Homelessness Prevention And Rapid Re-housing Program (recovery Act Funded)

 

To provide financial and other assistance to prevent individuals and families from becoming homeless and help those who are experiencing homelessness to be quickly re-housed and stabilized.

Deleted 10/11/2010 (Archived.) 14.257 Agency: Department of Housing and Urban Development Formula Grants Fiscal Year 2009: No Current Data Available Fiscal Year 2010: No Current Data Available Fiscal Year 2011: No Current Data Available American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Title XII. See Index. See Index. States, metropolitan cities, urban counties, and territories that elect to participate in the program must submit to HUD: (1) an application, and (2) all required certifications. The details of this required documentation will be established in the forthcoming Federal Register notice. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-87. An applicant should consult the State office or official designated as the single point of contact for more information on the process the State requires to be followed in applying for assistance, if the State has selected the program for review. Environmental impact information is not required for this program. This program is eligible for coverage under E.O. 12372, "Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs." An applicant should consult the office or official designated as the single point of contact in his or her State for more information on the process the State requires to be followed in applying for assistance, if the State has selected the program for review. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-102. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-110. To be eligible, each grantee must submit an application, the details of which will be published in the forthcoming Federal Register notice. Each participating grantee must submit certifications required by HUD.
HUD will review the grantee's application and execute a grant agreement. Contact the headquarters or regional office, as appropriate, for application deadlines. Each State, metropolitan city, urban county, and territory should submit its application per the requirements described in the forthcoming Federal Register notice.

This will be established in the forthcoming Federal Register notice. None. None. HUD will review applications and approve grantee proposals based on criteria established in the forthcoming notice. Grantees may use the grant for activities relating to the prevention of homelessness and rapid re-housing for homeless individuals and families, including: 1) financial assistance, such as short-term and medium-term rental assistance, security and utility deposits, and utility assistance; 2) housing relocation and stabilization services including housing search, mediation, credit repair, moving cost assistance, and case management, 3) Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) costs, and 4) Administrative costs, not to exceed five percent of the grant. No program reports are required. No cash reports are required. Each grantee shall submit an Interim Performance Report, due in October 2009, thereafter a Quarterly Performance Report covering the amount of funds allocated for the 4 eligible HPRP activities (Financial Assistance, Services, Data Collection and Evaluation and Administrative Costs)and the amount expended for each of these categories, the estimated unduplicated number of individuals and families served, and the estimate of the numbers of new jobs created and jobs retained and other data items. The Annual Performance Report will gather information on outputs such as number and demographic characteristics served, HPRP funds expended by activity type and number of jobs created and retained and outcomes related to housing stability. Each grantee shall quarterly and annually report on its uses of funds and program progress in a HUD-approved format within deadlines provided in the forthcoming Federal Register notice. Quarterly monitoring reports required. 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 that year, except as noted in Circular No. A-133. This single audit combines the government's annual financial statement audit with additional audit coverage of its Federal funds. Grantees and recipients must retain records for a length of time to be specified in the forthcoming notice. Statutory Formula: Title 24, Chapter V, Part 576, Subpart A, Public Law 111-5.
This program has no matching requirements.
This program does not have MOE requirements. Upon HUD's receipt and review of the application, grant awards will be made within a period of time that is to be established in the forthcoming Federal Register notice. See the following for information on how assistance is awarded/released: No information provided. See Regional Agency Offices. Contact appropriate HUD Field Office. Michael Roanhouse, Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs, Room 7262, Office of Community Planning and Development, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, District of Columbia 20410 Email: Michael.Roanhouse@hud.gov Phone: (202) 402-3400. No Data Available 86-0193-0-1-604 - 86-0193 2009/2011. (Formula Grants) FY 08 $0; FY 09 est $1,350,000,000; FY 10 est $150,000,000 For fiscal year 2009, the grant allocations ranged from $412,935 to $73,929,729. The mean average allocation was $2,763,889. The program is governed by a notice to be published in the Federal Register within 30 days of the enactment of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
Not Applicable.