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Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser . HUD Updates eCon Planning Suite Data This message is to notify grantees that data used to populate Consolidated Plans in IDIS and displayed in CPD Maps has been updated as follows: 2006-2010 ACS updated to 2007-2011 ACS 2006-2010 CHAS updated to 2007-2011 CHAS 2010 Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics data has been updated to 2011 Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics Data will not be automatically updated in existing plans in IDIS. Grantees wishing to update data in existing plans may do so by following the steps below. A...

Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser . Register Today: Economic Development Toolkit Training Module The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is pleased to announce a series of three-day Economic Development Toolkit trainings . This training assists CDBG grantees in carrying out a variety of CDBG activities that result in economic opportunity. Participants will learn how to design and administer an effective economic development management team to carry out activities such as: Microenterprise development Assistance to for-profit businesses and communit...

Morning all, To register for the meeting, go to https://copa.webex.com/copa/k2/j.php?MTID=t64c49e192f42e2f3104cbc6807fafa45 and click the “register” button at the bottom of the page. You’ll receive a confirmation email with a hyperlink unique to you (i.e. do not share) and call in instructions.

Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser . Funding for Navigator Grants in Federally-facilitated and State Partnership Marketplaces Announced The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced the availability of $60 million in grant funding for Navigators in the Federally-Facilitated Marketplaces (FFM) and State Partnership Marketplaces (SPM) (sometimes referred to as Exchanges). Navigators are specially trained individuals or organizations that provide unbiased information about health insurance options and assist people in completing eligibility and enro...

June 24, 2014      ISSUES   |   POLICY   |   SOLUTIONS   |   NEWS & EVENTS Forward Editor: Emanuel Cavallaro Spotlight On... VA Report: Program for Homeless Veterans and Families Served More than 100,000 The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has released an annual report for the Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) program that lauds the effectiveness of the program and details its achievements. Calling SSVF "the first and only VA program that provides services to veterans and their families," the report notes that during the program's first two years it served nearly 100,000 veterans and their family members, and 85 percent of those exiting the program had permanent housing. VA claims in the report that the SSFV program, which is based on the Housing First model, has demonstrated that "high-impact, succe...

Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser . Registration Reminder: HUD and USICH Webinar - June 26, 2014 - 2 PM EDT Registration for the   HUD and USICH: Core Principles of Housing First and Rapid Re-Housing Webinar closes tomorrow at 2:00 PM EDT. For those who are unable to register or attend the live webinar, a recording of the webinar will be published on the  OneCPD Course Catalog  within one week of the broadcast.    This webinar focuses on the core principles of Housing First and Rapid Re-Housing and will be presented by Ann Oliva , the Act...

Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser . Update on the Status of the Proposed HOPWA Formula Change The Current HOPWA Formula FY 2014 Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA) formula grant awards were allocated using the same formula that has been statutorily required since the program was established in 1990. This formula was, based on two key factors: 75% of the formula is allocated based on cumulative AIDS cases, including those persons both living and deceased since the start of the epidemic in 1981; and   25% of the formula is based on AIDS incidence...

        Home       Opening Doors      Contact communications@usich.gov Your Input Is Essential to the Ongoing Success of Opening Doors   Dear Valued Partner, Yesterday marked the fourth Anniversary of the launch of Opening Doors , the first-ever Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness. In four years, we have changed the trajectory of homelessness in America. In just the first three years of implementation, Opening Doors led to significant reductions in homelessness, including an eight percent reduction in homelessness among families, a 16 percent reduction in chronic homelessness, and a 24 percent reduction in homelessness among Veterans . And we...