Homeless Services Network of Central Florida » ESG http://www.hsncfl.org The lead agency for homeless services in Central Florida (Orange, Osceola, and Seminole Counties) Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:55:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 City of Orlando Grant Applications http://www.hsncfl.org/2010/04/city-of-orlando-grant-applications/ http://www.hsncfl.org/2010/04/city-of-orlando-grant-applications/#comments Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:48:17 +0000 Joel Remigio http://www.hsncfl.org/?p=503 The City of Orlando has released the applications for funding under three different programs:

The deadline for all of these applications is April 30, 2010. Click the links above to access the applications, or for more information, please visit the web site for the City of Orlando’s Housing & Community Development Department.

]]> http://www.hsncfl.org/2010/04/city-of-orlando-grant-applications/feed/ 0 State of Florida Emergency Shelter Grant Funding http://www.hsncfl.org/2009/04/state-of-florida-emergency-shelter-grant-funding/ http://www.hsncfl.org/2009/04/state-of-florida-emergency-shelter-grant-funding/#comments Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:06:29 +0000 Joel Remigio http://www.hsncfl.org/?p=192 The Department of Children & Families has issued a request for proposals for statewide Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG) funding.

Applicants statewide may apply for the State of Florida allocation, including those from formula communities that receive an ESG award directly from HUD. However, priority funding consideration for 2008 will be given to eligible applicants from non-formula communities upon which the state’s grant amount is based.

Application deadline is May 22, 2009, 3:30pm.

For all of the details, please visit DCF’s web site:

Federal Emergency Shelter Grants Program-Facility Proposal

Federal Emergency Shelter Grants Program-Prevention Proposal

]]> http://www.hsncfl.org/2009/04/state-of-florida-emergency-shelter-grant-funding/feed/ 0 CoC 10-Year Plan, Objectives and Action Steps http://www.hsncfl.org/2009/03/continuum-of-care-coc-10-year-plan-objectives-and-action-steps/ http://www.hsncfl.org/2009/03/continuum-of-care-coc-10-year-plan-objectives-and-action-steps/#comments Sat, 21 Mar 2009 00:55:02 +0000 Joel Remigio http://www.hsncfl.org/?p=100 We have received several calls recently with the same theme: What are the objectives of the Continuum of Care?

It seems the City of Orlando has asked Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG) applicants to demonstrate how their agency’s ESG project outcomes relate to the CoC’s objectives.

In the 2008 CoC application for Supportive Housing Program (SHP) funding, HUD established five national objectives to end chronic homelessness and move families and individuals to permanent housing:

  1. Create new PH beds for chronically homeless persons
  2. Increase percentage of homeless persons staying in PH over 6 months to at least 71.5%
  3. Increase percentage of homeless persons moving from TH to PH to at least 63.5%
  4. Increase the percentage of homeless persons employed at exit to at least 19%
  5. Decrease the number of homeless households with children

The first objective is about each CoC creating new permanent housing beds for the chronically homeless, supporting HUD’s priority to end chronic homelessness.

The percentages listed in objectives 2, 3, and 4 are based on national averages and our CoC aims for these targets as a minimum. HUD expects all CoCs to be meeting or exceeding these standards and will continue to increase them over time.  The annual increases aim to ensure that CoCs continue to serve those homeless populations that are the hardest-to-serve.

The last objective, to decrease the number of homeless households with children, was new in 2008.  

For each objective, HSN established specific action steps designed to accomplish the objective.  To see the action steps, download this excerpt from the 2008 CoC application.

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