# Presentation: 923153

## Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA)
2005 Competition

April 5, 2005 

**2005 Competition**
**April 5, 2005 **

- 2005 HOPWA Grant Competition

**Notes:**
Presenter: David Vos

## Today’s Broadcast - 2005 Overview

**Renewal of Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) Grants**
**New Permanent Housing Projects in Non-Formula Areas**
**SPNS Demonstration Grants for Transitional Projects**

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**Notes:**
Presenter: David Vos

## 

Electronic submissions
Threshold Reviews on PSH Renewals
Rating Criteria for New and Continuing Projects
Leveraging requirements

**Electronic submissions**
**Threshold Reviews on PSH Renewals**
**Rating Criteria for New and Continuing Projects**
**Leveraging requirements**

_***Today’s Broadcast - 2005 NOFA ***__**Learning Objectives**_

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## HOPWA Program Purpose

-   **To provide states and localities with the resources and incentives to devise long-term comprehensive strategies for meeting the housing and related supportive service needs of low-income persons with HIV/AIDS.**

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## HOPWA Client Outcomes

-   **HOPWA resources are used to assist low-income persons living with HIV/AIDS and their families establish or maintain stable housing, reduce their risks of homelessness and improve their access to healthcare and other support**.

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## 2005 Available Funding

- Formula Grants in 122 St/local: $251 million
- National Technical Assistance: $2 million
- This Competition: $37 million (includes $9 million in FY2004)

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## Sec. I Description with Definitions

- Includes Permanent Housing (legal rights to continued occupancy)
- PH projects show at least 51% of funds dedicated to this purpose
- For expiring grants (in FY05 or by 9/21/06) by term of grant agreement

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## Sec. I Description with Definitions

- SPNS Demonstration Grants (Transitional, Short-term or Emergency housing efforts that lead to Permanent Housing at the end of the grant)
- Transitional Housing involves housing  intended to facilitate movement of clients to permanent housing within 24 months

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## Sec. II Award Information - 

- Awards for 3 year performance contracts
- potential for renewal of PSH projects but not for SPNS demo TH grants
- max. grant amount at $1.43 million
- 30-36 grants expected to be awarded

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## Sec. III Eligibility 

- Covers eligibility
- As Renewals
- As New and Continuing Applicants
- As Non-Profit applicants or sponsors

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## Sec. III Eligibility

- Describes 11 program requirements:
- performance output and outcome goals
- use of the logic model
- agreements on maintaining permanent housing
- obligation of grant funds
- development and operational benchmarks

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## Performance Goals - Outputs for Housing Assistance 

- Number of housing units or households assisted during each of 3 years of grant operations
- Commitments detailed in the new budget form for the grant and for each sponsor

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## Performance Goals - Client Outcomes 

- Achieving housing stability, reduced risks of homelessness, and improved access to healthcare and other support
- Annual housing assessment

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## Eligible Activities for Renewals   

- Approved current activities with on-going costs, e.g. rental assistance
- Includes operating costs for facilities or community residences developed in the original grant
- No new activities or new housing sites or development

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## Eligible Activities for All Applicants

- PH focus with efforts to access mainstream services
- Limits on services (35%) & other healthcare limits apply, e.g. not funding medications
- Grantee & Project Sponsor administrative costs include data collection & evaluation efforts for annual reporting

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## Eligible Activities for All Applicants

- Defines: Permanent Housing Placement  Services to include application fees, credit reviews, & reasonable security deposits not exceeding 2 months
- Does **not** include other move-in items e.g. furniture, unit repairs (which may be leveraged)

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## Sec. IV Application and Submission Requirements

- Grants.gov process for electronic submission
- help at
-       support@grants.gov
-       800-518-GRANTS

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**Notes:**
Presenter: David Vos

## Sec. IV Application and Submission Requirements

- Documents in e-grants or electronic facsimile
- SF-424 & Survey,
- Logic Model,
- Con Plan Cert,
- Cert on RC/EZ/EC-II if applicable,
- Disclosures & Lobbying, and
- App receipt & comments.

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## Sec. IV Application and Submission Requirements

- HOPWA Application Budget (2-part form) & Certifications
- Narratives for each section
- Proof of Nonprofit status of applicants and sponsors (except renewals with the  same project team)
- Documentation of leveraging

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## Sec. IV Application and Submission Requirements

- Scanned copies or electronic facsimile (see General Sec. IV.F)
- Only attachments, such as leveraging letters, certifications, nonprofit status documentation
- With cover form HUD-96011

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## Sec. IV Application and Submission Requirements

- HOPWA NOFA Application Submission Date for All Types
- May 27, 2005
- Waiver of e-grant (April 28*) for cause (see General Sec. IV.F)
- Copy of materials at Grants.gov
** Submission date corrected on slide*

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## Eligible Applicants/Sponsors:

**Long-term Projects in Non-formula Areas (LT)**
- 		Only States and local governments
**Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS)**
- 		States and local governments
- 		Non-profit organizations

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## Grant Size --$1.3 million 

- Maximum grant for proposed activities with tie to current BLI for renewals 100% up to 120% with leveraging
- Add administrative costs (includes data collections & reporting), up to 3% Grantee & up to 7% Project Sponsors

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## Eligible Activities & Limits

- Defined activities with housing outputs in budget form with descriptions in narratives (not allowing for future RFP)
- Housing Assistance with focus on PH or linkages to PH:
- 	through housing subsidies
- 	in housing facilities and community residences

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## Outreach to Special Populations (not a rating criteria)

- Veterans
- Chronically Homeless and/or other homeless persons

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## Supportive Services 

- With limit at 35% of program activities
- Not including medications
- Leveraging of other mainstream service funds (tie to BLI for renewals or rating criteria for new projects)

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## Housing Information & Other Services

- Information for clients on available housing
- Not additional Resource Identification/Technical Assistance (see national TA support) and
- No personal items, entertainment, financial assistance, vehicles

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## Housing Assistance

- In Facility-based Housing:
- Acquisition & new construction
- Lease
- Rehabilitation
- Operating Costs for housing

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## Housing Assistance

-  In Housing Subsidies:
- Tenant-based rental assistance
- Short-term rent, mortgage, and utility payments

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## Application Budget Summary (all applicants) Form HUD-40110-B (10/2004)

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_**Application Budget Summary **__**(all applicants)**__** **__**Form HUD-40110-B (10/2004)**_

## Detailed Project Budget and Housing Outputs (each organization)Form HUD-40110-B (10/2004)

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_**Detailed Project Budget and Housing Outputs (each organization)**__**Form HUD-40110-B (10/2004)**_

## Example: Sponsor of Community Residence

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_**Example: Sponsor of Community Residence**_

## Questions & Answers 

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## Sec. V Application Review Information

- Threshold reviews for expiring PSH renewals
- Competitive Rating & Ranking for New & Continuing Applications

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**Notes:**
Presenter: Ken Rogers

## Threshold Review for Renewal Applications 

- Permanent supportive housing projects under prior HOPWA award
- Must show measurable progress in meeting requirements and
- Avoid weak performance, such as **not** expending more than 50% of funds by submission date (May 27)

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## Renewal Applications 

- Grants now expiring under grant agreement terms
- Same team of organizations (unless change of sponsor is justified and new sponsor has sufficient capacity, a minimum of 14 of 20 points)

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## Renewal Applications 

- Updated plans and goals to be achieved
- Renewable activities
- Budget Line Items (BLI) adjusted to plans, allowance for 120% over current (if services requested, must show equal leveraging of other supportive services commitments)

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## Renewal Applications 

- Includes an Executive Summary and  synopsis:
-  Overview of main components
-  any updated elements
-  annual housing output for the next year
- Grantee/sponsor contacts

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## Renewal Applications 

**Provision of Current PSH Narrative**
- demonstrate how your project provides permanent supportive housing through HOPWA
-  Describe planned performance benchmarks, and how your current project has been meeting your goals

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## Renewal Applications 

**Achieving New Results and Program Evaluation**
- identify the housing benefits or outcomes of your Renewal program
-  address your evaluation plan  or method of collecting data on HUD program measures

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## Renewal Applications 

**Leveraging for supportive service requests**
- If your renewal project requests funding for supportive services, your application will be reviewed for leverage.
-  demonstrate evidence of commitments from other state, local, federal, or private resources to provide additional supportive services
-  Allows for BLI increases to 120% from current grants BLI for continuing activities

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## Renewal Applications 

**Limits on supportive service requests**
- Limits of 35% of the maximum activity cost at $455,000

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## Competitive Rating and Ranking for New and Continuing Applications 

**Long-term Projects for Permanent Housing in Non-Formula Areas**
**SPNS Demonstration Grants for Transitional Projects**

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## New and Continuing Applications 

- 100 rating points available
- 2 bonus points RC/EZ/EC-II
- 75 points minimum required along with minimum of 14 of 20 points for capacity

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## Rating Criteria New Projects 

- Capacity (20)
- Need (15)
- Soundness of
- 	Approach (45)
- Leveraging (10)
- Achieving Results (10)

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**Notes:**
Presenter: Ken Rogers

## Factor 1:  Capacity of the Applicant and Project Sponsors (20 pts)

- HUD will consider your:
- ability to develop & operate programs
- past experience
- experience in monitoring & evaluating programs
- prior performance with HUD

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## Factor 2:  Need/Extent of Problem (15 pts)

- Description of unmet _***housing***_ need in your area, shown in Con Plans, Cont. of Care or other plans
- Involving a comprehensive and coordinated approach
- Shown in sound & reliable data
- AIDS cases from CDC data

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## Factor 3:  Soundness of Approach (45 pts)

- _(15 pts) Responsiveness:_  Address unmet housing need through the provision of housing activities with related operational plans and support.
- _(5 pts) Coordination:_
- 	Coordinated project activities with other organizations to complement efforts, and access other mainstream support

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## Factor 3:  Soundness of Approach

- _(5 pts) Public Policy Priorities:_
- Visitability & Universal design;
- nonprofit grassroots community-based organizations, including faith-based;
- Energy Star;
- regulatory barriers questionnaire

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## Factor 3:  Soundness of Approach 

- _(20 pts) Model & Demonstration Qualities:_
- 	Service delivery model for managing & evaluating planned efforts, with other special features, including support for chronic homeless, innovative qualities to benefit or expand HOPWA knowledge

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## Factor 4: Leveraging and Sustainability (10 pts) 

- For 5 points, commitments of resources to your project in signed documentation; and with equal leveraging on service requests** **

**State &**** Local Funds**

**Private Funds**

**In-kind resources**

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Present example of leveraging letter. 

## Factor 4: Leveraging 

**	**For 5 points, a plan with resources for sustaining efforts after the use of the federal grant

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## Factor 5: Achieving Results and Program Evaluation (10 pts)

- Setting benchmarks & indicators  that implement the HOPWA output and outcome goals
- Evaluation plans for objective measurement of achievements and use of results
- Logic Model

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**Notes:**
Presenter: Ken Rogers

## New Project Applications

- Narratives responsive to the rating criteria
- Budget requests and output plans
- Leveraging commitments
- Certifications, nonprofit status documentation, other required forms
- Logic Model

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**Notes:**
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## Sec VI Award Administration

- Conditional-selection
- Award modifications

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## Helpful Hints

**Read and study the NOFA for HOPWA and the General Section**
**Clarity in your presentations**
**Check consistency, completeness of plans, accuracy of budgets and leveraged documentation**
**Keep within program limits**
**Don’t be late**

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## Grants.gov

**Applications Submission Date --****  May 27, 2005**
**  ****Help at **
**      ****support@grants.gov **
**      ****800-518-GRANTS**

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## For More Information

- Office of HIV/AIDS Housing
- _[HOPWA@HUD.GOV](mailto:HOPWA@HUD.GOV)_
- HUD Website for AIDS Housing
-    _[http://www.hud.gov/cpd/offices/](http://www.hud.gov/cpd/offices/)_
- 		    aidshousing
- For area formula programs see
-        local/index.cfm

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**Notes:**
Presenter: David Vos