Continuum of Care News

Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser . Office of Block Grant Assistance Vacancy Announcement On Friday June 20, 2014, the Office of Block Grant Assistance posted a vacancy announcement for Loan Financing Specialist in Washington, DC. The links are listed below. Please note the closing date for the postings Loan Financing Specialist MP14-286-gt (Closes July 7, 2014): https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/373263100 DE14-287-gt (Closes June 27, 2014): https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/373259700 ...

Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser . Reminder: Travel Scholarship Program - CHDO Workshop: Understanding the 2013 HOME Final Rule Travel Scholarships to support attendance by CHDOs and prospective CHDOs are available for the remaining CHDO Workshops on the 2013 HOME Final Rule workshops. CHDOs should register as soon as possible for the workshops to allow time to receive and submit a Scholarship Request. Who Can Apply? Eligible CHDOs and prospective CHDOs with budgetary limitations and are located more than 50 miles from the workshop location. Subject to program lim...

Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser . FY2013 - FY2014 CoC Program Competition: FY2013 Tier 1 New & Tier 2 New and Renewal Projects U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan today announced a second round of grants totaling $140 million to nearly 900 local homeless assistance programs across the country. Provided through HUD's Continuum of Care Program (CoC), the funding announced today will ensure additional permanent housing and transitional housing renewal projects are able to continue operating in the coming year, providing critically needed housing and support services to those persons and families experiencing homelessness. Also included in this announcement are 436 new projects aimed to provide permanent supportive housing for persons experiencing chronic homelessness and to rapidly re-house families with children that are living on the streets or in emergency shelter...

June 20, 2014      POLICY   |   DATA + RESEARCH   |   TOOL + TRAINING   |   NEWS + MEDIA Forward Editor: Emanuel Cavallaro Spotlight On... News Alert: HUD Announces $140 Million in Homeless Assistance Grants The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan today announced $140 million in grant funding for nearly 900 homeless assistance programs. This round of funding completes the Continuum of Care (CoC) Program awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2013, adding to the $1.6 billion in renewal grants that Secretary Donovan announced in April. The funding will go, in part, to permanent housing and transitional housing renewal projects for individuals and families experiencing homelessness. The funding will also go to permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals and rapid re-housing for families with c...

Having trouble viewing this email? Click here Homelessness Ends with Housing First  June 19, 2014 Housing First Yields High Success and Creates Real Hope A Message from USICH Executive Director Laura Green Zeilinger The Obama Administration fully supports and calls for the adoption of Housing First across all communities - as something that is not just good to do, but as something that we must do to reach our goals. The adoption of Housing First isn't based on an ideological debate between Housing First and housing readiness; it's based on overwhelming evidence that Housing First yields higher housing retention rates, lower returns to homelessness, and significantly reduces the use of crisis services and institutions. Because of its proven success, Housing First is a core strategy of Opening Doors: Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness .  Si...