE, Inc. provides housing education and advocacy to personswith disabilities.Healthcare and Counseling Services – Mental Health Center of Champaign County provides mental healthcounseling and emergency intervention services, crisis respite services, residential treatment for personswith chronic mental health issues, and stress management and crisis coping skills-building seminars.Prairie Center Health Systems, Inc. offers a full range of substance abuse treatment services includingdetoxification, short- and long-term residential and outpatient treatments, assessment, intervention, andcommunity-based programs. Carle Pavilion is another facility providing such residential and outpatienttreatment and is operated by a for-profit medical provider, Carle Medical Clinics. C-U Public HealthDepartment works with mothers of young children to provide necessary basic needs (WIC Program) andcounseling. Crisis Nursery of Champaign County offers family life-skills training. Frances Nelson HealthCenter provides medical care to uninsured and low-income households.Intervention On Behalf Of Children/Youth – Mental Health Center of Champaign County operatesRoundhouse, a short-term residential program for youth to age 18 who are runaways or otherwise inconflict with family members. Champaign County Regional Planning Commission uses Norman ProgramNeeds Assessment: Housing and Homelessness 37
monies to provide housing assistance to families connected with the Illinois Department of Children andFamily Services. Crisis Nursery of Champaign County provides shelter for infants and young childrenduring family crises situations, and childcare services for parents during job searches and for workingparents when childcare arrangements are disrupted.Budget Counseling – Champaign County Regional Planning Commission and the University of IllinoisCooperative Extension Unit provide one-on-one and group sessions to resolve difficulties with credithistories that might prevent a household or individual from renting an apartment or purchasing a house.TIMES Cente requires all transitional housing program participants to attend a money-management classheld onsite.Goals and Strategies to Address HomelessnessGoal: Provide Support for existing agencies delivering services to homeless individuals and families andencourage the expansion of local services to meet community homeless needs.Strategy: Support the existing network of local homeless services.• Continue to provide leadership and support of Continuum of Care.• Provide support to emergency and transitional shelters through Consolidated Social ServicePool fund allocations.Strategy: Improve and expand the existing network of local homeless services.• Support and encourage local efforts to acquire additional grant funding.• Support accurate and comprehensive data management through the HomelessManagement Information System (HMIS) and annual surveys.• Encourage expansion of transitional housing for women and children.• Encourage development of emergency shelter services or transitional housing for homelesstwo-parent households with children.• Encourage development of transitional living facilities for adults and youth with substanceabuse issues.• Encourage the development of a shelter facility to provide emergency services for elderlypersons who are victims of domestic violence.Strategy: Regularly review and evaluate the needs of the community for homeless andhomeless prevention service, and encourage local agencies to match service provided tocommunity needs.• Encourage and support area agencies to develop services such as Supportive Housing andSafe Havens for targeted populations such as homeless teens, teen parents, families,persons with disabilities, etc.Strategy: Take steps to stabilize households at risk of homelessness.• Develop and support rental assistance programs, with and without supportive services forextremely low and very low income persons.• Support programs offering permanent housing solutions for low and extremely low incomehouseholds• Support educational services including financial literacy, homeowner education and debtmanagement.Continuum of Care: Institutional StructureThe Urbana-Champaign Continuum of Care will continue to be the lead organization to address homelessconcerns in the community. The following organizations are members of the Continuum of Care:38 Needs Assessment: Housing and Homelessness
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service providers facilitate an eff
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E. PUBLIC HEARINGSDuring the Consol
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- Submission of objections within 3
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Neighborhood Services DepartmentNei
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CHAMPAIGN CITY COUNCILRegular Counc
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Appendix HAnti-DisplacementFOR Comm
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SECTION ISTEPS TO BE TAKEN TO MINIM
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SECTION IISTEPS TO BE TAKEN WHEN LO
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moderate income households that are
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SECTION IIISTEPS TO BE TAKEN WHEN C
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funding the project, or the displac
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Appendix AGLOSSARY OF TERMSBelow ar
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project is subject to the Uniform A
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Appendix BAPPEALSThe City of Champa
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Appendix COne for One Replacement P
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Appendix IHUD CPMP Needs Worksheets
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Table 1BSpecial Needs (Non-Homeless
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Housing Inventory Chart: Emergency
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Housing Inventory Chart: Safe Haven
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Housing Inventory Chart: Unmet Need
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