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Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser . APR Submission Deadline Extension for CoC Program Grants Funded in FY 2014 and for Grants with Multi-year Grant Terms in FY 2012 and FY 2013 The Annual Performance Report (APR) for Continuum of Care (CoC) Program grants funded in FY 2014 is not currently available in e-snaps and will not be available by the time the first APRs are due in e-snaps because of limited resources. HUD is granting, via this message, an extension to the APR submission deadline to all recipients for APRs for CoC Program grants funded in FY 2014. Additionally, HUD is granting an ext...

Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser . HUD Announces New CDBG Project Profiles Website Have you ever wondered how other communities use their Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds? As someone who works to improve the quality of lives in your community, you may be interested in learning new and innovative ways to use CDBG funds to: Invest in your community by stimulating the economy Help people with low and moderate incomes have stable and safe housing Build infrastructure to create a suitable and sustainable living environment HUD has made it easy to learn how other grantees are using their CDBG funds with the release of its Projec...

Register Early Bird and SAVE! EARLY BIRD Registration (Deadline: March 25, 2016) Register Today and SAVE Human Services Conference - May 3-5, 2016 Greetings Everyone,  Help us celebrate MCAP's 30 years of service this spring!  We will highlight a series of activities during the 2016 Human Services Conference click here  to be held on May 3-5, 2016 at the Sheraton Baltimore North Hotel, in Towson, MD.   Secretary Kenneth C. Holt, DHCD, has confirmed to speak at the Partnership Luncheon on May 5, 2016.    REGISTRATION IS AVAILABLE NOW!    CONFERENCE OPTIONS: NEW!   We have 8 Tracks of training workshops to offer you this year.  There's something for everyone.  We have many nationally recognized trainers that will be presenting.  CEUs are available. Conference Workshops-At-Glance ,  click here . General Conf...

Topics: 1.      Community Plan Updates Are Posted on SSVF Website! 2.      Notification of Guidance Regarding SSVF Travel Costs Related to Training 3.      Important Update:  VA Ability to Recoup Unused SSVF Grant Funds 4.      Reminder: VA's Guidance Regarding Read Only and Direct Entry Access to HMIS Community Plans Updates Are Posted on SSVF Website Thanks to all grantees who submitted the community plan updates in January.  The plans are now available in the Community Coordination and Planning section of the SSVF University.  They can be viewed by state:  http://www.va.gov/homeless/ssvf/?page=/ssvf_university/community_coordination_and_plans Notification of Guidance Regarding SSVF Travel Costs Related to Training As a reminder to grantees, t ravel is allowable as a direct program cost when such travel will provide direct benefit to the SSVF program and gr...

In this issue: Are Mixed-Income Policies Too Little Too Late? * How One City Is Keeping Jobs Local With Co-ops -- Having trouble viewing this email? Click here. In this issue: Are Mixed-Income Policies Too Little Too Late? ● How One City Is Keeping Jobs Local With Co-ops Tuesday, March 22, 2016 A Conversation on Race That Actually Went Somewhere Ana Garcia-Ashley, Gamaliel Foundation Before the summit, we would have demanded that the police force recruit African-American candidates for the force and walked away. Now . . .   More Are Mixed-Income Policies Too Little Too Late? James Fraser and Joshua Bazuin, Vanderbilt University If social inclusion and the creation of mixed-income neighborhoods is embraced by so many, why does it seem to be so difficult to materia...