Shelter Plus Care (14.238)

 

Program

14.238 Shelter Plus Care

 

Federal Agency

COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

 

Authorization

McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act of 1987, Title IV, as amended.

 

Program Number

14.238

 

Last Known Status

Active

 

Objectives

The Shelter Plus Care Program provides rental assistance, in connection with supportive services funded from sources other than this program, to homeless persons with disabilities (primarily persons who are seriously mentally ill; have chronic problems with alcohol, drugs, or both, or have acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and related diseases) and their families. The program provides assistance through four components: (1) Tenant-based Rental Assistance (TRA); (2) Sponsor-based Rental Assistance (SRA); (3) Project-based Rental Assistance (PRA); (4) and Single Room Occupancy for Homeless Individuals (SRO).

 

Types of Assistance

Project Grants.

 

Uses and Use Restrictions

Homeless persons with disabilities and their families. Homeless persons with disabilities.

 

Eligibility Requirements

Applicant Eligibility

An eligible applicant is a State, unit of general local government, or public housing agency (PHA).

Beneficiary Eligibility

Homeless persons with disabilities and their families. Except in single room occupancy dwellings that are only for homeless persons with disabilities.

Credentials/Documentation

Costs will be determined in accordance with OMB Circular No. A-87 for State and local governments. Governmental entities and public housing agencies will certify to their eligibility.

 

Application and Award Process

Preapplication Coordination

An environmental assessment is required for this program. Any site that would have a significant adverse impact on the human environment will not be eligible for funding. All components of this program are excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372.

Application Procedure

A separate application package prescribing the specific information that applicants must submit is available from HUD. The standard application form as furnished by HUD must be used for this program. Any proposed project under this program must be consistent with the applicable HUD-approved Consolidated Plan.

Award Procedure

HUD reviews applications, rates and ranks those meeting threshold requirements, and makes conditional grant awards to those applications most highly ranked, in accordance with the NOFA.

Deadlines

A Notice of Fund Availability announces deadlines for completed applications and time frames for HUD selections.

 

Range of Approval/Disapproval Time

Appeals

Applicants may appeal the results of HUD's review and selection process if they believe a HUD error has occurred. Appeals must be in writing to the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development and must state what HUD error the applicant believes occurred.

Renewals

One year funding for projects eligible for renewal from the FY 2000, 2001 and 2002 competitions.

 

Assistance Considerations

Formula and Matching Requirements

Recipients must match the rental assistance by supportive services that are equal in value to the aggregate amount of rental assistance and appropriate to the needs of the population to be served.

Length and Time Phasing of Assistance

HUD will provide rental assistance under the TRA and SRA components for a five year period. Rental assistance under the SRO component will be for a 10 year period. If units are rehabilitated, and meet the standards required, assistance under the PRA component will be for a 10 years period; otherwise it will for a five year period.

 

Post Assistance Requirements

Reports

Each recipient must keep any records and make any reports as specified by HUD.

Audits

The financial management systems used by governmental entities that are recipients under this program must provide for audits in accordance with OMB Circular No. A-133 as stipulated in 24 CFR 45. HUD may perform further and additional audits as it finds necessary or appropriate.

Records

Each recipient must keep any records and make any reports that HUD may require.

 

Program Accomplishments

In Fiscal Year 2002 HUD funded 111 new Shelter Plus Care projects and 334 Shelter Plus Care renewal projects.

 

Financial Information

Account Identification

86-0192-0-1-604.

Obligations

(Grants) (Grants) FY 02 $178,769,000; FY 03 $210,319,000; and FY 04 est $251,763,000.

Range and Average of Financial Assistance

HUD imposes the following limitations: No more than ten percent of the assistance available for any fiscal year may be used for programs located within any one unit of general local government. At least ten percent of the funds available must be made available for each of the four components. In FY 2002, the smallest grant awarded was $13,944, the largest grant was $4,358,640 of $178,769,504 total awarded; the average grant was $401,729.

 

Regulations, Guidelines and Literature

24 CFR Part 582 Shelter Plus Care Program Final Rule.

 

Related Programs

14.231, Emergency Shelter Grants Program; 14.235, Supportive Housing Program; 14.241, Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS.

 

Information Contacts

Regional or Local Office

Designated contact person or monitor for the Shelter Plus Care Program in HUD Field Offices with a Community Planning and Development Division.

Headquarters Office

John D. Garrity, Deputy Director, Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs, Community Planning and Development, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Room 7262, 451 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410. Telephone: (202) 708-4300. Use the same number for FTS. E-mail John_Garrity@hud.gov.

Web Site Address

http://www.hud.gov/progdesc/cpdindx.html

 

Examples of Funded Projects

As of the end of FY 2000, 879 Shelter Plus Care Grants totaling over $1.1 billion have been awarded.

 

Criteria for Selecting Proposals

The criteria for selecting proposals will be listed under each Notice of Fund Availability.