Continuum of Care News

Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development Announces Emergency Solutions Grant Awards Over $2.9 million awarded to support homeless shelters and services New Carrollton, MD (September 6, 2017) - The Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development today announced the recipients of Fiscal Year 2018 grants through the Emergency Solutions Grants program. Over $2.9 million in program grants will assist homeless shelters and support homeless services in 19 counties and five municipalities in Maryland. In Fiscal Year 2017, over 6,200 Marylanders experiencing or at risk of homelessness were assisted with services through the Emergency Solutions Grants program. The awards are expected to leverage over $3.4 million in additional funding. "Homelessness affects all parts of Maryland," said Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development Secretary Kenneth C. Holt. "The state is prou...

The CPD Funding Matrix and Dashboard Reports , as of September 1, 2017, have been posted to HUD Exchange. These reports provide funding information for each city and state that receive CPD program funds, including Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Continuum of Care (CoC), Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG), HOME, Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA), and Housing Trust Fund (HTF). Reports detail the size of each grant received over the past several years, as well as the total amount of funds currently available to be spent on affordable housing and community and economic development activities. CPD Funding Matrix Note: Based on the requirement that a grantee uses the adjusted ratio for determining its compliance with the CDBG timeliness standard of having no more than 1.5 times its annual allocation in its adjusted line of credit balance 60 days prior to the end of its current program year, HUD is in the process of updating the CDBG recapture risk col...

In This Issue: Chipping away at implicit bias ● We need Baltimore's artists ● Creating a sanctuary for youth in Camden ● Industry v. movement—redux ● Also: Industry News ● Events ● You Said It! ● In Case You Missed It ● Jobs ● More Wednesday, September 6, 2017 In This Issue: Chipping away at implicit bias ● We need Baltimore's artists ● Creating a sanctuary for youth in Camden ● Industry v. movement—redux ● Also : Industry News ● Events ● You Said It! ● In Case You Missed It ● Jobs ● More Chipping Away at Implicit Bias Jillian Olinger, and Kelly Capatosto, Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity ...