Continuum of Care News

Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser . FY 2015 CoC Program Competition - Funding Announcement for Tier 2 Earlier today, Secretary Julián Castro announced $355 million to more than 1,200 local homeless housing and service programs across the U.S., Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. These Continuum of Care (CoC) grants support the Obama Administration’s efforts to end homelessness and build upon the $1.6 billion in funding HUD awarded through a first round of funding in March. View a complete list of all the state and local homeless projects awarded funding . Secretary Castro stated, “...

Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser . Impending FY 2015 CoC Program Competition Tier 2 Announcement HUD plans to announce FY 2015 CoC Program Competition Tier 2 conditional awards on May 2, 2016. Once the FY 2015 CoC Program Competition funding announcement is made, if you have any questions regarding the announcement, please submit those questions to the e-snaps Ask A Question (AAQ) portal on the HUD Exchange.

Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser . Submitting 2016 HIC and PIT Count Data - Deadline Reminder The deadline to submit your 2016 Housing Inventory Count (HIC) and Point-in-Time (PIT) count data in HUD’s Homelessness Data Exchange (HDX) web portal is  7:59:59 PM EDT on Monday, May 2, 2016 . Continuums of Care (CoCs) should consider the following issues as they prepare to submit their data. HIC and PIT Count Data in the Annual CoC Program Competition Meeting the HIC and PIT count data submission deadline is a factor considered by HUD in the annual CoC Program Competition. Submitting...

Ensuring Systems are Stable for the Long Term: Training on the Federal Benchmarks at the NCHV Annual Conference Space is limited, register today before it's too late! June 1-3 in Washington, D.C.  Register online | Download a registration form to return by fax  |  Discount room block SOLD OUT Download the 2016 NCHV Annual Conference brochure here We know that our first priority is ending homelessness for every unique individual veteran who needs us. Many communities are now looking at their response system overall and asking "are we there yet? How do we reach a functional end to veteran homelessness? What does that mean for our community going forward?" At the 2016 NCHV Annual Conference, you’ll hear directly from the Federal evaluators who will review your community’s application for the Federal benchmarks. Find out comm...

NHSDC Spring Conference Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser . ...

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Hi Team, I imagine that your may just be reaching this email today. I know that you receive a high volume, and I am really, really sorry for adding to it. I need your help. Please, please cc Lisa lisa.mayes@va.gov  if you are emailing me. I want to make sure that we don't lose any emails during the transition. However, if she isn't included and it just goes to me, there may be a very high chance that you won't receive a response right away. Please also help with including information like your grant number etc. I hope that you are doing extremely well. I am going to ask for your help in reading through this email very carefully J First, I wanted to thank you for all of your work. I know that there are many responsibilities with SSVF, and I truly appreciate your dedication. Second, I wanted to commend you on your work with community planning. In our region alone, we have had 8 communities and 2 states receive federal recognition for meeting the Benchmarks and Cri...

Webinar – Talking to Congress; Advocating for Homeless Veterans Thursday, May 5, 2016 at 3:00 pm EDT The National Coalition for Homeless Veterans (NCHV) is hosting the webinar, “Talking to Congress; Advocating for Homeless Veterans”, on Thursday, May 5, 2016 at 3:00 pm EDT.   Communicating with your elected representatives in Congress can be a daunting task if you have never attempted it before, but it need not be. As constituents, and as providers of housing, employment, and other services to homeless veterans, you would be welcomed in the offices of your Senators and Representatives. Furthermore, the work you can do in these meetings can bear fruit for helping programs and veterans across the country. If you are interested in starting to schedule these meetings, or maybe just interested in brushing up on interacting with Congress before yo...