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This manual prepared by PD&D combines three HUD online manuals([http://www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/homeless/library/spc/understandingspc/index.cfm Understanding S+C] , [http://www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/homeless/library/spc/resourcemanual/index.cfm S+C Resource Manual], and [http://www.hudhre.info/documents/EnhancingS+C.pdf Enhancing Shelter Plus Care Guide]) as well as other locally developed materials.
 
This manual prepared by PD&D combines three HUD online manuals([http://www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/homeless/library/spc/understandingspc/index.cfm Understanding S+C] , [http://www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/homeless/library/spc/resourcemanual/index.cfm S+C Resource Manual], and [http://www.hudhre.info/documents/EnhancingS+C.pdf Enhancing Shelter Plus Care Guide]) as well as other locally developed materials.
 
*[[Media:AdvancedTopicsInHomelessness.pdf|From Theory to Practice: Advanced Topics in Homelessness]]  
 
*[[Media:AdvancedTopicsInHomelessness.pdf|From Theory to Practice: Advanced Topics in Homelessness]]  
Developed by HUD, this presentation provides SHP grantees with information that allows them to effectively address advanced issues of homeless programs as well as new strategies and techniques. Specifically covered are Chronic Homelessness, Housing First & Safe Havens, Case Management and Alternative Match Sources.<br><br>
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Developed by HUD, this presentation provides SHP grantees with information that allows them to effectively address advanced issues of homeless programs as well as new strategies and techniques. Specifically covered are Chronic Homelessness, Housing First & Safe Havens, Case Management and Alternative Match Sources.<br>
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''Chronic Homeless Materials''<br>
 
''Chronic Homeless Materials''<br>
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*[[Media:WC_Emergency_vs_Transitional_list.pdf |Westchester County List of Emergency and Transitional Housing Facilities]]  
 
*[[Media:WC_Emergency_vs_Transitional_list.pdf |Westchester County List of Emergency and Transitional Housing Facilities]]  
This is the official current definition of which programs in Westchester are considered emergency housing and which are considered transitional housing. These lists come from Westchester County's FY07 Continuum of Care application. This is the list that everyone in Westchester should be using now to determine who is chronically homeless.<br><br>
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This is the official current definition of which programs in Westchester are considered emergency housing and which are considered transitional housing. These lists come from Westchester County's FY07 Continuum of Care application. This is the list that everyone in Westchester should be using now to determine who is chronically homeless.<br>
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==== ''DSS Worker Phone Lists'' ====
 
==== ''DSS Worker Phone Lists'' ====
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These documents give names and contact information for Westchester County Department of Social Services district office staff, as of February 2008.<br>
 
These documents give names and contact information for Westchester County Department of Social Services district office staff, as of February 2008.<br>
 
*  [[Media:Yonkers_District_Office_Feb_08.pdf‎|Yonkers district office]]<br>
 
*  [[Media:Yonkers_District_Office_Feb_08.pdf‎|Yonkers district office]]<br>
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*  [[Media:White_Plains_District_Office_Feb_08.pdf‎|White Plains district office]]<br>
 
*  [[Media:White_Plains_District_Office_Feb_08.pdf‎|White Plains district office]]<br>
 
*  [[Media:Peekskill_District_office_Feb_08.pdf‎|Peekskill district office]]<br>
 
*  [[Media:Peekskill_District_office_Feb_08.pdf‎|Peekskill district office]]<br>
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==== ''Ten-Year Plans to End Chronic Homelessness'' ====
 
==== ''Ten-Year Plans to End Chronic Homelessness'' ====
*  [http://programdesign.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Ten-Year_Plans Information on Ten-Year Plans to End Chronic Homelessness]<br><br>
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*  [http://programdesign.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Ten-Year_Plans Information on Ten-Year Plans to End Chronic Homelessness]<br>
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==== ''Affordable Housing Resources'' ====
 
==== ''Affordable Housing Resources'' ====
 
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*  [[Media:HOUSING_OfficeParkHousingStudy20080313.pdf|Office Park Housing Study, Westchester County Department of Planning, March, 2008.]]<br>
 
*  [[Media:HOUSING_OfficeParkHousingStudy20080313.pdf|Office Park Housing Study, Westchester County Department of Planning, March, 2008.]]<br>
This study demonstrates the feasibility of building housing, including affordable housing, on underutilized office park land. It used existing sites as case studies to evaluate feasibility, but the findings and tools it provides can be used anywhere. Importantly, it also provides a model zoning ordinance that can be adapted by local governments interested in redevelopment and revitalization of such properties.
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This study demonstrates the feasibility of building housing, including affordable housing, on underutilized office park land. It used existing sites as case studies to evaluate feasibility, but the findings and tools it provides can be used anywhere. Importantly, it also provides a model zoning ordinance that can be adapted by local governments interested in redevelopment and revitalization of such properties.<br>
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Revision as of 23:19, 30 March 2008

This public-private partnership coordinates all of the homeless housing and services providers in Westchester County, New York.

UPCOMING EVENTS

NEXT MEETING
Date: Thursday, April 1, 2008
Time: 2:00
Location: 112 East Post Road, Room 217, White Plains
Notes:
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OTHER NOTICES

RESOURCES

Westchester's FY07 Continuum of Care application

Exhibit 1 from Westchester County's FY07 consolidated application to HUD's Continuum of Care for the Homeless program outlines Westchester's resources and strategies in a cumbersome and not very reader-friendly format mandated by HUD. Nonetheless, this document is the most comprehensive available description of Westchester's housing and services for the homeless.

This corrected Housing Inventory (revised 2/29/08) includes an estimate of the unmet need for permanent housing for the homeless in Westchester. This is calculated by taking the number of transitional homeless beds minus permanent housing beds currently under development to derive the number of units needed just to house the homeless people already in transitional housing in Westchester.
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HUD Forms and Notices

This notice provides instructions to potential applicants applying for funding under HUD’s grant programs available through Grants.gov. This notice does not pertain to applicants who will be applying in Fiscal Year (FY) 2008 for Continuum of Care funds. HUD will publish a separate notice to address the receipt of Continuum of Care applications in FY2008. This notice provides information to help applicants better understand the registration and electronic submission process for HUD applications made available through Grants.gov. Grants.gov is the federal portal for applicants to electronically find and apply for over 1,000 funding opportunities made available by 26 Federal grant-making agencies.
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Manuals/Training Material

APR Training Materials

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HUD Manuals

The purpose of the Supportive Housing Program (SHP) Self-Monitoring Tools is to provide SHP project sponsors and grantees with "user-friendly" forms to enable staff to assess their project operations against the standards set by HUD rules and regulations.

This manual prepared by PD&D combines three HUD online manuals(Understanding S+C , S+C Resource Manual, and Enhancing Shelter Plus Care Guide) as well as other locally developed materials.

Developed by HUD, this presentation provides SHP grantees with information that allows them to effectively address advanced issues of homeless programs as well as new strategies and techniques. Specifically covered are Chronic Homelessness, Housing First & Safe Havens, Case Management and Alternative Match Sources.
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Chronic Homeless Materials
The following HUD approved materials, from HUD Resource Exchange, explains the definition, documentation and verification of chronic homeless. There materials are highly recommended from programs targeting the chronic homeless and programs providing emergency shelter and services to the chronic homeless.

Developed by HUD, this technical guide is intended for non-profit local housing and service providers as well as local government agencies that are under contract with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to provide housing and related support services to the target population of chronically homeless persons. It is intended to answer frequently asked questions pertaining to the federal definition of chronic homelessness and the standards for qualifying persons for housing under this definition. It also provides suggested templates for forms and letters that may assist providers, government agencies, and their local partners in devising internal mechanisms to certify homeless persons for a program for chronically homeless persons.

This document contains the templates referenced in the above Defining Chronic Homelessness Technical Guide. These templates are HUD approved forms used to document and verify chronic homeless status.

This is the official current definition of which programs in Westchester are considered emergency housing and which are considered transitional housing. These lists come from Westchester County's FY07 Continuum of Care application. This is the list that everyone in Westchester should be using now to determine who is chronically homeless.
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DSS Worker Phone Lists

These documents give names and contact information for Westchester County Department of Social Services district office staff, as of February 2008.

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Ten-Year Plans to End Chronic Homelessness

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Affordable Housing Resources

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This study demonstrates the feasibility of building housing, including affordable housing, on underutilized office park land. It used existing sites as case studies to evaluate feasibility, but the findings and tools it provides can be used anywhere. Importantly, it also provides a model zoning ordinance that can be adapted by local governments interested in redevelopment and revitalization of such properties.
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