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Upcoming Events
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May 4 - 7, 2009
Virginia Association of Housing Counselors Conference, Hilton - Virginia Beach Oceanfront
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May 14, 2009
Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development's HPRP "How to Apply Workshop", Roanoke
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May 19, 2009
Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development's HPRP "How to Apply Workshop", Richmond
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September 24 - 25, 2009
Homeward Best Practices Conference, Richmond
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November 18 - 20, 2009
Governor's Housing Conference, Norfolk Marriott Hotel and Conference Center
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DHCD Announces HPRP Plans
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Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) will
receive an $11 million allocation for the Homelessness Prevention and
Rapid Re-housing Program (HPRP) and will be sub-granting the funds to
organizations and local governments across Virginia. DHCD recently released
information on its HPRP process. As an eligible grantee*, DHCD must complete a plan - specifically a Substantial Amendment to the Consolidated Plan - and submit it to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) by May 18. To access DHCD's draft substantial amendment, click here.DHCD will release the RFP and program guidelines on May 4; "How to
Apply" workshops will be held in Roanoke on May 14 and Richmond on May
19; and proposals will be due June 19. Visit DHCD's website for full details. * Eligible grantees are those local and state governments who will be receiving HPRP funds directly from HUD. HPRP was created as part of HR 1 - the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the economic recovery legislation signed by President Obama in February. For a listing of all Virginia's eligible grantees, see VCEH's Analysis of the HUD Notice by clicking here. |
Partnership Opportunities Created for Homelessness Prevention and Assistance
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Community action agencies and several units of local government will be receiving an increase in the federal Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) as a result of the federal economic recovery legislation. As community action agency clients and homeless services clients significantly overlap, there is an opportunity to coordinate and leverage the new CSBG dollars with the Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-housing Program (HPRP) dollars. The more communities can coordinate and streamline the resources that are available, the farther the dollars will be stretched. Stretching dollars equals serving more families and serving them more effectively.
Those receiving the CSBG funds must complete a plan for the use of the funds by May 15. If you have not already met with your local community action agency, set up a meeting now to discuss potential partnership and coordination opportunities. Click here for a list of the community action agencies across Virginia.
More Information on the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG)
CSBG is a federal block grant which provides States with funds to lessen poverty in communities. The funds are distributed to community action agencies and units of local government and can be used for services and activities addressing employment, education, income, housing, nutrition, emergency services and / or health. The funds can be used to provide homelessness prevention assistance.
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HUD Sponsors HPRP Regional Trainings in Atlanta and Washington, DC
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HUD is sponsoring several regional trainings for HPRP grantees and potential grantees. Among the nine scheduled trainings, one will be held in Atlanta on June 16 - 17, 2009, and one tentatively in Washington, DC, in July 2009.
Registration is not yet available for either the Atlanta or Washington, DC, trainings.
The trainings will cover program purpose and eligible activities, targeting assistance, and fiscal and data collection requirements, among other things.
For more information, click here.
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New VCEH Website Includes Information on Homelessness in Virginia
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Check out VCEH's new website which is new as of today!
It includes research on effective strategies to prevent and end homelessness and will be updated on a regular basis with information on homelessness in Virginia.
VCEH provides this as a resource to communities in Virginia to assist in the identification of and implementation of best practice strategies that will improve our collective work.
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