Continuum of Care News

Whenever decisions are being made that impact young people, it’s important that youth are at the table and have equitable decision-making responsibilities. This can happen through a variety of approaches: working with young people to establish a youth leadership body, including one or more youth representatives on a board of directors, or creating opportunities for young people to speak for themselves. Young people who are receiving services should be encouraged to participate in decisions that directly impact their housing and well-being. Please join HUD and True Colors Fund to learn about how your community can create authentic and meaningful partnerships with youth who have experienced housing instability or homelessness. We are hosting two webinars on different dates with the same content to explore authentic youth collaboration. Please register for the webinar date and time that best fits your schedule using the links below. Register for the Tuesday, November 13, 20...

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This webinar highlights key changes between the LSA and the retired Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR). New HUD Export: LSA Bed Inventory Requirements November 8 at 11 am Eastern / 8 am Pacific Join us for an important training session in which we will review how WellSky's export tool will equip you to submit HUD's new Longitudinal Systems Analysis (LSA). The final parameters of the LSA are still under review at HUD, but WellSky will share our new export tool with you in advance of this training session. Look for an announcement on or shortly after October 31 when the tool is ready. We want to ensure you are fully prepared well before the official submission deadline of November 28, 2018. Under the new requirement, each Continuum of Care (CoC) will submit a single zip file containing 10 CSV files. Any data errors must be corrected in the source HMIS a...

The 2019 Point-in-Time (PIT) Count is fast approaching. To help prepare Continuums of Care (CoCs) for the 2019 PIT count, and address any other questions CoCs have about the PIT count, HUD is hosting its next PIT count office hours on October 30, 2018 from 1:30 to 3:00 PM EDT . HUD will start the call with a discussion of the 2019 Housing Inventory Count (HIC) and PIT count changes and will also discuss issues around PIT count volunteers, including recruitment, training, and waivers. Note that HUD will not be conducting a separate webinar for the 2019 HIC and PIT Count Notice. HUD anticipates conducting one more office hours session preceding the 2019 PIT count. Register for the October 30 PIT count office hours . Additional PIT Count and HIC Resources PIT and HIC Guides, Tools, and Webinars Page : This is a one-stop site where communities can access all of HUD’s guidance on how to plan and implement their PIT counts. The resources include the annual notice, the PIT Cou...

The latest veteran homelessness news, resources, and funding opportunities October 2018 NCHV eNewsletter NCHV is ending homelessness among veterans by shaping public policy, promoting collaboration, and building the capacity of service providers Hill Watch: Risk of Delayed Funding – Ask VA to Award Newly-appropriated SSVF Funds Congress recently made an additional $40 million available for the use of the Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) program in this fiscal year (FY 2019). VA has the option to disperse these funds through the current FY 2019 Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA), otherwise it would be held until a new round of applications. Your help can convince VA to get this money into communities as fast as possible. Veterans at risk of homelessness...