Continuum of Care News

May 13, 2014      ISSUES   |   POLICY   |   SOLUTIONS   |   NEWS & EVENTS Forward Editor: Emanuel Cavallaro Spotlight On... VA Proposes Rule to Prioritize Assistance for Low Income Veteran Families The Department of Veterans Affairs is proposing a new rule that would require that grantees under the Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) Program provide permanent housing assistance to eligible veteran families who would likely become homeless without it. The proposed rule would expand grantees' authority to provide certain services to extremely low-income veteran families as well as clarify which services are not permissible uses of SSVF funds. The deadline to submit comments on the proposed rule is June 23. More information Hill Update ...

1.      Proposed Rule Published in the Federal Register on May 9, 2014 2.      Households Served by Continuum of Care (CoC) Survey – Missing Grantee Information! 3.      National Center on Homelessness Research Brief: Impact and Performance of the Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) Program: Results from the FY 2013 Program Year 4.      Program Guide and SSVF University Updates 5.      Q3 Program Change Requests Reminder 6.      Cancellation of SSVF May Webinar Proposed Rule Published in the Federal Register on May 9, 2014 Attached, please find the recently published Proposed Rule.  The VA proposes to amend its regulations concerning the SSVF Program.  The proposed changes would clarify that grantees must focus on providing permanent housing to eligible Veteran families who, without SSVF assistance, would likely be hom...

Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser . HUD Issues Memo on System and Regulatory Changes to Eliminate First-In-First-Out Accounting in IDIS HUD has issued a Memo on System and Regulatory Changes to Eliminate First-In-First-Out (FIFO) Accounting in the Integrated Disbursement and Information System (IDIS) . The memo describes pending system and regulatory changes that will significantly impact the administration of the following programs: Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) Housing Opportunities for ...

Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser . Save the Date: Upcoming Basically CDBG for Entitlements and Disaster Recovery Module Training The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is pleased to announce a series of 3-day Basically CDBG for Entitlement Grantees and Disaster Recovery Module Training , in San Antonio, TX and Philadelphia, PA. This training will guide and assist Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) grantees in the implementation of their programs. Participants will learn: CDBG National Objectives & Eligible Activities Progra...

Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser . IDIS 11.8 Release Notification The 11.8 system release for IDIS Online will deploy May 9 starting at 9:00 PM EDT. View the IDIS Online 11.8 Release Notes that will go live in the system on May 12 as a result of the release. The release notes will also be posted in the News section in IDIS Online after deployment.

May 7, 2014 House HUD Funding Subcommittee Releases FY 2015 Spending Bill This morning, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released its fiscal year (FY) 2015 funding bill for programs under its jurisdiction, including all programs within HUD. The legislation includes $2.105 billion for HUD's McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Grants, the same amount as last year and $300 below the level proposed by the Administration. Simply put, this funding level is unacceptable. Due to expiring multi-year grants and increased renewal demand, a $2.105 billion funding level would result in funding cuts to Continuums of Care . Communities would be required to once again make the difficult tiering/prioritization decisions they made for the FY 2013 NOFA. Flat funding for McKinney would mean a step back in our efforts to prevent and end homeless...

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Please visit our hmisadmin.com site to view our monthly HMIS report cards.  These will be implemented and enforced on 7/1/14.   Thanks to those of you that collaborated and participated in our numerous meetings/trainings pertaining to this project (especially Sam)! For those of you seeking additional information regarding our monthly HMIS report card, please contact our HMIS Program Liaison, Samantha Just, at sjust@baltimorecountymd.gov or  410-887-5968 to join us at one of the future meetings listed below.   Data Management Committee Meeting (7/3, 10:30am) -seating is full for this meeting -conference call & web only HMIS Report Card Review   (7/8, 11:30am) -seating is limited; first come, first serve by appointment request w/Sam -conference call & web available Jason Burns , MCSE HMIS System Administrator Baltimore County Dept of Planning 105 W Chesapeake Ave, Ste 201 Towson, Mar...