Supportive Housing Program (14.235)

Program

14.235 Supportive Housing Program

Federal Agency

Agency: Department of Housing and Urban Development
Office: Office Of Community Planning And Development

Authorization

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

Program Number

14.235

Last Known Status

Active

Objectives

The Supportive Housing Program is designed to promote the development of supportive housing and supportive services to assist homeless individuals and families in the transition from homelessness and to enable them to live as independently as possible. Program funds may be used to provide: (i) transitional housing within a 24-month period as well as up to six months of follow-up services to former residents to assist their adjustment to independent living; (ii) permanent housing provided in conjunction with appropriate supportive services designed to maximize the ability of persons with disabilities to live as independently as possible; (iii) supportive housing that is, or is part of, a particularly innovative project for, or alternative method of, meeting the immediate and long-term needs of homeless individuals and families; (iv) supportive services for homeless individuals not provided in conjunction with supportive housing,(v) safe havens for homeless individuals with serious mental illness currently residing on the streets who may not yet be ready for supportive services; and (vi) Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS) for developing management information systems to maintain data on beds, units and homeless individuals.

Types of Assistance

DIRECT PAYMENTS FOR A SPECIFIED USE; PROJECT GRANTS

Uses and Use Restrictions

Eight types of assistance may be provided for Supportive Housing: acquisition of structures for use as supportive housing or in providing supportive services; rehabilitation of structures for use as supportive housing or in providing supportive services; new construction of buildings for use as supportive housing under limited circumstances; leasing of structures for use as supportive housing or in providing supportive services; operating costs of supportive housing; costs of providing supportive services to homeless persons; costs of implementing and operating HMIS; and administrative costs not to exceed five percent of the SHP grant.

Eligibility Requirements

Applicant Eligibility

States, local governments, other governmental entities, private nonprofit organizations, and community mental health associations that are public nonprofit organizations.

Beneficiary Eligibility

Homeless individuals and families with children.

Credentials/Documentation

Private nonprofit status is documented by submitting either (1) a copy of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) ruling providing tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the IRS Code; or (2) documentation showing that the entity is a certified United Way agency; or (3) a certification from a licensed CPA that no part of the next earnings of the organization inures to the benefit of any member, founder, contributor, or individual; that the organization has a voluntary board; that the organization practices nondiscrimination in the provision of assistance; that the organization has a functioning accounting system. OMB Circular No. A-87 applies to this program.

Application and Award Process

Preapplication Coordination

Preapplication coordination is required. An environmental impact assessment is required for this program. This program is excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372.

Application Procedure

OMB Circular No. A-102 applies to this program. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-110. One application package prescribing the specific information that applicants must submit is available. The standard application forms 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 and must be permissible under applicable zoning ordinances and regulations.

Award Procedure

HUD reviews applications, rates and ranks those meeting threshold requirements, and prepares a Grant Agreement for those applications selected.

Deadlines

Contact the headquarters or regional office, as appropriate, for application deadlines.

Range of Approval/Disapproval Time

Processing of applications will take place in HUD Field Offices and at HUD Headquarters, and selection of successful applicants will take place at HUD Headquarters. HUD will make its final selections and obligate funds as soon as the applications can be processed.

Appeals

Applicants may appeal funding decision if they believe a HUD error has occurred.

Renewals

Information on renewals is contained in the Notice of Funding Availability and the application package.

Assistance Considerations

Formula and Matching Requirements

This program has no statutory formula.

Matching Requirements: Recipients must match grants for acquisition, rehabilitation, and new construction, with an equal amount of funds from other sources. Recipients must also provide a cash match for support services and operations. The Supportive Housing Program will pay no more than 80 percent of total support service costs, 75 percent of total operating costs or 80 percent of total HMIS costs. Recipients have the responsibility to ensure that the funds that the recipient uses to satisfy HUD's match requirements are not prohibited to be used for this purpose under any statutue that may govern the matching funds.

MOE requirements are not applicable to this program.

Length and Time Phasing of Assistance

Grants may be made available for up to 3 years for leasing, operating, supportive services and HMIS costs. Method of awarding/releasing assistance: by letter of credit.

Post Assistance Requirements

Reports

Each recipient must keep any records and make any reports as specified by HUD within the timeframe required. Cash reports are not applicable. Progress reports are not applicable. Expenditure reports are not applicable. Performance monitoring is not applicable.

Audits

This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-133. The financial management systems used by governmental entities that are recipients under this program must provide for audits in accordance with 24 CFR 45. Private nonprofit entity recipients are subject to the audit requirements of 24 CFR 44. Both 24 CFR Part 44 and 45 stipulate that grant recipients and their subgrantees provide audits in accordance with OMB Circular No. A-133. HUD may perform further and additional audits as it finds necessary or appropriate. In accordance with the provisions of OMB Circular No. A-133, (Revised, June 27, 2003), "Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations," nonfederal entities that expend financial assistance of $500,000 or more in Federal Awards will have a single or a program-specific audit conducted for that year. Nonfederal entities that expend less than $500,000 a year in Federal awards are exempt from Federal audit requirements for the year, except as noted in Circular No. A-133.

Records

Each recipient must agree to participate in an evaluation of the program, and to keep any records and make any reports that HUD may require for the purpose of reporting to Congress on the cost of the program and the social, financial, and other advantages of supportive housing components as a means of assisting homeless persons.

Program Accomplishments

Fiscal Year 2008: 5537 applications were received for the Supportive Housing Program as of the end of fiscal year 2008. 5293 project applications received conditional grant awards. Fiscal Year 2009: No Current Data Available Fiscal Year 2010: No Current Data Available

Financial Information

Account Identification

86-0192-0-1-604.

Obligations

(Project Grants) FY 08 $827,244,000; FY 09 est $1,051,364,000; FY 10 est $1,158,191,000

Range and Average of Financial Assistance

HUD imposes the following limitations: (1) Acquisition and/or rehabilitation construction grants for the Supportive Housing Program may not exceed 200,000 (up to $400,000 in high cost areas); new construction may not exceed $400,000; (2) funding of up to 75 percent for operating costs; (3) funding of up to 80 percent for supportive services and HMIS costs; and (4) the program provides grants for leasing costs for up to 3 years.

Regulations, Guidelines and Literature

24 CFR 583 published in the Federal Register. Other program information is available from Community Connections at (1-800) 998-9999.

Related Programs

14.231 Emergency Shelter Grants Program; 14.238 Shelter Plus Care; 14.241 Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS; 14.249 Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation Single Room Occupancy

Information Contacts

Regional or Local Office

See Regional Agency Offices. Designated contact person for the Supportive Housing Program in HUD Field Offices with a Community Planning and Development Division.

Headquarters Office

Robyn Raysor, Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs, Community Planning and Development, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Room 7266, 451 7th Street, SW, Washington, District of Columbia 20410 Email: Robyn.S.Raysor@hud.gov Phone: (202) 708-4300

Web Site Address

http://www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/homeless/index.cfm and http://www.hudhre.info. The hudhre website provides additional detailed instructions on eligibility and process.

Examples of Funded Projects

Not Applicable.

Criteria for Selecting Proposals

Criteria for selecting applications for assistance are defined in a Notice of Funding Availability in the Federal Register.