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This group brings together all the homeless housing and service providers in Yonkers, NY funded with HUD Continuum of Care for the Homeless funding administered by the Municipal Housing Authority for the City of Yonkers.

UPCOMING EVENTS

NEXT MEETING
Date: Monday, March 31, 2008
Time: 9:30
Location: Yonkers Housing Authority's community room, 4 Currant Court, Yonkers
Notes: Light refreshments provided.
Directions: Driving Directions

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

HUD Forms

• 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.

Voucher Forms

• MHA Voucher Form
  Current Voucher Form for SHP and S+C projects
• S+C Monthly Expenditure Report
  Monthly Expenditure Form for Shelter Plus Care Projects
  

Manuals/Training Material

APR Training Materials

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

HUD SHP and S+C 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.

HUD 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.

• Defining Chronic Homelessness: A Technical Guide for HUD Programs

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.

• Technical Guide Templates

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.

• 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.

Funding/Project Summary

• Yonkers Continuum of Care Summary

Summary as of January 3, 2008, includes FY07 awards

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