Steering Committee Meeting

NYC Coalition on the Continuum of Care 2011-2012

The NYC CCoC Steering Committee will next meet on
Friday, January 27th, 2012
from 9:30AM - 12:00PM

Genesis Apartments
113 East 13th Street
New York, NY
(Lower Level)

Training for The 2012 NYC CCoC Evaluation Process

Trainings for the 2012 NYC CCoC Evaluation Process will be held on Wednesday February 15, 2012 for agency names beginning with A-H and Wednesday February 22, 2012 for agency names beginning with I-Z. Attendance at one of these trainings is MANDATORY for all providers submitting Evaluations. Failure to attend one of the training sessions will result in an unranked project(s) and the risk of loss of funding.

Both training sessions will be held at The Genesis Apartments at 113 East 13th Street New York, NY. Trainings are from 9:30 AM to NOON. The 4, 5, 6 and R trains are nearby.

RSVP to Aleida Valentin at avalenti@dhs.nyc.gov with the date of the training you’d like to attend; the agency name; and the name, title, phone number and email of the person(s) attending the training. Each agency may only send up to two individuals for the training.

Evaluation Committee Meeting

The next meeting of the Evaluation Committee will take place this Friday, 1/13 at 9:30am.
The meeting will be held in conference room 1403 at DHS.

HUD NOFA 20ll Renewal Grant Awards

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has announced the recipients of the 2011 HUD Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance grant competition. The NYC CCoC was awarded a total of $ 103,940,202 in grants, including $65,669,250 through the Supportive Housing Renewal programs and $38,270,952 through the Shelter Plus Care Renewal programs. A list of the 2011 HUD award amounts can be viewed on HUD's website.

Availabiliity of Funding for Reimbursement of HMIS Expenses

Providers participating in the CCoC Report Server Financial Assistance Program can now request reimbursement for 2011 expenses. Agencies must have completed at least 8 monthly HMIS uploads in 2011 to be eligible for reimbursement.

Each participating agency is eligible for reimbursement of documented HMIS expenses incurred in 2011, up to a limit of $5,000. Agencies must submit the following documentation to request reimbursement:

A completed, signed HMIS Request for Reimbursement Form.

HMIS invoices totaling or exceeding the amount you are requesting in reimbursement.

Documentation that your Agency is enrolled in the CCoC FAP program. If you have no longer retained this documentation, please contact Nicketa Nusum at nnusum@dhs.nyc.gov

* All applications must be received no later than December 31, 2011. Applications received in 2012 or later will not be considered for reimbursement.

For questions, please contact Nicketa Nusum at nnusum@dhs.nyc.gov or Tel # (212)-607-5112.

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.

See The HMIS Page for Helpful Hints for Using The Report Server

NYC CCoC Distribution List

To become a part of the NYC CCoC Distribution List please register at http://registration.kintera.org/NYCCoC

For questions or comments regarding the NYCCoC please contact

Michael Golub and/or Paul Howard at NYCCoC@cucs.org

*It is the responsibility of the providers of the NYC CCoC community to keep their contact information up to date in the NYC CCoC Distribution List.