Goal 3 - Housing as a Platform for Improving Quality of Life

1. Goal 3 - Housing as a Platform for Improving Quality of Life Partnerships and Funding – Show Me the Money!

2. Service Coordinator model Let housers be housers. Let those with expertise provide the services. The Service Coordinator at the HA provides the connection!

3. Benefits to Property Management • New Research shows that Service Coordinators on-site: • reduce evictions, • Reduce turn-over and • Reduce property damage • FSS/ROSS STAFF – USE THIS INFO TO ADVOCATE FOR YOURSELVES!!!

4. Benefits to the Community • Program Coordinating Committee • Gap Assessment • Coalition-building • The PCC makes FSS Programs uniquely prepared for ROSS-SC

5. PIH Funding FY11 • HCV FSS – FY11 apps due June 8, 2011 • PH FSS – FY11 apps due June 29, 2011 • ROSS-SC – FY11 apps due July 13, 2011 • Capital Fund Community Facilities – FY11 due July 21, 2011 • Section 3 Coordinator Funding – due July 20, 2011 www.grants.gov http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/administration/grants/fundsavail (or, www.hud.gov, click I want to “apply for a grant” then “funds available”

6. And what about the rest of HUD? • PIH • Operating Fund • Capital Fund – 1410 -Management Improvements • CPD • CDBG – 20% may go to supportive services • Neighborhood Stabilization Program I, II and III • Continuum of Care – where are the PHAs? • Convert units/Partner with Supportive Housing? • Rapid Re-Housing Program • Multi-Family Housing • Neighborhood Networks www.neighborhoodnetworks.org

7. FY12 • ??? • Administration Request $60m – HCV FSS, $0 ROSS • Merger of HCV and PH FSS? • Inclusion of multi-family residents? • $0 dedicated Service Coordination Funding? • NOFA turnaround will be quick • Obligations/Expenditures issues • FUP (probably not) • VASH? • Homeless vouchers? What’s YOUR value added? Do you know?

8. A New Day at HUD: Inter-Agency Collaboration!! HUD is working on a number of Inter-Agency Agreements, many of which will be enormously beneficial to our PHAs. Anyone have information sharing agreements?

9. HUD-HHS • With HRSA - Primary Care in Public Housing, connecting PHAs to local health clinics (FQHCs) • With NHLBI-NIH, disseminating a “With Every Heartbeat is Life” curriculum to almost 20 HOPE VI sites. • New Access Point Grants – CHCs are eligible applicants, but funding priority for serving special populations, including PHA residents (Nov 2010) • Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI) - (USDA, Treasury, HHS) – up to $10 million to CDCs for CED projects located in food deserts and designed to improve access to healthy, affordable foods. (due 7/11/11) – PH residents are a targeted group. http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/foa/view/HHS-2011-ACF-OCS-EE-0178/html?msource=healthyfood

10. HUD-HHS - Health • DC-Baltimore & Bay Area Health Collaboratives • Upcoming PA Health Collaborative (Fall, 2011) • Asthma Interventions in Public and Multi-Family Housing (HUD funding apps due June 14) • HUD/HHS Community Living Collaboration • Addresses barriers to housing, services, workforce development, and need for additional service coordination staff for elderly/disabled

11. Youth Programs • Interagency Working Group on Youth Programs • www.findyouthinfo.gov • Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) Council • www.juvenilecouncil.gov • Federal Mentoring Council • www.nationalservice.gov • Youth In Transition – 30 state Task Forces – are you on yours? • http://www.solutionsdesk.ou.edu/ • National Forum on Youth Violence (White House Initiative) • 6 target cities – Detroit, Chicago, Memphis, Salinas, San Jose, Boston

12. Education • Coordinating Housing with Education Campaign (upcoming) www.GreatSchools.org • Gear Up - grants to state and local education agencies for college readiness starting with early childhood education (due 7/14/11) http://www2.ed.gov/programs/gearup/index.html • Safe Routes to School – DOT – find your state coordinator - http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/saferoutes/

13. Department of CommerceBROADBAND TECHNOLOGY OPPORTUNITY GRANT (BTOP) • The nonprofit organization One Economy Corporation (www.one-economy.com) received $28.5 million in BTOP grant money and $23 million in corporate matches to bring affordable broadband access and digital literacy training to over 150 housing developments across the country. To find out whether there is a possibility of working with One Economy, please go to: http://www.one-economy.com/who-we-are/contact to find the office closest to you. • To find other BTOP grantees near you with whom you may be able to collaborate: http://www2.ntia.doc.gov/awards; you can also do a search using key words by going here: http://www.ntia.doc.gov/broadbandgrants/applications/search.cfm • As of September 2010, BTOP grants are still being announced on a rolling basis.

14. Public Housing Neighborhood Networks Program • Technical assistance for Public Housing Neighborhood Networks (NN) grantees is available. www.neighborhoodnetworks.org • Appropriations for the NN grant program have ended, however: • Capital Funds may be used for the establishment and initial operation of a Neighborhood Networks center (under 1410 – Management Improvements) • Operating Funds may be used for the continued operation of a Neighborhood Networks center • Success Stories and Best Practices - http://lnshhq05w.hud.gov/NN/nn_news.nsf/websstories

15. HUD – Dept. of Labor Agreement • PHAs and Workforce Investment Boards (WIBs) should work together to identify training and employment opportunities associated with ARRA-funded capital improvement projects • PHAs and contractors should list jobs (e.g. Section 3 jobs) with their local WIBs. • Ongoing coordination between PHAs and WIBs • See HUD-DOL Secretaries’ letter and FAQ on www.hud.gov/recovery Did you see it? Did you do anything?

16. HUD/DOL • Job Corps: DOL has identified 8 “underenrolled” Job Corps sites; Field Offices and PHAs near those sites have been contacted. www.jobcorps.gov • YouthBuild: YouthBuild is green! HUD is encouraging collaboration between YB and PHAs. www.youthbuild.org • for 2011 grantees - http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/eta/ETA20110737.htm Who’s Connected? • Green Jobs Training • DOL-ETA’s Pathways Out of Poverty Training Grant - PHAs were recommended partners and several collaborations with PHAs were awarded http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/eta/eta20100039.htm

17. Department of Transportation • NOFA offers HUD’s Community Challenge Planning Grants and Department of Transportation planning grants to state and local government entities. http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/sustainable_housing_communities/HUD-DOT_Community_Challenge_Grants

18. Department of Treasury • Community Financial Access Pilot • http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/financial-education/Pages/default.aspx • MyMoney.Gov (the one stop shop for the federal government’s financial education resources) • FLECNationalNetwork.org(comprised of financial literacy materials submitted by state and local governments and associations of these governments)

19. IRS • HUD-IRS MOU on EITC http://www.hud.gov/content/releases/hudirsagreement.pdf • Establish VITA centers at or near PHAs; provide information and/or transportation to PHA residents to access VITA Centers

20. IDAs during EID – 24 CFR 960.225(d) • PHA's are permitted to offer public housing tenants who qualify for the EID the alternative of paying the full rent otherwise due, without the disallowance, and (42 U.S.C.A. § 1437a (2003); 24 C.F.R. § 960.255(d))putting the increased rent attributable to the increase in earned income in an individual savings account • Amounts deposited in ISAs may be withdrawn only for the purpose of purchasing a home, paying education costs of family members, moving out of public or assisted housing, or paying any other expense authorized by the PHA for the purpose of promoting the economic self-sufficiency of the resident. (24 C.F.R. § 960.255(d)(3)) • In the case of a lease breach or if the family moves out of public housing, the housing authority must pay the tenant the balance of the funds including interest but may retain an amount equal to any amount owed to the PHA. (24 C.F.R. § 960.255(d)(6)) • Whether a PHA offers an ISA is at its discretion and the decision whether to offer an ISA is one that should be reflected in the PHA annual plan documents. (See PHA Plans Template (HUD 50075), paragraph 4A(1)d., Available online at http://www.hud.gov/offices/pih/pha/templates/ )

21. Choice Neighborhoods • PHAs, Cities, non-profit and for-profit developers may apply • Whole neighborhood, not just PH • Provision of services to encourage self-sufficiency, relocation assistance and tracking will continue to be important. • Coordination with Promise Neighborhoods at Department of Ed • Focus on coordination with other federal agencies such as Labor and Justice • Coordinating local resources. • www.hud.gov/cn • Choice Neighborhoods Planning Grants – FY11 due Aug 8

22. There’s More!! • Resident Participation Funds ($25/unit) • Section 3 • Guidance on Community Service Requirement (PIH Notice 2009-48, extended 2011-11) • Evaluation of/Guidance on Earned Income Disregard • Evaluation of MTW innovations • FSS Demonstration/Evaluation • Project Re-Unite • Fatherhood Initiative – Fathers Day 2011 • Work Requirement/Preference Notice (PIH 2011-33)

23. Resources Galore! • Public Housing Newsletter • http://www.hud.gov/offices/pih/programs/ph/newsletter.cfm • Resident Services Resources & Best PracticesWeb Page http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/public_indian_housing/programs/ph/hope6/css/resources • Upcoming PIH Notice on Collaborations for Quality of Life

24. State-by-state listing of online access-to-benefits Guide http://www.cbpp.org/files/1-14-04tanf.pdf GEORGIA Policy Manuals/Materials •  SNAP (searchable) http://www.odis.dhr.state.ga.us/3000_fam/3420_food/MAN3420.doc •  TANF http://dfcs.dhr.georgia.gov/DHR-DFCS/DHRDFCS_ CommonFiles/10893209Georgia_TANF_Plan.pdf (State Plan) http://www.odis.dhr.state.ga.us/3000_fam/3390_tanf/TANF.htm (Policy Manual)  Medicaid http://dch.georgia.gov/00/channel_title/0,2094,31446711_80466652,00.html (State Plan) •  Child Care Assistance http://dfcs.dhr.georgia.gov/portal/site/DHRDFCS/ menuitem.83054cda1a084d2f7da1df8dda1010a0/?vgnextoid=b70b2b48d9a4ff00Vgn VCM100000bf01010aRCRD (State Plan) Descriptive Program and Eligibility Information •  SNAP, TANF, Medicaid and Child Care Assistance http://dfcs.dhr.georgia.gov/portal/site/DHSDFCS/ menuitem.5d32235bb09bde9a50c8798dd03036a0/?vgnextoid=17e92b48d9a4ff00Vg nVCM100000bf01010aRCRD •  SNAP georgia.gov -- Division of Children and Family Services (DFCS) (SNAP eligibility information in 11 languages) •  CHIP • http://www.peachcare.org/ Applications for Assistance •  SNAP, TANF and Medicaid • http://dfcs.dhr.georgia.gov/portal/site/DHS15 • DFCS/menuitem.5d32235bb09bde9a50c8798dd03036a0/?vgnextoid=024a2b48d9a4ff00Vg • nVCM100000bf01010aRCRD (Application in 11 languages) •  CHIP • http://www.peachcare.org/Guidelines.aspx Online Applications •  SNAP, TANF and Medicaid • http://compass.ga.gov •  CHIP • http://www.peachcare.org/Guidelines.aspx • Program Data •  SNAP, TANF and Medicaid • Annual Statistical Data (w/county totals) (2007 data) • http://www.dfcsdata.dhr.state.ga.us/

25. Who’s doing it already? • American Association of Service Coordinators (AASC) www.servicecoordinator.org • National Resident Services Collaborative www.residentservices.org • http://residentservices.org/best-practices.asp • Neighborworks Training – www.nw.org • National Association of Residents in Affordable and Assisted Housing – www.narsaah.org • National Center for Health inPublic Housing – www.healthandpublichousing.org • Nan McKay – www.nanmckay.org • PIC Consulting - www.picconsultingcompany.com • Tennessee Community Assistance Corporation – www.tcac.org

26. Service Coordination Best Practices… • Partnership, partnership, partnership • Local foundation with dedicated supportive services fund • Use your PCC to apply for grant funding to serve your residents • PHA-affiliate non-profits • BE ACTIVE in your community… Con Plan, Continuum of Care, etc. • Program graduates as mentors

27. Organizational Culture • HA is part of the community • All staff is empowered to look for and initiate community connections • Cross-train staff • ED is involved with community decision-making • CDBG/Consolidated Plan process • Continuum of Care

28. Bloomington Housing Authority (IN) Mission • To be integral to the community’s diverse cultural life and • To administer public funds using available resources in a manner which will allow the Bloomington Housing Authority to • offer a variety of affordable housing opportunities and • supportive services that foster stability and self sufficiency through • creative partnerships while • servicing our customers with the highest level of professionalism and respect. http://www.bhaindiana.net/

29. How? • The city, organizations, universities, etc. are mandated to provide services to at-risk populations… • You’ve got the people they’re looking for all in one place!

30. University Partnerships • Use students at all levels to provide services • Use students/interns to research and coordinate fundraising initiatives • Community Colleges using HA space for classes • Students/Interns to install/maintain computer labs • If you have an MSW on staff, they can supervise MSW interns. (Be aware of licensing requirements)

31. University Partnerships • Student Doctors, Nurses, Nutritionists • Schools of Architecture & Urban Planning • Theatre & Visual Arts programs for community history/engagement • Social Work, Public Policy • Culinary programs • Legal Clinics – wills, power of attorney, etc. • Community Engagement Office

32. Community Partnerships • Banks/Credit Unions (Financial Literacy = BIG DEAL!!) • City/State Dept of Health, Child & Family Services, etc. • Local FQHCs • Lion’s Club/Rotary/etc. • City Neighborhood Improvement Grants • Local Foundations • USE YOUR FSS PROGRAM COORDINATING COMMITTEE (PCC)!!

33. Resident Association(s) • Working with your RA(s) can reap great rewards • Establish the RA as a 501(c)(3) • When residents are involved, they know about the work you’re doing • Residents know what they need and how to get other residents involved • RAs can apply for ROSS-SC

34. For More Information – our team • Youth/Youth in Transition – maria-lana.queen@hud.gov • Prisoner Re-Entry & HUD/HHS Community Living Collaborative – Pamela.lawrence@hud.gov • Section 3/DOL – Ronald.T.Ashford@hud.gov • Health/Health Collaborative –Carol.payne@hud.gov • With Every Heartbeat is Life –len.clay@hud.gov • Neighborhood Networks/Broadband – dina.lehmann-kim@hud.gov • General Collaboration Information - anice.s.chenault@hud.gov