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Mission Statement of the Coalition

The purpose for which the Coalition is formed and organized exclusively is for charitable and/or educational purposes related to services for homeless persons in the service area. In pursuance of the foregoing purposes, the Coalition shall facilitate and coordinate the provision of emergency shelter, transitional housing and permanent housing, and/or supportive services for homeless persons and persons at risk of homelessness. In furtherance of the stated purpose the Coalition shall:

a) Develop and adopt, and from time to time amend, a comprehensive plan for public and private agencies to deal effectively with the problems of homeless persons in the Coalition service area.

b) Coordinate, evaluate and provide administrative and/or direct services and assistance in implementing and carrying out the comprehensive plan developed by the Coalition.

c) Encourage sound policy in matters relating to homelessness.

d) Advance the knowledge and information on homelessness and the services available or need to address homelessness.

The mission of Volusia/Flagler County Coalition for the Homeless, Inc. includes the provision of decent housing that is affordable to low and moderate income persons in Volusia County.

The Coalition will provide a formal process for low income, program beneficiaries to advise the organization in all of its decisions regarding the design, siting, development, and management of all HOME assisted affordable housing projects through the use of periodic meetings, surveys, questionnaires or similar instrument.

Homeless Prevention/ Rapid Re-Housing Plan Public Meeting

Public Notice: Information about the Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Plan
Meeting:  April 7, 2009, 2:00-4:00 p.m.
                 Flagler Emergency Operations Center, 1769 E. Moody Blvd.
                 Building 3, Training Room A, Bunnell, FL

 

Grant Award Process

1. The Department of Children and Families, Office of Homelessness will publish and submit this grant allocation plan to HUD as an amendment to its 2008 Annual Action Plan. 
2. The Office on Homelessness requests that the lead agencies of the 15 continuums of care which include a non-formula county convene meetings of local agencies and all interested parties to develop a Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Plan that would:
   1. Identify one agency for the continuum that will administer the Homeless Prevention Fund. The local decision process used to select a managing agency must be publicly noticed, open and transparent. To be eligible to manage the grant, the agency shall be either a unit of local government or a private non-profit organization.
   2. Document the experience and capacity of that agency to immediately implement the prevention and re-housing assistance.
   3. Contain a detailed budget for the expenditures of the Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing allocation, broken down by grant years and eligible uses. At a minimum the budget shall provide the following:
      1. Financial assistance, by Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing
      2. Housing relocation & stabilization, by Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing.
      3. Data Collection and Evaluation.  [HMIS data collection]
      4. Administration
   4. Specify a requested draw down schedule by quarter, beginning with the quarter the sub grant is executed.
   5. Specify a maximum assistance level per household for homeless prevention, and for eligible households for rapid re-housing.
   6. Outline the case management process to be used to determine the amount of assistance to be made available to the household.
   7. Ensure that the dollars allocated are made available and used in all of the non-formula counties upon which the initial allocation is based.
   8. Assure the provision of case management, as well as tracking of households assisted to report on the number and percent of households assisted who were prevented from becoming homeless, or who regained housing stability.
   9. Certify how the agency/continuum of care will ensure that all clients assisted are entered into the existing homeless management information system.
   10. Detail the local education and outreach efforts to communicate with those households at risk of losing their home or apartment, or those who become homeless and qualify for rapid re-housing.
   11. Set forth the selection criteria to be used to determine which households are eligible for aid, and which ones will be selected for assistance.
   12. Describe how the agency and the continuum of care will ensure that program participants are linked with existing services, since the focus of the HPRP program is to fund housing expenses.  Specifically, describe how you plan to collaborate with other local agencies that can serve the participants, especially those agencies receiving funds under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 from other federal agencies, including child care and employment training.  Describe how access to and benefit from mainstream program benefits will be addressed in your case management plan.

 

            This local plan is due to the Office on Homelessness by April 15, 2009.

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