Continuum of Care News

Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser . HUD Publishes Final Rule: Equal Access in Accordance with an Individual’s Gender Identity in CPD Programs The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today published a final rule to ensure that all individuals have equal access to many of the Department’s core shelter programs in accordance with their gender identity. Read HUD’s new “ Gender Identity Rule .” Following what had previously been encouraged practice by HUD, providers that operate single-sex projects using funds awarded through the Department’s Office of Community Planning and Devel...

Hi Team, I hope that you are doing well. A few quick notes: ·          We are working on the timeline for the HMIS uploads due to the change in dates, and I should have the official date that the repository will open soon. ·          In prep for our 9/28 All Region Call at 2pm EST, please submit any questions that you have via Survey Monkey by tomorrow 9/21 at 5pm EST. This is the link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/ r/RegSep Thanks so much! Adrienne Adrienne Nash Melendez, MLD Regional Coordinator U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs 267-683-2386 Please note new email address : adrienne.nashmelendez@va.gov

Have you heard about the Veterans Health Information Exchange (VHIE)? It allows Veterans to simplify their healthcare by connecting VA and their participating Community Health Care Providers, share their health information electronically, safely, and securely. Recently, a VA Maternity Care Coordinator shared how the benefits of using these programs to receive medical records in a timely manner helped her coordinate care for Veteran Patients: "Care Coordination at its Best" A Veteran called to discuss her maternity care and the Maternity Coordinator was able to view her encounter from the day before at her Community Care Obstetrics (OB) Office. The Coordinator was able to see her lab results… "Within a Few Days of Her Hospital Admission" An OB patient receiving prenatal care by way of special Letter of Agreement arrangement with the Third Party Administrator for Billing, the Coordinator was able to view and acc...

WEBINAR: Resources and Tips for Dealing with Debt Collection Available starting Thursday Sept. 22, 2016, at 10:30 a.m. EDT The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Office of Servicemember Affairs Information Desk team is launching the webinar "Resources and Tips for Dealing with Debt Collection" on Thursday Sept. 22, 2016, at 10:30 a.m. EDT.  The webinar is for military leaders, Command Financial Specialists, and service providers who offer financial, educational, or legal counseling to veterans and service members. Participants will learn helpful strategies for communicating with debt collectors, including an overview of CFPB resources. "Resources and Tips for Dealing with Debt Collection" will be available at  http://www.consumerfinance.gov/servicemembers/on-demand-forums-and-tools/ . ...

Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser . 2015 CoC Dashboard Reports Now Posted HUD has posted the 2015 Continuum of Care (CoC) Dashboard Reports on the HUD Exchange. These reports show maps of claimed geography and geographic coverage changes from previous program years as well as graphic summaries of each CoC’s total award by program types, renewal types, and awarded amounts. The reports also contain graphics depicting data from the Point-in-Time (PIT) count and Housing Inventory Count (HIC), which provide a quick overview of a CoC’s performance in serving homeless individuals with their CoC award...

Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser . HUD Publishes Integrity Bulletin: Subrecipient Oversight and Monitoring This bulletin highlights the importance of effective subrecipient management and oversight by grantees receiving funds from HUD’s Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD). On December 26, 2013, the Office of Management and Budget issued revised guidance under 2 CFR (Code of Federal Regulations) Part 200. The result was consolidation of and changes to government-wide uniform administrative requirements, cost principles, and audit requirements for Federal awards. These changes emph...

Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser . Urgent: Cut-off Date to Drawdown Funds Fiscal Year 2009 grant funds are expiring at the end of this month. The cut-off date for a grantee to approve a drawdown of these funds is September 16, 2016 . For other funds not approaching expiration, grantees can continue to enter draw down requests to September 28th and the draw will be processed before HUD’s accounting system closes. If a disbursement is received by the Line of Credit Control System (LOCCS) (directly, or via IDIS or DRGR) after September 28th, the request will not be processed until HUD’s accounting...

National Recovery Month and Intersections with Ending Homelessness Having trouble viewing this email? Click here  United States Interagency   Council on Homelessness           September 19, 2016 National Recovery Month and Intersections with Ending Homelessness September is National Recovery Month, a time to reflect on  the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's ten guiding principles of recovery. Katie Jennings, our Pro...

Also: Getting Affordable Housing to Scale * Sheila Crowley Interview * Cleveland Merger Plan -- Having trouble viewing this email? Click here. Also: Getting Affordable Housing to Scale ● Sheila Crowley Interview ● Cleveland Merger Plan Tuesday, September 20, 2016   Shelterforce in Print!   1 Year for $18 Subscribe Now! Events Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia | Reinventing Our Communities -- Transforming Our Economies | Sept. 21-23 There is still time to  register for the conference , which has a varied agenda of sessions including "Where Should We Build Affordable Housing?", a panel on mobility, fair housing, and revitalization to be moderated by Harold Simon, publisher of Shelterforce , at 2 p.m. Wednesday the 21st. The session...