The Kentucky Balance of State (BoS) CoC Advisory Board Ranking Subcommittee will meet Friday, June 12, at 10 a.m., via Gotowebinar. This meeting is open to the public, but all individuals must register.

The Kentucky BoS CoC Advisory Board will meet Tuesday, June 16, at 10 a.m., at KHC's, west annex, located at 1231 Louisville Road, Frankfort, Kentucky. The meeting is open to the public and the agenda is available on KHC's website, under Specialized Housing, Continuum of Care.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is accepting public comment on the interim rule, "Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) Program; Solicitation of Comment on Specific Issues."

HUD has carefully reviewed all comments received in response to the interim rule through the first comment period, which was in February 2012. However, because recipients and subrecipients now have experience implementing the interim rule, HUD recognizes that additional input and comments should be available for the development of the ESG final rule. HUD greatly appreciates feedback and especially seeks comments based on experience with the interim rule. Therefore, HUD is now accepting public comment for an additional 60 days. The comment period will close on Monday, August 3, 2015.

HUD requests that commenters not resubmit any comments already submitted in the first public comment period, unless new information or insights based on research or experience with the program is provided. HUD will consider comments from both comment periods when drafting the final rule.

Instructions for submitting comments are outlined in the beginning of the notice, so review this section carefully. All comments must be submitted in the manner outlined in the notice for HUD to consider the comment. Do not submit questions or comments about the Notice through Ask A Question (AQQ) help desk on HUD Exchange. If a requirement in the notice is unclear, please submit that as a comment. An Outline of Notice is available to help individuals organize comments.  

While reading the notice and preparing comments, HUD asks individuals to think about the following questions for each change being considered:

• How will it affect individuals and families who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, of whom this program is designed to serve?
• Will it assist with ease of administering the program?
• Will it help improve compliance with the regulation?
• What effects could it have in your community - both positive and negative?

This notice does not establish any new requirements. The ESG interim rule is in effect until the ESG final rule is published. All of the proposed language and topics are presented only for consideration at this time.

HUD greatly appreciates your time and attention to providing helpful and constructive comments to improve the ESG program for the final rule.

KHC encourages your participation in the next Kentucky Statewide CoC meeting on Wednesday, July 1, 2015, at 2 p.m. ET. By joining this Webinar, which covers all six CoC regions, your attendance will be counted for the July 2015 CoC meeting.

Topics that will be discussed include HUD opening comments for the ESG Interim Rule, the 2015 ESG Award status, the 2015 CoC Application, CoC Advisory Board, Coordinated Assessment, and HMIS updates.  

KHC has scheduled Kentucky Homeless Management Information System (KYHMIS) training for Tuesday, August 11, 2015, from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. ET, in KHC's computer training room, west annex, 1231 Louisville Road, Frankfort. Seating is limited and available to registrants on a first-come, first-served basis. To attend a KYHMIS training session, users must submit a Training Request Form no later than three days prior to the session to ensure space is available. As a reminder, these scheduled KYHMIS New User Trainings are not Recovery Kentucky KYHMIS trainings. 

1. System Performance Measures HMIS Programming Specifications: a document that instructs HMIS vendors how to program their HMIS software to calculate the system performance measures. This document is written specifically for HMIS administrators and vendors to provide very specific instruction on what is included in each measure.
2. System Performance Measure Table Shells: a document that provides a visual representation of how HUD plans on collecting the system performance measures data.

If you have any questions, please contact Lena Columbia toll-free in Kentucky at 800-633-8896 or 502-564-7630, extension 448, TTY 711; or email lcolumbia@kyhousing.org.