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You Are Invited to SAMHSA's 2017 Voice Awards! Wednesday, August 16, 2017, 7:30 p.m. Pacific Time | Los Angeles, CA Register to attend SAMHSA's 2017 Voice Awards! Help honor people in recovery and their family members who are community champions seeking to improve the lives of people with mental illnesses and addictions. The Voice Awards also recognizes television and film productions that educate the public about behavioral health and showcase that recovery is real and possible. Register To Attend in Person Register To Watch Online This year, the Voice Awards is putting the spotlight on individuals and entertainment productions that provide hope and support to those past and present service members who have faced mental health and addiction challenges. Due to high demand, please reserve your seat (whether in person or online ) no later than Friday, August 4. Please ...

Reminder – NHSDC Fall 2017 Conference Session Proposals due this Monday, Jul 17, 2017! Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser . ...

The CPD Funding Matrix and Dashboard Reports , as of July 1, 2017, have been posted to HUD Exchange. These reports provide funding information for each city and state that receive CPD program funds, including Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Continuum of Care (CoC), Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG), HOME, Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA), and Housing Trust Fund (HTF). Reports detail the size of each grant received over the past several years, as well as the total amount of funds currently available to be spent on affordable housing and community and economic development activities. CPD Funding Matrix Note: Based on the requirement that a grantee uses the adjusted ratio for determining its compliance with the CDBG timeliness standard of having no more than 1.5 times its annual allocation in its adjusted line of credit balance 60 days prior to the end of its current program year, HUD is in the process of updating the CDBG recapture risk column...

Hi all, As Korrin mentioned in her earlier email, I am taking over as your HUD TA Regional Team Point of Contact.   HUD is excited to offer your Continuum of Care Technical Assistance (TA) on Coordinated Entry. This voluntary and time-limited TA is intended to support your community in complying with the HUD Notice Establishing Additional Requirements for a CoC Centralized or Coordinated Assessment System by January 23 rd , 2018. To help you accomplish this, your community can take advantage of up to 16 hours of TA to support your utilization and review of the HUD Coordinated Entry Self-Assessment tool. Attached to this email you will find a copy of this tool and a flyer explaining this initiative. Technical assistance may be expanded at the discretion of HUD based on availability of resources and agreed upon needs. No matter where your CoC is in the design and implementation process of your coordinated entry system, your CoC may take advantag...

This training provides answers to common Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) questions and highlights HUD's interpretation of key policy issues. Participants will learn: CDBG National Objectives & Eligible Activities Program Administration & Financial Management Integrated Disbursement and Information System (IDIS) Performance Measurement & Reporting/Recordkeeping CDBG-Disaster Recovery (DR) eligible activities and requirements This is a 3-day training, and includes a combination of lecture and hands-on exercises. Who Should Attend? This training is intended for all Entitlement grantees. Please note that each grantee is limited initially to one (1) staff member. Schedule of Training Deliveries Title Date and Time Registration Link Basically CDBG for Entitlement Grantees - Philadelphia, PA August 22-24, 2017 8:30 AM-4:30 PM EDT Register Now Additional Information Please note that ...

In This Issue: Risk-Averse Hospital + Risk-Taking CDC = Partnership ● "Cappuccino" City ● What's "Affordable"? ● The Other Side of A Funding Proposal ● Also: Events ● You Said It! ● In Case You Missed It ● Jobs ● More Tuesday, July 11, 2017 In This Issue: Risk-Averse Hospital + Risk-Taking CDC = Partnership ● "Cappuccino" City ● What's "Affordable"? ● The Other Side of A Funding Proposal ● Also: Events ● You Said It! ● In Case You Missed It ● Jobs ● More How a Risk-Averse Hospital and a Risk-Taking CDC Built a Functional Partnership Interview by Miriam Axel-Lute and Lillian M. Ortiz, Shelterforce Hospitals across the countr...