# Presentation: 796700

## HUD’s McKinney-Vento Programs:  Moving Towards Ending Chronic Homelessness 

**John Garrity**
**U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development**
**Office of Special Needs Assistance Program**

## Continuum of Care

**Emergency **
**Shelter**

**Outreach **
**Intake **
**Assessment**

**Transitional **
**Housing**

**Permanent**
**Housing**

**Permanent ****Supportive**
**Housing**

**Supportive**
**Services**

## Establish a Community Process

**Organizational Structure**
**Inclusive Participation**
**All Subpopulations**
**Year Round Process**
**Active Involvement of All**

## Planning / Coordinating Councils 

**Veterans Services**

**Businesses**

**Mental Illness**

**HIV / AIDS**

**Neighborhood Groups**

**Faith-based**
**Organizations**

**Foundations**

**Service Providers**

**Housing**
**Developers**

**Homeless Persons**

**Local & State Government**

## Developing A Comprehensive System

**Address All Sub-populations:**
**Veterans**
**Persons living with mental illness**
**Persons living with HIV/AIDS**
**Substance abusers**
**Victims of domestic violence**
**Other**

**Developing A Comprehensive System**

## Gaps and Priorities

## Set Priorities for Funding

**Develop Projects Based ****	****on Gaps**
**Prioritize Projects**
**Rational Process**
**Use Criteria**
**Ensure Fairness**
**Include Nonprofits**

## Supplemental Resources

**Leverage HUD Project ****	****	****Funding**
**Secure Mainstream ****	****	****Funding**
**Other HUD**
**Other Federal**
**State and Local**
**Private, Foundation**

## What We Know AboutContinuum of Care

**Nearly 90% of the US population covered**
**Responsible for the development of over 160,000 total beds**
**Of those, 45,000 are permanent housing beds**

## What We Know AboutContinuum of Care- (cont’d)

**Has helped over 400,000 formerly homeless individuals and families obtain either transitional or permanent housing**
**Annually leverages nearly $2 in non-McKinney Act money for each $1 awarded in the competition**

## 2002 Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA)

**$950 million**
**Applications submitted by 471 Continuums of Care**
**Applicants proposed nearly 4,000 projects**

## The NOFA is a vehicle to effect change

**Overall changes made in 2002:**
**less emphasis on process**
**more emphasis on ending chronic homelessness**
**more emphasis on linking to mainstream supportive services**

## Overall changes made in 2002:(cont’d)

**more emphasis on housing**
**more emphasis on performance**

## Each Continuum of Care Must Provide:

**A system-wide strategy to:**
**identify eligible homeless persons**
**enroll them in each mainstream service program for which they are eligible **
**ensure they receive benefits**

## Each Project Applicant Must Provide:

**A plan that ensures all clients are assisted to:**
**identify mainstream programs for which they are eligible **
**enroll them in those programs**
**ensure they obtain benefits**

## Mainstream Programs Targeted

**Medicaid**
**TANF**
**SSI**
**State CHIP**
**Workforce Investment Act**
**Food Stamps**
**Veterans Health Care**

## Actions Suggested for Applicants

**Case managers accompany clients in making application**
**Formal service agreements between providers and local mainstream program offices**
**Single intake form to determine eligibility**
**Train mainstream staff to do outreach**
**Mobile-support teams**

## Why is it important to make use of mainstream services programs to end chronic homelessness?

## 2 Types of Federal Service Funds:

		--Targeted homeless programs

		--Mainstream programs

**	****	****--Targeted homeless programs**
**	****	****--Mainstream programs**
** **

## 2 Types of Federal service funds:

		--Targeted homeless programs: 		    		
				$2 billion 

		--Mainstream programs

**	****	****--Targeted homeless programs: ****	****	****    ****	****	**
**	****	****	****	****$2 billion **
**	****	****--Mainstream programs**
** **

## Targeted Homeless – $2 billion:		

**	****-- HUD: $1 billion**
**	****-- Other Federal agencies: $1 billion**
**   ****(HHS, VA, DOL, FEMA, USDA, Ed)**

## Targeted Homeless:  

	HUD’s $1 billion: 
				--  $500m  housing
				--  $500m  services

**	**
**	****HUD’s $1 billion: **
**	****	****	****	****--  $500m  housing**
**	****	****	****	****--  $500m  services**

## HUD Targeted Homeless

$500m services  75,000 hsg units

**$500m services ******** 75,000 hsg units**

## Federal service funds: 

--HUD Targeted: $ .5 billion
--Mainstream:  $975+ billion

**--HUD Targeted: $ .5 billion**
**--Mainstream:  $975+ billion**

## Federal Mainstream Service Funds

		SSA		$450+ billion
		HHS	  400+ 
		VA		    47 
		DOL	    44 
		USDA	    34 

		TOTAL   $975+ billion

**	****	****SSA****	****	****$450+ billion**
**	****	****HHS****	****  400+ **
**	****	****VA****	****	****    47 **
**	****	****DOL****	****    44 **
**	****	****USDA****	****    34 **
**	****	****TOTAL   $975+ billion**

## Mainstream programs underused

	--  SSDI			  5%
   --  SSI			 	 13%
	--  Medicaid  	 	 16%
	--  Food Stamps	 19%

**	****--  SSDI****	****	****	****  5%**
**   ****--  SSI****	****	****	**** ****	**** 13%**
**	****--  Medicaid  ****	**** ****	**** 16%**
**	****--  Food Stamps****	**** 19%**

## 	Challenges using mainstream programs:

	-- State budgets!
	-- Many needy populations
	-- Takes effort

**	****-- State budgets!**
**	****-- Many needy populations**
**	****-- Takes effort**

## 	How can we “tweak” mainstream programs?

      $.5 b =  1/1000  of  $975 b

**      ****$.5 b =  1/1000  of  $975 b**
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## How can we “tweak” 
mainstream programs?

--  Simplified, consolidated appl.
--  Specific outreach to homeless
--  Central intake/assessment
--  More....

**mainstream programs?**
**--  Simplified, consolidated appl.**
**--  Specific outreach to homeless**
**--  Central intake/assessment**
**--  More....**

## 

  Consider how you can tweak your mainstream programs to help the poorest of the poor!

**  ****Consider how you can tweak your mainstream programs to help the poorest of the poor!**
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