The NYC HMIS Policies and Procedures have been revised and the Data Management Committee will be making a motion at the May Steering Committee meeting to adopt the revised Policies and Procedures.
As per HUD's requirements, each CHO must be trained on the NYC HMIS Policies & Procedures, especially as they relate to security, privacy, and data collection. The revised document, main changes, and training dates can be found on the hmis page. Click here to view.

NYC CCoC List

2013 Evaluation Process

2012 NOFA Tier 1 Renewals Announced

Performance & Quality Improvement (PQI) Model
and The 2013 NYC CoC Project Application Review & Evaluation Plan

 

The draft copies of the PQI Model and the 2013 NYC CoC Project Application Review and Evaluation Plan are now available on the Evaluation Process page.

HEARTH Act Implementation Updates

 The Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act of 2009 (HEARTH Act), enacted into law on May 20, 2009, consolidates HUD’s competitive homelessness assistance grant programs and names this merger, the Continuum of Care (CoC) Program.

• HUD posted the interim regulation for the new Continuum of Care Program to the HUD Homelessness Resource Exchange website at www.hudhre.info on Saturday, July 14. HUD expects the regulation to be published in the Federal Register in the coming week. The interim regulation will be effective 30 days after publication in the Federal Register.

• CoC Program recipients and subrecipients are reminded that the final Homeless Definition is in effect for administration of the CoC Program interim rule. The final Homeless Definition is posted on the HUD HRE.

• To assist CoCs, stakeholders, recipients and subrecipients in the successful implementation of the CoC Program interim rule, HUD is conducting a phased release of guidance documents, tools, and webcasts. Following are the dates of release of introductory user guides and tools to the HUD HRE: 

  • Week of July 16

    • Introductory Guide to the CoC Program User Guide – provides an introduction to the CoC Program and the requirements in the interim rule.

    • Hyperlinked version of the CoC Program interim rule

    • Week of July 23

      • Crosswalk of Changes for Program Eligible Costs: Continuum of Care Program, Supportive Housing Program (SHP), and Shelter Plus Care (S+C) Program Regulations – provides a quick reference guide to grant related citations of the CoC Program interim rule eligible costs. The table also provides citations for relevant sections of the prior grant regulations (SHP and S+C) to facilitate identifying and comparing regulatory changes that will affect CoC grant recipients and subrecipients.

      • Leasing and Rental Assistance Transition Tool – provides CoC program recipients assistance with transitioning former SHP and S+C projects to rental assistance and leasing projects.

      • Early August

        • CoC Program Funding for Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) User Guide – provides an overview of the HMIS and the CoC’s responsibilities in relation to HMIS and describes how CoC Program funds can be used by the HMIS Lead and by other recipients to support the implementation of a HMIS.

        • CoC Program Components and Eligible Costs User Guide – provides CoCs, recipients, and subrecipients an overview of the five CoC components and costs that are eligible and ineligible for each component.

        HUD has taped two webcasts that will be available the week of July 16 at http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/press/multimedia/videos:

        • Continuum of Care Program: Overview of the Interim Rule and FY 2012 Competition

        • Continuum of Care: Eligible Components and Costs and the Grant Inventory Worksheet (GIW)

        The following webcast will be available before the end of the month at
        http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/press/multimedia/videos:

        • Continuum of Care Program: Implementing the CoC and the FY 2012 CoC Registration Process

        Questions:

        • HUD has created a new section of the HUD Virtual Help Desk, at www.hudhre.info, for questions about the new regulation. The CoC Program Policy Help Desk will be available on Monday, July 16, 2012. HUD has taken great care to anticipate questions and include as much detail in the regulation as possible. Therefore, please ensure that you read the regulation in its entirety before submitting a question. This will decrease the number of duplicative questions and responses, and increase the response time for questions that were not answered in the regulation.

        • HUD is also developing a comprehensive library of guidance documents to assist recipients and subrecipients in administering the CoC Program and the new definition of homelessness. HUD appreciates your patience as these documents are being completed. Many of your questions will be answered as the documents are published. Additional listservs will be forthcoming announcing the availability of the guidance documents and tools.

New APR for CoC Grants Live in e-snaps

The new CoC Annual Performance Report (APR) is live in e-snaps for Supportive Housing Program (SHP), Shelter Plus Care (S+C) and Section 8 Mod Rehab grants expiring June 1, 2011 or later. The new CoC APR is available under the e-snaps Funding Opportunity: CoC Full Annual Performance Report.  A CoC APR Guidebook will be posted on HUD HRE (www.hudhre.info) by Friday, June 17^th.  The Guidebook will walk grantees through the submission process for the CoC Full APR. 

SHP, S+C and SRO grants that expire between June 1, 2010 and May 31, 2011 must submit a Transition APR (TAPR) under the e-snaps Funding Opportunity:  CoC Annual Performance Report. 

All questions regarding the CoC Full APR should be submitted via the HUD HRE Virtual Help Desk.