April 21 at 10:00 a.m. Presented by the John Burton Foundation & California Coalition for Youth

1. Follow the Money: What’s In Store for Federal HUD Funds April 21 at 10:00 a.m. Presented by the John Burton Foundation & California Coalition for Youth

2. Outline of Presentation • Introduction to Federal HUD homeless programs • HEARTH Act implementation and implications for youth providers • Your local process and making the youth provider voice heard • Q and A

3. Today’s Presenters • Debbie Raucher, John Burton Foundation • Danielle Wildkress, Homebase/The Center for Common Concerns • Deanne Pearn, First Place for Youth • Laura Beadles, San Diego Youth Services

4. McKinney Vento – Current Programs • Passed in 1987 - First significant federal legislative response to homelessness • Continuum of Care Programs • Supportive Housing Program (SHP) • Shelter Plus Care (S+C) • Single Room Occupancy Moderate Rehab (SRO Mod Rehab) • Emergency Shelter Grant

5. Continuum of Care Programs • Supportive Housing Program (SHP): • Funds construction, support services, leasing and operations costs • Transitional or permanent housing or projects that are support services only for homeless persons • Safe Havens: Supportive housing that serves hard-to-reach homeless persons with severe mental illness Continued

6. Continuum of Care Programs (cont.) • Shelter Plus Care: Provides rental subsidies for homeless persons with disabilities • SRO Moderate Rehab: Provides rental assistance for homeless persons in connection with the moderate rehabilitation of SRO dwellings

7. Continuum of Care Process • Each local jurisdiction defines a local planning process to determine funding priorities • Each community receives the amount of funding necessary to renew existing projects • Communities compete to receive additional funding for “bonus projects” • Permanent housing only • Prioritization of projects serving “chronically homeless”

8. Emergency Shelter Grant • Funding available for construction and operations of emergency shelter and transitional housing • Funds are allocated by HUD to communities based on a formula • Communities that do not receive their own allocation can apply for funds through the State • Communities determine their own local process for allocation

9. Danielle Wildkress, Homebase

10. History and Background • HEARTH Act was first piece of legislation to significantly amend McKinney-Vento Act in two decades • Signed into law May 20, 2009 • Codified many of the best practices developed over last two decades • Much of the implementation detail is unknown until HUD issues regulations

11. Implementation Timeline • HUD currently in process of preparing regulations • HUD released regulations regarding the definition of homelessness this week. Public comment is open for 60 days. • All regulations must be released by May 20, 2010 and finalized by November, 2010 • 2011 competition will be first year under new regulations • The time to get involved is…NOW!

12. Implications for Homeless Youth Providers • Broadening of definition of homelessness including specific reference to unaccompanied youth • Shift of resources from emergency shelter to prevention and rapid re-housing • Delineation of performance requirements • Prevents discrimination in housing programs against families with teenage children

13. Definition of Homelessness Previously limited to those living in: • Emergency shelters • Safe Havens • A place not meant for human habitation (“streets”) • Transitional housing (and was living immediately prior on streets or in shelter) continued

14. Definition of homeless (cont.) • An institution for no more than 30 days (and was living immediately prior on streets or in shelter) • Being evicted within one week from a private housing unit with no place to go • Being discharged from an institution within one week with no place to go • Fleeing domestic violence

15. Homelessness Redefined The new definition of homelessness adds the following: • Losing housing at a private residence within 14 days (up from 7 days) • Staying at a hotel or motel paid for by government entity or non-profit • Exiting an institution after residing there for up to 90 days (up from 30 days), and was homeless immediately prior to entering that institution. continued

16. Homelessness Redefined (cont.) • Unaccompanied youth and homeless families who: • have not had a lease or owned property in the past 91 days, • have had 3 or more moves in the past 90 days, and • are likely to continue to be unstably housed because of disability, domestic violence, addiction or multiple barriers to employment

17. Definition of Chronic Homeless Previously defined as a single unaccompanied adult with a disabling condition who has been either: • continuously homeless for a year or more, • OR • has had at least four episodes of homelessness in the past three years. HEARTH Act expands definition to include families in addition to single individuals

18. Addition of “at risk” Criteria Defined as individuals and families: • Whose income is below 30% of AMI • Who has insufficient resources immediately available to attain housing stability, and • who has moved frequently because of economic reasons • is living in the home of another because of economic hardship • has been notified that their right to occupy their current housing or living situation will be terminated • lives in a hotel or motel • lives in severely overcrowded housing • is exiting an institution or • otherwise lives in housing that has characteristics associated with instability and an increased risk of homeless

19. Emergency Shelter to Emergency Solutions • Emergency Shelter Grant program is renamed Emergency Solution Grant • Significant increase to amount of recommended funding • Existing emergency services to be maintained, however new funding to be directed to prevention and rapid re-housing programs

20. Prevention and Rapid Re-housing • Direction of new resources away from emergency shelter to prevention and rapid re-housing • New program to be modeled after ARRA funded HPRP program • Includes • Short and medium term rental subsidies • Housing relocation or stabilization services • Eligible population includes both homeless and at-risk

21. Performance Requirements Application will be more focused on performance, including: • Reducing duration of homelessness • Reducing recidivism • Reducing the number of people who become homeless

22. Families with Children • Prevents discrimination against families with children under 18 based on age of children • Some exceptions for transitional housing

23. Other Changes • Increase to allowable administrative fee • Adds detail regarding participation requirements in HMIS • Simplifies match requirements to 25% of total grant except leasing costs (either cash or in-kind) • Combine SHP, S+C, SRO Mod Rehab and Safe Havens into one program • Rural Continuums of Care may apply for funding under a different more flexible set of conditions

24. Changes to the Continuum of Care Structure • Requires a Collaborative Applicant • Some CoC's may become “Unified Funding Agencies” • You will want to make sure that the youth/TAY provider perspective is part of any restructuring!

25. Deanne Pearn, First Place For Youth

26. The HPRP Example: A New Name for an Old Idea • Case Study: How First Place accessed HPRP funds • The new Emergency Solutions funding, focused on prevention and rapid re-housing, stems from work of youth providers. • HPRP model renames work already being done by many youth providers. • Time limits in shelter and a lack of emergency shelter beds for youth already forces providers to move youth into housing quickly.

27. Strategies for Making the Youth Provider Voice Heard • Learn about the CoC process in your community • Each community is unique • What are the decision points? • Who are the key players? • Start early • Don’t wait until the NOFA comes out to get involved • Make sure that you are represented when discussions about strategic priorities are taking place.

28. Strategies for Making the Youth Provider Voice Heard • Cultivate relationships: Successful organizations are continually working to cultivate relationships with funders. This includes government funders. • Once funding is received, continue to stay involved and nurture relationships with funding agencies. • Involvement in the CoC process should be viewed as a long term investment – the payoff may not be immediate.

29. Laura Beadles, San Diego Youth Services

30. San Diego Youth Services • A comprehensive non-profit organization that has helped stabilize the lives of more than a half-million young people and their families since 1970. • Our Mission is to help at-risk youth and their families become self-sufficient and reach their highest potential. • We administer programs from sixteen locations throughout San Diego County such as: • Counseling Cove • Storefront • Take Wing

31. Solution Consortium • Agencies came together to apply for collaborative HUD grant in 1986 • In order to be competitive a cross section of sub-populations was included • SDYS’s presence at the table ensured funding included for youth services

32. Strategies for Success • Attend Continuum of Care meetings • Make yourself known: Bring information to the group regarding youth issues and ensure that key players know who you are. • Show up even when the agenda topics don’t seem relevant to you

33. Benefits of Participation for SDYS • Leveraging resources and improved coordination with adult shelters and programs • Improved methodology for counting youth during bi-annual homeless count • Domestic Violence Council – creation of youth violence subcommittee

34. Upcoming Trainings • May 19th, 10:00 am – Webinar: Runaway and Homeless Youth Act • June 16th, 10:00 am – Webinar: MHSA Housing program • June 17th – RegionalTraining: What do Foundations Really Want, Riverside County • July 8th: Federal Youth Partners Training, Bay Area • July 22nd: HYCBP annual meeting, Los Angeles To apply to become an affiliate of the project go towww.cahomelessyouth.org

35. Questions or comments? Enter questions on your screen now by clicking the “Questions” panel, typing your question, and clicking “Send.” Or direct later questions or comments to: Debbie Raucher John Burton Foundation (510) 593-8382 debbie@johnburtonfoundation.org www.cahomelessyouth.org