Each year, the City of Cambridge Continuum of Care applies for funds available for homeless services from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). This annual grant competition brings over $3 million to the City’s continuum of housing and services. Last week HUD released the 2014 portion of the FY2013-14 Continuum of Care (CoC) competition, kicking off a quick timeline for the Cambridge CoC to complete and submit our application by Oct. 30, 2014.
Read MoreHere are some resources highlighted during a Hoarding presentation given at our August Homeless Services Planning Committee meeting:
Read MoreAs our CoC moves forward with developing a system of coordinated referral, the following resources (papers, webinars, slides, etc.) are recommended to become familiar with key concepts and learn how other communities have already begun to structure their own systems:
Read MoreThe HMIS data migration and move to ETO’s TouchPoints platform, originally scheduled for this week, has been postponed. We will keep you posted when we have a new date to go live. If you have any questions, please feel free to call or email me. I can be reached at 617-349-6966 or mcolangelo@cambridgema.gov.
Thanks for your patience!
Read MoreHere is a document that describes the upcoming changes to the Cambridge HMIS Enterprise. If you are part of our CoC but use a different instance of HMIS, contact your HMIS Administrator for information on upcoming changes with software and the 2014 Data Standards.
Read MoreSocial Solutions (our HMIS vendor) software developers are working on implementing the changes for the October 1, 2014 new HMIS data standards. Prior to that change, HMIS will also undergo a major update related to how we enter data. Using the HUD Assessments and recording Efforts/Case Notes will be considered “legacy” features, and both of those functions will move into the TouchPoint format of data entry.
Read MoreOn May 1st, HUD, in collaboration with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) released the final version of the 2014 HMIS Data Standards. In coming months, HUD and partners will release additional guidance, including the HMIS final rule. These data standards will be in effect on October 1, 2014 and programmed into our HMIS no later than that date.
Read MoreThe City of Cambridge’s Department of Human Service Programs (DHSP) is pleased to announce a RFP for Cambridge’s FY2015 entitlement Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) program. This application is for services to be delivered from July 1, 2014- June 30, 2015. This RFP is open to all nonprofit organizations providing homeless shelter and/or outreach programs in Cambridge. For further details, please use the links below for the RFP document and associated application materials.
Read MoreHEARTH Act amendments to the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act codified the role and functions of the CoC, formalizing the responsibilities of a CoC and establishing minimum requirements for its operation and management. This governance charter outlines the governance structure of the Cambridge CoC under the new CoC Program Interim Rule; defines the roles and responsibilities of the Board, Committees, Working Groups and staff; and establishes policies and procedures for operating and managing the CoC.
Read MoreThe final version of the Cambridge CoC’s Consolidated Application for the FY2013-2014 CoC Program NOFA is available for review.
Thank you to all of the project subrecipients and community stakeholders who assisted DHSP in completing this year’s application! HUD anticipates announcing Tier 1 awards sometime in March.
Read MoreThe draft of the 2013 CoC Program Consolidated Application is available for review. An updated version including all attachments will be posted later this week.
An updated version of the Priority List has also been posted. It includes a slight change to ensure that the full Annual Renewal Demand (ARD) for the CoC is included in Tier 1 and Tier 2.
Read MoreThe 2013 CoC Project Priority list has been completed. This document includes a summary of the CoC’s ranking process, scoring criteria and final priority list.
Cambridge CoC Ranking Process and Priority List
Check back early next week to review a draft of the Consolidated Application.
Read MoreThe Cambridge CoC has published a summary of this year’s NOFA process, including policy priorities, information on tiers and ranking, established scoring criteria and a timeline.
Read MoreOn Friday 11/22, HUD released their Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for the Fiscal Years 2013 and 2014 Continuum of Care (CoC) Program Competition. Please visit the OneCPD Resource Exchange to read the full NOFA, find application resources, deadlines and other relevant information. We encourage you to attend our December 12th HSPC meeting for more CoC planning and discussion.
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