Continuum of Care News

The Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) Homeless Data Exchange (HDX) Error Guide is a new AHAR resource intended to help communities improve the quality of the data submitted for the AHAR and to offer transparency about the full list and description of errors embedded within the HDX. This guide outlines all of the validation errors embedded within the AHAR module in the HDX. It is a new addition to the existing guidance materials to assist communities through the AHAR data collection process. View the AHAR HDX Error Guide on the HUD Exchange. In addition, the AHAR FAQ document has a few clarifications we made on the following topics: placement of transgender and other gender clients for both the length of stay questions and the household type questions, the treatment of Rapid Re-Housing (RRH) Demonstration projects for AHAR, how to indicate no veterans are served, and reporting the Summary category. Remember that the draft deadline for submitting both the All Persons and...

The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is holding a series of webinars for Continuum of Care (CoC) Collaborative Applicants and providers, Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) recipients and sub-recipients, and Housing Opportunities for Persons with Aids (HOPWA) grantees to educate participants about the requirements of the Equal Access Rule and Gender Identity Rule and how to ensure that projects operate in compliance with these rules. This webinar will also provide “LGBT Language 101” training to aid participants in increasing their knowledge and skills in using appropriate, inclusive language with all clients they serve. Participants will be introduced to HUD’s TA materials to aid their compliance efforts, including a self-assessment tool , staff and volunteer training scenarios , and a policies and procedures guidebook (all available on the HUD Exchange LGBT Resource page ). Webinar Dates Date ...

Having problems viewing this message? Click here to view it in your browser. SUBSCRIBE 10/27/2016 AHAR Fixes Applied We have updated the AHAR report on all locally hosted ServicePoint sites that are on version 5.12.18 or greater. This update accounts for the 2016 leap year in the "Number of Nights" questions. Additionally, this update resolves an issue when running the AHAR for all clients where the veteran beds were not being considered for questions 2 and 4 (number of beds for participating and non-participating providers respectively). Please contact your CSS if you have any questions. www.bowmansystems.com ...

Monitoring for CPD Programs Page Now Available HUD is excited to announce the launch of the Community Planning and Development (CPD) Program Monitoring page on the HUD Exchange. The CPD Monitoring page provides information and resources to CPD grantees and CPD Field Office staff to assist in preparing for a HUD monitoring review, conducting a self-review, or monitoring subrecipients and other partners. Begin with the Monitoring Overview for key overarching guidance and then continue with each program and crosscutting requirement: Monitoring Overview Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Entitlement CDBG State CDBG-DR Continuum of Care (CoC) Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) Programs HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) Crosscutting Requirements

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