MDHI
CoC NOFA
Competition
Presenters:
Gary Sanford – Executive Director,
Metro Denver Homeless Initiative
Christine Groves – Grant Writer
Nathan Davis - Program Manager, Mile High
United Way
Teri Marquantte – SWAN Enterprises & Consulting
What’s New
 Two year application for
CoC
 No new Permanent
Housing Bonus
 Our annual renewal
amount for current
projects may be cut by at
least 5% ($824,183)
 Pushing the targeting of
the most in need
 Reallocation of renewal
dollars to create more
beds for CH individuals
and homeless families
with children
What’s New
 New HUD Goals for
benefits acquisitions 56%, & income other
than employment – 54%
 Encourage healthcare
acquisition through the
Affordable Health Care
Act
 Special focus on the
Housing First Model
 Push to dedicate existing
PSH units for the
Chronically Homeless at
turn over
 MDHI Renewal
Application in WizeHive
What’s Old but Changed
Tiering again required with more direction
regarding the order
1. PSH & RRH renewals
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Reallocated PSH
Reallocated RRH
Transitional Housing
CoC Planning
6. Supportive Services
previously reallocated
into Coordinated
Entry
7. Renewal HMIS
8. Supportive Services
only grants (SSO)
Rewarding good performance & achieving
goals of ending homelessness
 Of the 156 points available in the
Consolidated Application (150 points + 6
bonus points) 59 are dedicated to measuring
and improving performance and outcomes
Major goals re-emphasized in scoring:
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Reducing chronic homelessness
Increasing housing stability
Increasing income and benefits
Increasing rapid housing
These goals are tracked from project APR’s and
then summarized in
CoC Consolidated Application
What will be used to
rank current projects?
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APR’s
MDHI Renewal Application
HMIS Data Quality Reports
Budget, match & leverage information
Projects’ alignment with HUD and CoC goals & objectives
Housing First approach and/or barriers to housing
Willingness to dedicate turn over units to CH population
APR’s
 Utilization rates
 % of households served that obtained housing and
stabilized for at least 6 months
 Households moving from TH to PH
 Increased income and benefits during project
participation and at exit
MDHI Renewal Application Highlights:
 Types of households served in most recent APR cycle
 Subpopulations served in most recent APR
 Housing First Model
 Barriers to housing placement
 PSH = 80% of participants retain housing for 6
months or more
MDHI Renewal Application Highlights:
 Transitional Housing households moved to PH at exit
 Increased Income & self-sufficiency through earned
income &benefits acquisition
 HMIS information
 Diversity and outreach plans & practices
 Collaborative efforts in housing CH individuals &
families
MDHI Renewal Application Highlights:
 Community involvement by participants as well as
volunteers
 Staff quality and how it mirrors your participants
 How your program works to move households on to selfsufficiency
 Identification and utilization of community services
MDHI Renewal Application Highlights:
 Program Innovation and data usage from APR’s – best
practices identified and used, APR info to evaluate program
 How you involve participants in goal setting, feedback on
program, program decisions and your grievance plan
 HUD contract, project budget, Project leverage & match
HUD’s Project Renewal Thresholds
Read page 28 of NOFA
 Goals
 Timeliness standards for grant renewals
including spending down funds
 Program participants achieving and
maintaining independent living
 Program management
New Projects
Read page 23 – 28, Section C thru E.2.e.(3) of
NOFA
 New projects from reallocation of existing
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projects only (no new money)
Don’t know amount yet (if any)
Letter of interest due by noon Dec. 10
Eligible activities spelled out in NOFA on
page 12 Section B
Reallocation Protocol (from HUD)
HUD’s stated New Project Thresholds
(From HUD CoC NOFA, page 26):
1. Type, scale & location of housing fits the needs of the program
participants
2. Type, scale, location of the supportive services and the mode of
transportation to those services fits the needs of program participants
3. Specific plan for ensuring program participants individually assisted to
obtain mainstream benefits and employment
4. Program participants assisted to obtain and remain in permanent
housing in a manner that fits their needs
5. Program participants assisted to both increase their income and live
independently using mainstream housing & service programs
6. At least 75% of proposed program participants come from the street or
other location not meant for hum habitation ES or safe havens
7. Whether amenities are accessible in the community
CoC Consolidated Application
 Consolidated Application score dictates funding for
next two years
 Each project application attached to CoC Consolidated
Application affects the CoC’s score and funding
 Highest scoring CoC’s will go deepest into Tier Two
 Bonus Points : 7% admin costs, no SSO in Tier 1,
accuracy of NOFA
Continuum of Care Scoring
(See HUD CoC NOFA, page 35)
A. CoC Strategic Planning & Performance (69 pts):
1. Ending Chronic Homelessness: prioritizing the chronically
homeless in ALL CoC funded permanent supportive housing – not
just those units that are dedicated to that population and e
prioritizing CH for placement as units become available through
turnover
2.Housing Stability – ability of program participants to obtain and
maintain housing
3.Jobs and Income Growth – extent to which program participants
obtained or increase income/jobs
4.Mainstream Benefits – program participants increase of benefits
5.Rapid Re-Housing – how long it takes to place households in
permanent housing
6.Opening Doors – plans on indentifying and ending barriers to
housing
Continuum of Care Scoring
8. Ending Family Homelessness– efforts to reduce number of
homeless households with children including outreach plans
9. Addressing Needs of Victims of Domestic Violence – clear
description of services and safe housing form funding within the
CoC for this population
10. Ending Youth Homelessness – clear description of current
efforts to address youth homelessness
11. Reaching Unsheltered Homeless – outreach and engagement
efforts
12. Ending Veteran Homelessness – services and housing
available for veterans from all funding sources
Continuum of Care Scoring
B. CoC Coordination of Housing and Services (28 points)
1.Preventing Homelessness – homeless prevention efforts including
an analysis of barriers to housing, coordination with ESG,
Consolidate Plans
2. Discharge Planning – Community plans for those coming from
foster care, health care facilities, mental health facilities, correctional
institutions
3.Consolidated Plan – listing of goals from Consolidated Plans that
address homelessness
4.Emergency Solutions Grants – how CoC community determines
allocation of ESG funds, coordination with ESG recipients and
project evaluation
5.Coordination with Other Funding Sources:- demonstrate
coordination with other federal, state, local, private entities serving
homeless
Continuum of Care Scoring
6. Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing – identification and
outreach to diverse homeless
7. Educational Assurances – for projects working with families
with children
8. Preventing Involuntary Family Separations – CoC’s
collaboration with shelter and housing provides to ensure
homeless households with children und the age of 18 are not
denied admission and are not separated
9. Affordable Health Care Act – CoC’s preparation with project
recipients for the implementation of the Affordable Care Act and
project participants access to health care
10. Resources for Service - how CoC is working with funding
recipients to identify other sources of mainstream funding for
supportive services to reduce the amount of CoC program funds
used for supportive services
Continuum of Care Scoring
C. Recipient Performance (15 points)
1. Performance Monitoring – CoC monitors recipients
performance on HUD-established goals
2. Increasing Performance – time in housing, increased
income/benefits
3. Increasing Capacity – CoC’s assistance to underperforming
recipients to increase capacity to meet requirements of Act, CoC
Program interim rule and local priorities
4. Reducing Homeless Episodes – how CoC tracks time and
episodes of homelessness as well as housing stability
5. Outreach – thoroughness of CoC plan for reaching all homeless
subpopulations in 100% of CoC’s geographic area
6. Tracking & Reducing Returns to Homelessness – use of
HMIS to monitor and explanation of plans to reduce number of
additional returns to homelessness
Continuum of Care Scoring
D. CoC Housing, Services & Structure (13 points)
1. CoC Meetings – open, inclusive of homeless and/or formerly
homeless
2. Complaints - any received and how handled
3. Inclusive Structures – considers full range of opinions from
individuals or entities with knowledge of homelessness and
open to proposals from entities not previously funded
4. Project Application Performance Metrics – review & ranking
process
5. Housing Inventory Count Submissions
Continuum of Care Scoring
E. Leveraging (5 points) – looking for 100% participation by
CoC funded recipients leveraging with 150% demonstrated
leverage
F. HMIS (11 points) - Governance, Privacy Plan, Security Plan,
Data Quality Plan, funding, bed coverage, data quality, entry and
exit dates, required reports
G. Point-in-Time Count (9 points) – actual count and
submission, change in PIT numbers, subpopulation data,
methodology
H. Bonus Points (up to 6 points)
• 100% renewals administration at 7% or below
• No SSO projects in Tier 1
• Accuracy of submission
MDHI 2013 NOFA Time Line
Date
Tasks and Deliverables
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September 23, 2013
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Grant Inventory Worksheet Due to HUD
(completed)
CoC Registration Due to HUD (completed)
November 22, 2013
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NOFA Release (completed)
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MDHI Distributes NOFA RFP (completed)
MDHI Distributes request for letters of intent for
new projects (completed)
Mandatory meeting for NOFA applicants to
review process (scoring tool, time frame,
priorities) and address NOFA questions—
Monday, December 9, 2013 from 9am to noon
at Mile High United Way
WizeHive site goes live
September 10, 2013
Week of December 2, 2013
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December 9, 2013
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Week of December 9, 2013
MDHI 2013 NOFA Time Line
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December 10, 2013
Applicants must send any feedback,
recommended edits or changes to NOFA
application to MDHI staff via email by 9am
Letters of Intent for new projects due at noon on
December 10, 2013
• NOFA applications for renewals are due to MDHI
via WizeHIve by noon on December 23, 2013
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December 23, 2013
December 23, 2013
January 7, 2014
• NOFA applications for new projects are due to
MDHI via email by noon on December 23, 2013
• Project Applicants (new and renewal projects) will
be scheduled for presentations at NOFA Review
Committee meeting—Morning of January 7, 2014
at Mile High United Way
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January 10, 2014
(tentative)
Final ranking of renewal projects announced to
Stakeholders
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Any and all appeals must be submitted to MDHI
by noon on January 17, 2014
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All projects due in e-snaps by noon on January
17, 2014
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Committee and staff provide recommendations
for full board consideration
NOFA ranking presented to Board for review &
approval
Agencies who have appealed will receive in
writing the decision prior to CoC NOFA
application submission
January 17, 2014
January 17, 2014
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Week of January 20,
2014
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Completed MDHI Consolidated Application
published on MDHI website for community
review and comment
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NOFA application submitted to HUD
HUD deadline for submission—February 3, 2014
Week of January 27
Week of January 27
Resources:
http://www.onecpd.info
Access to training documents, instruction manuals, FAQ’s, and the help
desk
http://mdhi.org/
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NOFA Announcement
NOFA Timeline
NOFA Renewal application
NOFA Renewal Leverage chart
NOFA Budget chart
HMIS 2013 Data Quality report
NOFA New Project Letter of Interest directions
MDHI NOFA Appeals Process
Effective Grant Writing
Things to pay attention to
and other important
information
Christine Groves
Grant Writer/Consultant
Using WizeHive
How to use WizeHive
Nathan Davis
Project Manager
Mile High United Way