23 Dec 09 HSN Awarded $3.6 Million in Funding
HUD announced today that it has awarded to Homeless Services Network more than $3.6 million dollars in funding for Supportive Housing Program and Shelter Plus Care Program projects. This funding will allow HSN’s currently operating programs to continue their good work throughout the City of Orlando and Orange, Osceola, and Seminole Counties. HSN’s application for the funding of new projects is still pending HUD’s review process.
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19 Mar 09 Beware! Misleading web sites ahead!
With the economic stimulus package just around the corner, there are bad people ready to take advantage of those in need.
HUD recently sent out an email to alert HUD customers to a bogus and deceptive website (http://bailout.hud-gov.us) posing as HUD. The website attempts to dupe people into providing personal information. And because it has been designed to appear to be an official US Government website, people may fall prey to this scam.
HUD’s official website for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 is www.hud.gov/recovery.
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21 Feb 09 $5.8 Million Awarded To Homeless Services Network
HUD announced Thursday that $74,181,525 has been awarded in grants to over three hundred local homeless programs throughout Florida. Locally, nearly $5.8 million dollars is coming to homeless programs in the Orlando/Orange, Osceola, Seminole Counties Continuum of Care. This includes funding for a Rapid Re-Housing Demonstration Grant, one of only 23 such grants awarded nationally.
Clearly, we’ll be talking a lot about this news at our next CoC meeting and in the months ahead. For the full details on awards throughout the state, please visit HUD’s Homeless Resource Exchange. For local reaction to this great news, please see the Orlando Sentinel’s coverage.
11 Aug 08 Supportive Housing Program (SHP) Desk Guide Update
Anyone receiving funding through HUD’s Supportive Housing Program (SHP) or anyone who wants to receive funding through SHP will be interested in the revised SHP Desk Guide. The revised SHP Desk Guide incorporates new policy issues, and allows grantees to use a word search to find key information in the document.
Grantees are encouraged to review the new guide along with the PowerPoint presentation that provides an introduction to the new sections, and highlights changes and additions.
The SHP Desk Guide was designed to help homeless assistance program staff administering McKinney-Vento grants awarded through the Supportive Housing Program (SHP). The Desk Guide provides information, key resources and technical assistance on the life cycle of grants obtained through the Supportive Housing Program. The Guide is not a substitute for program regulations, but instead is a practical resource for common issues that arise during program implementation.
The SHP Desk Guide is available on the “What’s New” section of the HUDHRE web site.
05 Aug 08 Rapid Re-Housing for Families
In the 2008 Continuum of Care, HUD is offering additional funding for Rapid Re-Housing for Families projects. HSN will submit a project application and compete nationally for funding under this demonstration program. The continued, future funding of this type of project will depend on the outcomes achieved nationwide.
Under Rapid Re-Housing for Families projects, one household may receive leasing dollars one time for 3-6 months or 12-15 months, as determined at the time of the assessment. These households must have lived in emergency shelter or on the streets of 7 consecutive days and have at least one moderate barrier to housing. Households are expected to independently sustain housing, either subsidized or unsubsidized, at the end of the leasing subsidy; therefore, it is crucial that households are appropriately assessed. Households may also receive the following supportive services: housing placement, case management, legal assistance; literacy training, job training, mental health services, childcare services, and substance abuse services.
For more information about Rapid Re-Housing for Families projects, consult either HUD’s Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA), Part III or a summary by the National Alliance to End Homelessness (www.endhomelessness.org).
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