Supportive Housing Program

 

The Supportive Housing Program is designed to promote the development of supportive housing and supportive services to assist homeless individuals and families in the transition from homelessness and to enable them to live as independently as possible. Program funds may be used to provide: (i) transitional housing within a 24-month period as well as up to six months of follow-up services to former residents to assist their adjustment to independent living; (ii) permanent housing provided in conjunction with appropriate supportive services designed to maximize the ability of persons with disabilities to live as independently as possible; (iii) supportive housing that is, or is part of, a particularly innovative project for, or alternative method of, meeting the immediate and long-term needs of homeless individuals and families; (iv) supportive services for homeless individuals not provided in conjunction with supportive housing,(v) safe havens for homeless individuals with serious mental illness currently residing on the streets who may not yet be ready for supportive services; and (vi) Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS) for developing management information systems to maintain data on beds, units and homeless individuals.

Deleted 02/05/2016 (Archived.) 14.235 Assistant Secretary For Community Planning and Development, Department of Housing and Urban Development B - Project Grants; C - Direct Payments For Specified Use Fiscal Year 2016 No Current Data Available
Fiscal Year 2017 No Current Data Available
Fiscal Year 2019 No Current Data Available McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act of 1987, Title IV, Subtitle C, as amended. States, local governments, other governmental entities, private nonprofit organizations, and community mental health associations that are public nonprofit organizations. Homeless individuals and families with children. Private nonprofit status is documented by submitting either (1) a copy of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) ruling providing tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the IRS Code; or (2) documentation showing that the entity is a certified United Way agency; or (3) a certification from a licensed CPA that no part of the net earnings of the organization insures to the benefit of any member, founder, contributor, or individual; that the organization has a voluntary board; that the organization practices nondiscrimination in the provision of assistance and that the organization has a functioning accounting system. Preapplication coordination is required. An environmental impact assessment is required for this listing. No additional information 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards applies to this program. One application package prescribing the specific information that applicants must submit is available. The standard application forms as furnished by HUD must be used for this program. Any proposed project under this program must be consistent with the applicable HUD-approved Consolidated Plan and must be permissible under applicable zoning ordinances and regulations. HUD reviews applications, rates and ranks those meeting threshold requirements, and prepares a Grant Agreement for those applications selected. Contact the headquarters or regional location, as appropriate for application deadlines Processing of applications will take place in HUD Field Offices and at HUD Headquarters, and selection of successful applicants will take place at HUD Headquarters. HUD will make its final selections and obligate funds as soon as the applications can be processed. Applicants may appeal funding decision if they believe a HUD error has occurred. Information on renewals is contained in the Notice of Funding Availability and the application. The Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing (HEARTH) Act amended and reauthorize the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act into the Continuum of Care Program. Fiscal Year 2011 was the last funding year under the Supportive Housing Program. Projects will continue to operate under the NOFA they were awarded under until they are renewed under the Continuum of Care Program. The resource for this program is still relevant. Eight types of assistance may be provided for Supportive Housing: acquisition of structures for use as supportive housing or in providing supportive services; rehabilitation of structures for use as supportive housing or in providing supportive services; new construction of buildings for use as supportive housing under limited circumstances; leasing of structures for use as supportive housing or in providing supportive services; operating costs of supportive housing; costs of providing supportive services to homeless persons; costs of implementing and operating HMIS; and administrative costs not to exceed five percent of the SHP grant. Not applicable. The financial management systems used by governmental entities that are recipients under this program must provide for audits in accordance with 24 CFR 45 as applicable. Private nonprofit entity recipients are subject to the audit requirements of 24 CFR 44 as applicable. Both 24 CFR Part 44 and 45 stipulate that grant recipients and their subgrantees provide audits in accordance with OMB Circular No. A-133. HUD may perform further and additional audits as it finds necessary or appropriate. Each recipient must agree to participate in an evaluation of the program, and to keep any records and make any reports that HUD may require for the purpose of reporting to Congress on the cost of the program and the social, financial, and other advantages of supportive housing components as a means of assisting homeless persons. Statutory formula is not applicable to this assistance listing.

Matching is voluntary. Recipients must match grants for acquisition, rehabilitation, and new construction, with an equal amount of funds from other sources. Recipients must also provide a cash match for support services and operations. The Supportive Housing Program will pay no more than 80 percent of total support service costs, 75 percent of total operating costs or 80 percent of total HMIS costs. Recipients have the responsibility to ensure that the funds that the recipient uses to satisfy HUD's match requirements are not prohibited to be used for this purpose under any statutue that may govern the matching funds.

MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. Grants may be made available for up to 3 years for leasing, operating, supportive services and HMIS costs. Method of awarding/releasing assistance: Letter. Designated contact person for the Supportive Housing Program in HUD Field Offices with a Community Planning and Development Division. Tonya Proctor, Deputy Director
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development;
Community Planning and Development;
Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs
Washington, DC 20410 USA
tonya.proctor@hud.gov
Phone: 202-402-5697 http://www.hudexchange.info/shp 86-0192-0-1-604 (Project Grants) FY 18$0.00; FY 19 est $0.00; FY 20 est $0.00; - HUD imposes the following limitations: (1) Acquisition and/or rehabilitation construction grants for the Supportive Housing Program may not exceed 200,000 (up to $400,000 in high cost areas); new construction may not exceed $400,000; (2) funding of up to 75 percent for operating costs; (3) funding of up to 80 percent for supportive services and HMIS costs; and (4) the program provides grants for leasing costs for up to 3 years. 24 CFR 583 published in the Federal Register. Other program information is available at www.hudexchange.info/shp. Not applicable.