WCCOCH

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

OTHER NOTICES

• Information about the new electronic FY 08 Continuum of Care application processis now available.

• The Center for Urban Community Services provided a HUD Annual Progress Report Technical Assistance on February 7th. For training materials click here.

RESOURCES

Westchester's FY07 Continuum of Care application

• Exhibit 1 from Westchester's Consolidated 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.

• Westchester Homeless Housing Inventory, corrected 2/29/08

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.

HUD Forms and Notices

• HUD APR 40118
  Most Recent HUD APR Form
• HUD APR Worksheet
  APR Worksheet
  
• Homeless Eligibility
  Homeless eligibility form that can be used to document a participant's homeless status.
• HUD Notice Re Early Grants.Gov Registration, 3/10/08
  

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.

Manuals/Training Material

APR Training Materials

• Center for Urban Community Services APR Curriculum
• Center for Urban Community Services APR Tip Sheet

HUD Manuals

• SHP Self-Monitoring Tools

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.

• Shelter Plus Care Manual

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.

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.

• Yonkers district office
  
• Mount Vernon district office
  
• White Plains district office
  
• Peekskill district office
  

Affordable Housing Resources =

• Office Park Housing Study, Westchester County Department of Planning, March, 2008.
  

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.