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Do you know all the benefits to the 2015 Kentucky Affordable Housing Conference? Learn about speakers, networking, and more, in the promotional video available on KHC's YouTube Channel. And don't forget to register today!    

On February 25, the Kentucky Balance of State (BoS) Continuum of Care (CoC) Advisory Board voted and adopted a pilot implementation of the Vulnerability Index and Service Prioritization Decision Assistance Tool (VI-SPDAT) as the BoS CoC's Coordinated Assessment tool.

The pilot project will impact the way both CoC and ESG funded agencies operate. We highly encourage all partners and their staff, from the BoS CoC, to attend this exciting training opportunity. This training is geared towards front-line staff working with vulnerable populations every day. 

Iain De Jong, creator of the Service Prioritization Decision AssistanceTool (SPDAT), will be conducting a free training session on Friday, April 10, 2015, at the Hyatt Regency Ballroom in Lexington, Kentucky, from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. ET, directly following the 2015 Kentucky Affordable Housing Conference.

The VI-SPDAT has been chosen as the tool for measuring housing needs and priorities in communities across the country by agencies, such as United Way's Home for Good and the states of Michigan and West Virginia, as well as locally by the Louisville/Jefferson County Continuum of Care.

Register now for this valuable training opportunity! Registration is required for attendance. A discounted hotel room rate of $159 has been extended for Thursday, April 9, reservations to cover participants for this training. To receive the discounted rate, please contact the Hyatt Regency by Friday, March 13, toll-free at 800-233-1234 and state you are attending the Kentucky Affordable Housing Conference. For your convenience, a buffet lunch option will be available for attendees on Friday, April 10, in the Hyatt Regency restaurant for $12.95 per person.

If you have any questions, please contact Jennifer Oberlin or Polly Lloyd toll-free in Kentucky at 800-633-8896 or 502-564-7630, extensions 214 or 274, respectively; TTY 711; or email joberlin@kyhousing.org or plloyd@kyhousing.org, respectively.

2015 ESG Application Available 

The 2015 Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) Application will be available Monday, March 16, 2015, at noon ET. Applications are Web-based and do not require a paper submission. The 2015 ESG Allocation is $2,417,145.

The deadline for submission is 5 p.m. ET, Monday, April 20, 2015. The 2015 ESG Application and ESG Program Guidelines are available on KHC's website, under Specialized Housing, Emergency Solutions Grant.  

A series of training videos are also available on KHC's website, under ESG Resources on the Emergency Solutions Grant page, and you are encouraged to review each video prior to completing your application.

You must first complete and submit the Capacity Scorecard and Fair Housing portion of the application. Please submit this portion of the application as soon as possible, but no later than Tuesday, March 31, 2015. If you score below 60 percent on the Capacity Scorecard and/or do not address the Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing, your application will not be reviewed.  

When submitting your 2015 ESG Application, please be sure to give it a name other than 2015 ESG, this will differentiate your application from all the others. 

The 2015 Score Sheet is anticipated to be available on KHC's website by March 31, 2015.

CoC Regional Meetings Scheduled 

The Kentucky BoS CoC will conduct a series of regional CoC meetings in May 2015. The agenda is still under development. The meetings will take place as follows:

Region 1

Tuesday, May 12, 10 a.m. (CT)

Pennyroyal Mental Health Center Regional Office

3999 Ft. Campbell Blvd., Hopkinsville 

Region 2

Thursday, May 13, 10 a.m. (CT)

Economic Justice Institute

2109 Old Louisville Road, Bowling Green

Region 3

Wednesday, May 20, 10 a.m. (ET)

Northern Kentucky Area Development District

22 Spiral Drive, Florence

Region 4

Tuesday, May 19, 10 a.m. (ET)

Public Library Conference Room

175 Beacon Hill Drive, Morehead

(Region 4 hosts will serve lunch.)

Region 5

Wednesday, May 27, 10 a.m. (ET)

Shiloh's Roadhouse Restaurant

218 Russell Dyche Memorial Highway, London

Region 6

Thursday, May 7, 10 a.m. (ET)

Liberty Place Recovery Center
218 Lake St., Richmond

If you have any questions, please contact Lynn Chrisman at 270-519-4422 or email lchrisman@kyhousing.org .