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On February 20, 2007 the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development awarded the 2006 federal Continuum of Care funds.
Approximately $1.2 billion was awarded for competitive projects
across the United States. The Continuum of Care provides funding
for transitional housing, permanent supportive housing and supportive
services for homeless persons.
50% of all funds awarded were for permanent supportive housing
projects.
1096 projects totaling $287 million target persons experiencing
chronic homelessness.
In Illinois, 10 out of 21 Continuums did not score above the
funding cutoff. Their renewals were funded but no new projects.
The applications are becoming more competitive as the funds do
not increase.
The DuPage Homeless Continuum received $ 2,953,955 in funding
for fifteen projects, including one new project by DuPage P.A.D.S.,
Inc. All projects recommended were fully funded.
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Project Ranking
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Project Name |
Description
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Amount
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Term
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1. DUPAGE P.A.D.S., INC.
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Sanctuary House |
Permanent Supportive Housing for 7 chronically
homeless persons in 7 scattered units. |
$198,613 |
2 years |
RENEWALS
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2. Catholic Charities, Diocese of Joliet and
DuPage P.A.D.S
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Partners in Housing |
Permanent Supportive Housing for 14 chronically
homeless persons and 13 homeless families with disabilities. |
$ 408,860 |
1 year |
| 3. Catholic Charities, Diocese of Joliet |
SHIFT |
Permanent Supportive Housing for 17 homeless
families with multiple disabilities. |
$ 666,347 |
1 year |
| 4. World Relief |
DWAR |
Transitional Housing for 6 homeless immigrant
families. |
$ 128,780 |
1 year |
| 5. NCO Youth & Family Services |
Youth In Transition |
Transitional housing for 10 homeless males ages
18-22 in 5 units. |
$ 200,124 |
1 year |
| 6. DuPage P.A.DS., Inc. |
Stepping Stones |
Transitional Housing for 14 homeless single individuals
- in 7 units. |
$ 121,322 |
1 year |
| 7. Catholic Charities, Diocese of Joliet |
New Hope |
Permanent Supportive Housing for 5 homeless families
with multiple disabilities. |
$ 166,667 |
1 year |
| 8. Catholic Charities, Diocese of Joliet |
DuPage Daybreak |
Transitional Housing renewal for homeless families
- 6 units |
$ 82,240 |
1 year |
| 9. Bridge Communities |
Outside Housing |
Transitional Housing for 10 homeless families
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$ 107,289 |
1 year |
| 10. DuPage County Health Dept. |
MISA |
Permanent Supportive Housing for 6 MISA individuals
in 6 units in Westmont. |
$ 83,280 |
1 year |
| 11. DuPage County Health Dept. |
CAP 6 & 7 |
Permanent Supportive Hsng for 28 mentally ill
individuals in 2
6 flat buildings.
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$385,000 |
1 year |
| 12. DuPage County Health Dept. |
CAP 5 |
Permanent Supportive Housing for 14 homeless
mentally ill persons. |
$ 99,437 |
1 year |
| 13. Prairie State Legal Services. |
Legal Advocacy for the Homeless (DuPage) |
Legal support services to 130 homeless persons.
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$ 68,780 |
1 year |
| 14. DuPage Community Services Dept. |
MOVE AHEAD |
Case management and follow-up services to 30
formerly homeless families. |
$ 35,550 |
1 year |
| 15. DuPage Community Services Dept. |
HMIS |
HMIS dedicated renewal project. |
$ 201,667 |
1 year |
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TOTAL ALL PROJECTS RECOMMENDED |
$ 2,953,955 |
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GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
- MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
Please mark your calendars
for the next Full Membership Meeting on
Friday, 4/13/07!
The meeting will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
At Metropolitan Family Services
222 E. Willow
Wheaton, IL 60187
The next full membership meeting is scheduled
for Friday, April 13, 2007 at Metropolitan Family Services from
8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. The theme is Creating Permanent Housing.
There will be a panel discussion which includes
the following speakers:
- Philip Smith - Director of DuPage Community
Services Department
- Amy Lawless - Executive Director of DuPage
United
- Julie Dworkin - Chicago Coalition for the
Homeless
- Janet Hasz - Executive Director of the Supportive
Housing Association
- Mary Ellen Durbin - Executive Director, People's
Resource Center for the DuPage Housing Action Coalition.
A complete agenda will be sent to all Continuum
members in March. Please join us for this enjoyable yet informative
and worthwhile session.
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NOTICE OF FUND AVAILABILITY AND REQUEST FOR
PROPOSALS
HUD 2007 SUPERNOFA HOMELESS APPLICATION PROCESS
The Needs Assessment Committee has started the
application and selection process for HUD's 2007 Continuum of
Care funding. The programs covered include the Supportive Housing,
Shelter Plus Care, and Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation Single
Room Occupancy for Homeless Individuals (SRO) programs.
While the amount of funds available has not been
announced, last year the DuPage Continuum had an adjusted pro
rata share of $2.7 million with an incentive amount up to an
additional $197,000 for a new Permanent Housing project for
chronically homeless persons. There are significant renewals
in 2007 that will impact the ability to fund new activities
other than a new Permanent Supportive Housing project. Agencies
are encouraged to submit new Permanent Supportive Housing projects
for consideration by the Needs Assessment Committee for the
upcoming HUD 2007 Continuum of Care application. Remember these
projects must be for homeless persons with disabilities.
Initial oral presentations of NEW proposed projects
were held at the Needs Assessment Committee meeting on February
15, 2007. Two new projects providing permanent supportive housing
for the chronically homeless were presented. The applicants
are DuPage P.A.D.S. Inc. and the DuPage County Health Department.
Written Business Plans of all new and renewal
projects will be reviewed by the Needs Assessment Committee
at their meeting on March 15, 2007 at 1:00 p.m. also at Metropolitan
Family Services in Wheaton, IL. All members of the Continuum
are encouraged to attend, not just the applicants!
Please note that the Business Plan form has
been changed from last year!
There is also an Outcome Report form that
needs to be completed with the Business Plan by renewal applicants.
Each renewal applicant will complete a separate report on the
actual outcomes achieved (using their Logic Models). The Outcome
report form has been emailed to all renewal applicants.
All applicants must attend the March 15, 2007
meeting with 20 paper copies of their Business Plan and Outcome
Report ( if applicable). At that meeting, a timetable for the
DuPage HUD Continuum of Care application process will be distributed
to all applicants.
The Cost Forms have also been revised.
The completed Cost Forms must be emailed to Peg White Lijewski,
Continuum Consultant. They will ask for recaptured HUD funds
from the past three years for all renewal projects along with
the usual cost information.
All new applicants who gave oral presentations
and all renewal applicants were emailed the new Business Plan,
Cost Forms, and Outcome Report. Using the incorrect forms will
disqualify the applicant.
If anyone else would like to receive these forms,
please contact Peg White Lijewski at plijewski@wideopenwest.com
and they will be emailed to you.
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2007 RANKING CRITERIA
The project ranking criteria that are used to
evaluate CDBG and HUD funded projects are reviewed annually
by the Grants Funding Committee. There have been changes from
the previous Ranking Criteria, most specifically in the areas
of accreditation, cultural sensitivity and past performance.
The most recent Ranking Criteria is available to any interested
parties. To receive it, please contact Peg White Lijewski at
plijewski@wideopenwest.com.
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WEBSITE UPDATE
www.dupagehomeless.org
The New Continuum brochure is available to be
downloaded on our website. Other new information which has been
added include: Key Facts on Poverty in DuPage 2006 update, Homeless
Profile Update 2006, and the 2007 HELPER manual. Please note
that the Continuum logo is available for downloading if you
wish to add it to your agency stationery
An updated 2007 Homeless Populations Chart and
Housing Inventory Charts for Emergency Shelter, Transitional
Housing and Permanent Supportive Housing will be posted by April
2007.
Homeless Prevention has also been added to the
Home Page menu. Under Homeless Prevention, you will find Background
information and statistics, Guiding Principles, Best Practices,
Purpose and Goals, and Geographic Locations for Services.
Please let your public relations or development
staff know that they may post information on events, program
changes, staff changes, etc. in the Announcements section of
the website. If you would like to add announcements or a link
to your organization, please email it to plijewski@wideopenwest.comAll
links need to have a 1-2 sentence description.
If you have suggestions on enhancements to the
site or additional information, please contact plijewski@wideopenwest.comWe
welcome your input!
The Leadership Committee thanks Eileen Clark,
Associate Professor of Computer Science at Benedictine University
who is doing a wonderful job on keeping the site updated.
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HOMELESS PREVENTION FUNDING
FY 08
The DuPage
County Homeless Continuum recognizes that prevention is the first
strategic step in addressing homelessness and is well documented
as the most cost effective strategy for ending homelessness. Therefore,
a coordinated system for distribution of homeless prevention funding
to qualifying households, using a small network of agencies throughout
DuPage County, has developed over time.
Due to advocacy efforts across the state, the
Homeless Prevention Fund in Illinois is being funded at $11 million
in FY 08. The DuPage Continuum's allocation is $ 701,800.
The DuPage Continuum issued an RFP to solicit
potential applicants for the FY08 Homeless Prevention program.
The RFP was the product of the "DuPage Homeless Prevention
Working Group". This group consisted of Continuum Executive
Directors and key homeless prevention staff that are part of the
Homeless Prevention Partnership. They agreed that the system was
working but felt there was value in re-assessing it and determining
if there were improvements that would enhance the system. The
Homeless Prevention Working Group established Guiding Principles,
Best Practices, Purpose and Goals and Geographic Locations for
services for agencies that were administering homeless prevention
funding. They have developed a joint strategy and coordinated
procedures for client accountability and the disbursement of homeless
prevention funds. These address geographic overlap, consistent
practices, and non-duplication of services.
The Working Group also felt that an RFP process
would establish a thorough and fair process and provide a means
for refining the system, improving consistency, and assuring access
to homeless prevention services in underserved An analysis of
the geographic distribution of 2006 homeless prevention dollars
compared to the geographic distribution of persons with incomes
below the poverty level showed that the West Chicago and Addison
towns appeared to be underserved.
All potential applicants were notified to attend
a pre-application workshop on January 5, 2007 if they were interested
in administering homeless prevention funds. In the pre-application
workshop, the needs identified by the Working Group were presented
for consideration in completing the Continuum RFP. Eight agencies
attended the workshop and five applicants submitted proposals
to the DuPage Continuum. Funding recommendations were based on
the needs and priorities stated in the RFP. Four agencies were
funded with a stipulation that the fifth agency receive funds
through a partnership with one of the established HP providers.
The needs addressed included:
- Eliminating duplication in the town of Carol
Stream
- A new initiative in eviction court between
DuPage County Community Services and Prairie State Legal Services
- Increased outreach in West Chicago by DuPage
County Community Services and "We Go Together for Kids"
- Increased outreach to Addison with a partnership
between Outreach Community Ministries and Quad Community Social
Services. $20,000 in funds were specifically reserved for use
in Addison through the partnership with Quad Community Social
Services.
The funding recommendations of the Continuum
were guided primarily by the requirements of, and priorities stated
in, the RFP, and the Leadership Committee recognized the efforts
of the Working Group to establish a thorough and fair process.
Funding allocations for FY08 are:
Homeless Prevention Funding
by Agency |
2007 Allocation
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2008 Allocation
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| Catholic Charities |
204,600
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196,900
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| DuPage Community Services |
204,600
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200,000
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| Outreach Community Ministries |
62,700
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82,700
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| People's Resource Center |
229,900
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222,200
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Total
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701,800
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701,800
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NEEDS ASSESSMENT
A manual Provider Survey was
completed for January 25, 2007 to update the Housing Inventory
of beds and units available for emergency shelter, transitional
housing and permanent supportive housing in the DuPage Continuum.
It is also being used to update the Homeless Populations Chart.
This survey counted the number of homeless persons in shelters,
transitional housing and on the street or otherwise not housed.
The manual sheltered population
count using the provider survey for the night of January 25,
2007 is being compared to a computerized CMIS report for that
night. The Needs Assessment Committee will examine those results.
The unsheltered population count
was coordinated by the Street Count Committee. This year the
volunteers were reaching out to forest preserve districts, hospitals,
etc. to secure more accurate counts. They also arranged with
several churches to act as gathering stations that night. The
committee secured volunteer assistance from College of DuPage
Work-Study Students and VFW members. New procedures that were
used for the 2007 street count included:
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focus groups with PADS clients
to determine the most likely places to look.
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Use of volunteers along with
street count committee members instead of just the police.
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Dividing the county into
clusters to gain maximum coverage.
Results will be shown in the
Unsheltered column of the 2007 Homeless Populations Chart which
will be available on the website by April 2007. Preliminary
results are available by town. You may obtain them by contacting
plijewski@wideopenwest.com.
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In 2003, the DuPage Homeless Continuum completed
a 10-year plan to end homelessness. The DuPage Plan to End Homelessness
endorses the Housing First approach- get persons in housing and
then address service needs instead of trying to resolve all issues
while in shelter or transitional housing. The Plan is working
to create a community infrastructure, including homeless prevention,
sufficient income and affordable housing units that can support
permanent housing for everyone.
Members of the DuPage Homeless Continuum have
been implementing the Continuum's Plan to End Homelessness since
then. In 2007, the Leadership Committee agreed to seek a third
party evaluation of our progress in implementing the Plan to End
Homelessness. The goal is to have an evaluation report that is
easy to understand, well documented and has recommendations for
improvement and future action.
A doctoral candidate from the Northern
Illinois University public policy program, Mr. Antwan Hampton,
has agreed to conduct this formative evaluation.
The evaluation is using a quantitative measure for accomplishment
along with a narrative. The Leadership Committee is planning a
Plan Progress review at the November 2007 full membership meeting.
The next step will be a strategic planning session to develop
further objectives and strategies. The full membership will be
kept informed.
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The DuPage County "C.R.I.S.", Community
Resource Information System is a fast and easy way to obtain basic
information including admission requirements on over 1,400 social
service agencies throughout DuPage County. It includes contact
information (day and after hours), eligibility requirements, applicable
fees, services offered and location maps. The information can
be accessed in two ways: * Telephone - (630) 407-6500, 1-800-942-9412,
TDD (630) 407-6502 or * Internet (www.dupagecris.org)
On the internet site, consumers can search by subject, agency,
and city. They can also obtain information via email at dupagecris@dupageco.org.
For social service agencies using the ServicePoint client management
information system, they can be linked directly to "C.R.I.S."
by clicking ResourcePoint. Now all agencies included in the C.R.I.S.
system can do their own updates to the system and keep it current.
Each agency has an assigned person, login and password to make
changes to their information page.
The DuPage Continuum computerized client management
information system has 18 agencies participating in the ServicePoint
system. The reporting of client level data is 80% for emergency
shelter beds, 93% for transitional housing beds, and 100% for
permanent supportive housing beds.
The DuPage Continuum is utilizing the Advanced
Reporting Tool (ART) to create custom reports that will meet each
agency's particular needs and the Continuum's system wide reporting
needs. The DuPage CMIS has 5 licenses for persons who can create
reports and 20 viewer licenses which allow other users the ability
to use these custom reports. System wide reports that are available
include the HUD Annual Progress Report and a Null Field Report.
This report monitors data entry and is used by the agencies for
quality checks on their data entry. For the Continuum, the Homeless
Populations report is complete.
To reduce client duplication, users need to
view the top of the client profile page which will show them demographic
information that indicates whether they are entering a client
already in the system. To reduce duplication of services, Bowman
will be adding four fields to the client demographic screen that
include agency, funding source, type of assistance and date of
service.
In order to ensure the integrity of data entry,
the System Administrator has completed data quality checks at
each participating agency.
The DuPage CMIS system will be upgraded to ServicePoint
4.03 in April 2007. This upgrade builds in a report that identifies
duplicates by client ID number and allows the oldest record to
be deleted.
Entering client level data in the HMIS system
is mandatory in order to receive HUD Continuum funding or Community
Development Block Grant funding. The DuPage County CMIS Administrator
is Leslie Grevoy. Please contact her if your agency is not participating
and will be applying for funding. Training and hardware are available.
The CMIS Users Group meets monthly, usually
in the morning of the second Wednesday. For more information,
please contact Leslie at 630- 407-6462.
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MAKING THE CONNECTION - QUICK
GUIDE TO PUBLIC RESOURCES
A manual of qualifying criteria and contact information for public
benefits and supportive services offered by local, state or federal
agencies. "Making the Connection Manual" is available
to view and download from the Continuum website -
www.dupagehomeless.org
Benefits Updates/Making the Connection
THE HELPER
A quick desk reference guide to agencies in DuPage County providing
specific services such as child care, advocacy, employment, etc.
The updated 2007 HELPER is available to view and download from
the Continuum website. - www.dupagehomeless.org
Benefits Updates/The HELPER
BENEFITS TRAINING
The DuPage Federation for Human Services Reform is conducting
specialized training seminars on Public Benefits for a variety
of specific segments of the population, i.e. youth, domestic violence
victims, immigrants, etc. The basic Making the Connection training
as well as Understanding Medicaid Spend down is also available.
This training can assist non-profits,
schools, faith based organizations, local governments, businesses
and health care providers to identify their customers who may
be eligible for mainstream benefits and know how to expedite the
application process.
A complete training schedule
along with registration information is available at the Continuum
website - www.dupagehomeless.org
Benefits Updates/Benefits Training
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The calendar of all Continuum
committee meetings for the period from July 2006 through July
2007 is available from Peg White Lijewski at plijewski@wideopenwest.com
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