HUD awards $1.6 million in homeless assistance funding to New Bedford Article originally published in the Standard Times February 11.2020 NEW BEDFORD – The group tasked with combating homelessness in the area has been awarded a grant from the federal Department of Housing & Urban Development under its Continuum of Care program. The Homeless Service Providers Network, led by the City’s Office of Housing & Community Development, has been awarded $1,673,610 in homeless assistance funding The grant awards announced at the end of January are [ Continue reading. ]
2019 IN REVIEW
The HSPN has completed a review of its actions over the past year focusing on the work it undertook throughout 2019. A copy of the powerpoint is available here: HSPN ANNUAL SUMMARY.2019 [ Continue reading. ]
2019 CONSOLIDATED COC APPLICATION
You can now access a copy of New Bedford's 2019 CoC Consolidated Application! The FINAL COC APPLICATION.2019 along with the APPLICATION ATTACHMENTS are available through these links. You can also access a copy of the PROJECT PRIORITY LISTING here as well! The CoC Application was reviewed and approved in a unanimous vote by the HSPN Executive Committee on September 19, 2019. If you have any questions about any of these materials or the individual projects that will be submitted as part of the overall 2019 package to HUD before September 30, 2019, [ Continue reading. ]
HMIS DOCUMENTS NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE!
At its August 15, 2019 membership meeting, the New Bedford Homeless Service Providers Network (HSPN) voted to update its Policies and Procedures document (available here:HMIS POLICIES PROCEDURES.2019 FINAL) as well as its Governance document (available here: HMIS GOVERNANCE.2019 FINAL) that guides the HSPN's use of data. These documents describe the way in which the organization's Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) is to be administered and operated in order to ensure the highest quality data. Although the use of HMIS is encouraged by all [ Continue reading. ]
COC COMMUNITY PRIORITIES for 2019
(Approved by the HSPN membership on June 20, 2019.) The City of New Bedford’s HSPN membership adopted its CoC Community Priorities at its regular meeting of June 20, 2019. Those priorities are available here: 2019 COC COMMUNITY PRIORITIES [ Continue reading. ]
2019 RANKING of COC PROPOSALS
The City of New Bedford's HSPN has received, reviewed and voted on the 2019 Final CoC Rank and Order of Projects. the HSPN's Performance Review Committee (PRC) comprised of HSPN members with no relationship--financial or otherwise--to any of the applicants for funding in the FY2019 round received, reviewed, vetted, evaluated, scored and ranked all applications for this competition. There were no new applications received in this competition round. Eight renewal applications were reviewed, six of which were for permanent housing (PH) programs (five [ Continue reading. ]
2019 COC RANKING and REVIEW PROCESS
The process used by the CoC in the review, evaluation and ranking of renewal, new and reallocation projects is annually updated and made available to the CoC, project applicants and the community. The 2019 Ranking and Review Process is available here: NB COC REVIEW and RANKING PROCESS.2019. [ Continue reading. ]
COC 2019 REALLOCATION PLAN
In anticipation of each CoC funding cycle, the City of New Bedford’s Continuum of Care (Homeless Service Provider’s Network or “HSPN”) issues its guidance regarding its policies/process for the reallocation of funding from an existing project to a new permanent supportive housing project. A copy of the CoC’s 2019 Reallocation Plan can be downloaded here: NB COC REALLOCATION PLAN.2019 [ Continue reading. ]
COC COMPETITION TIMELINE.2019
The 2019 Continuum of Care (CoC) funding competition in New Bedford’s CoC begins in July and runs through the September deadline set by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Check out the competition timeline for 2019 here: CoC Competition Timeline.2019 [ Continue reading. ]
OPEN COMPETITION: 2019 COC COMPETITION IS OPEN!
On Tuesday, July 30, 2019, the City of New Bedford’s Continuum of Care (CoC), acting through the Office of Housing & Community Development, has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) that includes instructions and the application itself for 2019 funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The RFP is available in fillable format here: RFP NB COC 2019 The linked RFP includes an application for renewal projects as well as new projects (those available through bonus and DV bonus funding) made available by HUD in this [ Continue reading. ]
