Development and Service Integration Committee Monday, March 5, 2012 600 East Trade Street (Old City Hall) 4:00 – 5:30 p.m. Committee Members: Staff Resources: David Furman, Facilitator David Jones Renata Henderson Nancy Crown Pat Mumford, Ex‐Officio Member Zelleka Biermann (City) Ray Holt (CHA) Helen Lipman (County) AGENDA Action Items: I.
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Mid‐Year Work Plan Review – D. Furman Continuum of Care (COC) process committee update – Caroline Chambre Joint Request for Proposal (RFP) Update – Z. Biermann Future Meeting Topics IV.
Attachment: A. December 15, 2011 Committee Meeting Summary B. Action Plan update C. Continuum of Care process committee update Handout: A. Joint RFP update Next Meeting Date: Full Coalition ‐ Wednesday, March 21, 2012 @ CMGC DSI Committee ‐ Wednesday, April 19, 2012 @ 333 West Trade Street, Suite 200 Attachment A Charlotte‐Mecklenburg Collation for Housing Development and Service Integration Committee Thursday, December 15, 2011 Committee Members Present: David Furman, Facilitator Renata Henderson Patrick Mumford, Ex‐Officio Member Staff Resources: Zelleka Biermann (City) Chris Squier (CHA) Helen Lipan (County) Meeting Summary The Committee: •
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Received an update on potential supportive housing development located at 333 Hawthorne lane from the development team, The Affordable Housing Group (TAHG) and Supportive Service provider, St. Peter’s Home The development team outlined the progress made towards community engagement, through various meeting with neighborhood police, Elizabeth elementary school leadership team, and neighborhood representatives. The school leadership team requested additional information about the population of homeless residents and plan to visit the McCreesh site Due diligence in progress on the physical assessment and financial feasibility and assembling various funding sources TAHG will have due diligence completed within 60 days to report back to committee Discussed possible committee expansion to establish a relationship with the Veteran’s Administration to partner and leverage funding resources for homeless veterans in our area Would invite Brian Collier, Foundation for the Carolinas to participate in committee discussion to align funding resources and help identify recourses for operating funding gap Welcomed Anna Tareck with 3PM Creative Services Group & Limerick Studios, with the support of Wells Fargo, the Charlotte‐Mecklenburg for Housing (CMCH) will be working with 3PM Creative Services to develop a communications plan and an information tool kit that will help CMCH members and staff talk about affordable housing & homelessness and the 10 year plan in our community Approved to issue joint Supportive Housing RFP in February •
Next Steps: • Release RFP Document in February, 2012 Charlotte‐Mecklenburg Coalition for Housing Attachment B Action Plan Worksheet ACCOUNTABILITY
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Development & Service Integration Committee Staff: Zelleka Biermann Ray Holt System Goal 1. Homeless families and individuals will be housed quickly 2. Services will stabilize housing and prevent returns to homelessness 3. Families and individuals most at‐risk of becoming homeless will remain stably housed System Outcome 1. Reduce number of people who become or return to homelessness 2. Increase the supply of affordable housing 3. Increase employment and income 4. Reduce the number of unengaged homeless 5. Reduce length of homelessness Action 1. Integrate Development, Supportive Services and Continuum Care 2. Create process to utilize Rapid Acquisition and Supportive Service funding to develop supportive housing WORK PLAN ITEMS Date 1. Integration of supportive housing to developments MOU between City, County & Housing Authority by 6/30/12 • The City , County & the Housing Authority executed a Memorandum of Understanding to work together in an effort to implement the Ten Year Plan • The goal is to ensure that affordable housing developments include the appropriate supportive services, where necessary. 2. Integration of Continuum of Care (COC) and other public funding • A committee representing City of Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, The Charlotte Housing Authority and Homeless Services Network was created to design a process for submission of the 2013 application and provide better service delivery, collaborative planning, and create opportunity for increased funding • The committee after much discussion and due diligence decided that the best course of action for our community is to keep the CoC as a committee of the Homeless Services Network with structural improvements including a monthly professional facilitator to keep committee focused on CoC business 3. Issue Joint Request For Proposal (RFP) • Convened a group of developers & service providers to get feedback on elements of a Supportive Housing RFP/RFQ • City of Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, The Charlotte Housing Authority issued a joint RFP to provide proposers capital funds, supportive services & operating rental subsidy Completed 10/27/11 Completed 2/23/12 Completed 1/17/12 Charlotte‐Mecklenburg Coalition for Housing Attachment B Action Plan Worksheet ACCOUNTABILITY
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Development & Service Integration Committee Staff: Zelleka Biermann Ray Holt 4. Select development project • Developed Rapid Acquisition Strategy & Checklist • Reviewed two projects for possible Rapid Acquisition • RFP submission March 2, 2011 5. Commit development funds by 6/30/2012 METRIC ASSESSMENT 1. Negotiate Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) City/County/CHA to leverage resources for supportive services (work plan 1 & 2) 2. Select developer and commit funding for project ( Work plan 3‐5) Completed Pending Review Dashboard green yellow X X red Attachment C Continuum of Care Process Committee update Team leader: Committee: Caroline Chambre ‐ Urban Ministry Helen Lipman ‐ County Gainor Eisenlor ‐ Charlotte Housing Authority Zelleka Biermann ‐ City Team sponsors: Pam Wideman Stacy Lowry Carson Dean Charge: Create a process for a unified application and allocation for the federal Continuum of Care (CoC) grant. Rationale: The proposed federal regulations for Continuum of Care funding requires the community to engage in a comprehensive strategic planning that spans multiple systems to submit a single comprehensive CoC application. This application rewards collaborative action for the successful implementation of Ten Year Plans to end homelessness, prevent a return to homelessness and establish local funding priorities. Committee Actions: • Create buy‐in and shared understanding of the rationale for change with the CM Coalition for Housing, HSN, other service providers and their Boards • Define and recommend accountability for a COC process aligned with the Ten Year Plan goals • Develop a process that is with “one voice” meeting the national goals for COC • Transition COC funding application to the CM Coalition for Housing with the 2012‐13 grant process Committee Recommendations: The committee after several meetings, discussions and due diligence has decided that the best course of action for our community is to keep the CoC as a committee of the Homeless Services Network with the following structural improvements: • The monthly CoC meetings will be professionally facilitated in order to: ¾ Keep the committee focused on CoC business, ¾ Continue to engage as broad a spectrum of the community as possible, and ¾ Provide the committee a monthly check‐in related to not only the annual funding application but, as importantly, the year‐round information gathering, reporting, and consensus building expected by HUD. Charles Page, President and Consultant with Coolspring Center have agreed to be CoC facilitator. Charles is regarded nationwide as a leader through his accomplishments with United Way of Central Attachment C Carolinas, where he served for over 25 years. Charles has provided strategic planning facilitation for many businesses and organizations. •
The CoC will have co‐chairs, neither of whom may be from an agency receiving CoC funding. Because of HUD moving towards more involvement of the CoC in the Emergency Solutions Grant program, this means chairs cannot be from an agency receiving CoC homeless programs, shelter plus care, or ESG funding. It will also apply to funding from other federal programs that HUD may move to the CoC in the future. Having this requirement will help CoC avoid any real or perceived conflict of interest. •
One of the co‐chairs will be from HSN and one will be from the Coalition. Carson Dean will be working on recruiting a co‐chair representing HSN and Pam Wideman will recruit a co‐chair representing the Coalition. Co‐Chairs will be responsible for ensuring that the “business” of the CoC required by HUD is accomplished by the CoC. One of the two co‐
chairs will be the HUD authorized contact and the other will serve as alternate. •
The CoC and its monthly committee meetings and, subsequent, work groups will continue to be open to all who wish to participate. Limiting co‐chair leadership roles, CoC intentionally creating a process that requires recruiting and fostering new leadership. Once both co‐chairs are determined, they will meet with the facilitator to create an ongoing meeting schedule and send it out for all to be aware and join in. •
The CoC, at least for the foreseeable future, will continue to contract with an experienced HUD grant writer to prepare annual CoC SuperNOFA application. CoC have had high‐scoring applications over the past few years using this approach, and with all of the changes related to HEARTH coming, committee believe continuing to use a grant writer is in the CoC’s best interest. 2/29/2012