Emergency Housing Vouchers – Round #1 Applications Being Accepted As has been discussed for several months in HSPN monthly meetings, this is to advise you that applications will be accepted for Round #1 of the Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) program beginning Monday, November 8th through Monday, November 22nd. Every inquiry and every application begins with New Bedford Coordinated Entry open Monday - Fridays from 8.30am - 5.00pm (except Veterans Day) and may be reached at 508.999.4757 beginning November 8th. If you are a case manager or are [ Continue reading. ]
2021 RANKING of COC PROPOSALS
The City of New Bedford’s HSPN has received, reviewed and voted on the 2021 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 FY2021 round received, reviewed, vetted, evaluated, scored and ranked all applications for this competition. There were three new applications received in this competition round, two of which were expansion projects. One project eligible for renewal in this round, Transition to [ Continue reading. ]
2021 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 2021 Ranking and Review Process is available here: NB COC REVIEW and RANKING PROCESS.2021 [ Continue reading. ]
COC 2021 REALLOCATION PLAN
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 higher performing and/or new permanent housing project. A copy of the CoC’s 2021 Reallocation Plan can be downloaded here: NB COC REALLOCATION PLAN.2021. [ Continue reading. ]
NEW BEDFORD CONNECT IS BACK in 2021…
The Homeless Service Provider's Network (HSPN) outreach/fundraising committee called "Rise-Up for Homes" is sponsoring this year's New Bedford Connect, a one-day event that brings together, in a single location, a wide variety of community volunteers, vital resources and services for individuals and families experiencing homelessness or who are at risk of becoming homeless. Direct services will be provide on site, free of charge to all seeking assistance. The goal of New Bedford Connect is to provide easy access to these services and resources that [ Continue reading. ]
COC COMPETITION IS NOW OPEN!
COC COMPETITION MA-505 COC RFP NOW AVAILABLE! On Friday, September 10, 2021, the City of New Bedford’s Continuum of Care (CoC), acting through the Office of Housing & Community Development, issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) that includes instructions and both new and renewal application forms for 2021 funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The RFP is available in fillable format here: MA-505 COC RFP 2021. Application deadline is Friday, October 1, 2021 at 12noon as detailed in the RFP. The linked RFP [ Continue reading. ]
COC COMPETITION TIMELINE 2021
The 2021 Continuum of Care (CoC) funding competition in New Bedford’s CoC runs through the November deadline set by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Check out the competition timeline for 2021 here: 2021 COMPETITION TIMELINE [ Continue reading. ]
MOVING FORWARD…HSPN Adopted Strategies
At its July 2021 HSPN meeting, attendees heard and reviewed an initial presentation addressing the New Bedford continuum’s “System Performance Measures” which reflected how well all ESG and CoC-funded programming within the New Bedford CoC had performed in the aggregate or, as a "system" in 2020. The review looked at how New Bedford’s performance compared with adjoining CoCs (Fall River and GBCATCH), other statewide CoCs and continuums of similar size across the whole country. A copy of the unabridged version of that powerpoint presentation is [ Continue reading. ]
COC COMMUNITY PRIORITIES FOR 2021
(Approved by the HSPN membership on May 20, 2021.) The City of New Bedford’s HSPN membership adopted its CoC Community Priorities at its regular meeting of May 20, 2021. Those priorities are available here: 2021 COC COMMUNITY PRIORITIES. [ Continue reading. ]
2021 STREETSHEETS ARE AVAILABLE
The City of New Bedford's Office of Housing & Community Development has released the 2021 StreetSheet. Go to the HSPN Resource Page to access a copy of the sheet in English, Portuguese and Spanish. Hard copies of the StreetSheets are also available upon request by contacting Jennifer.Clarke@newbedford-ma.gov. (Copies will be available for distribution once City of New Bedford's municipal office hours resume full time.) [ Continue reading. ]
