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2008-08-04T20:58:07Z

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* [[Media:Westchester_County_FY07_CoC_Exhibit_1.pdf‎|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. 

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* [http://changingthecourt.blogspot.com/2008/02/blog-post_08.html Center for Court Innovation article about Karl Bertrand’s presentation to NYS DCJS on Evidence-Based Targeting, 2/8/08]
The Center for Court Innovation published an weblog article on February 8, 2008 about the presentation on Evidence-Based Targeting Karl Bertrand made recently to a statewide conference sponsored by the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services. 

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===== ''Chronic Truancy Prevention'' =====
* [http://programdesign.com/wiki/Yonkers_Truancy Yonkers Truancy Reduction Strategy Group ] 
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* [[Media:Westchester_County_FY07_CoC_Exhibit_1.pdf‎|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. 

===To show a web link on a page, use the following format===

* [http://changingthecourt.blogspot.com/2008/02/blog-post_08.html Center for Court Innovation article about Karl Bertrand’s presentation to NYS DCJS on Evidence-Based Targeting, 2/8/08]
The Center for Court Innovation published an weblog article on February 8, 2008 about the presentation on Evidence-Based Targeting Karl Bertrand made recently to a statewide conference sponsored by the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services. 

===To show a link to a wiki page, use the following format===

===== ''Chronic Truancy Prevention'' =====
* [Yonkers_Truancy Yonkers Truancy Reduction Strategy Group ] 
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* [[Media:Westchester_County_FY07_CoC_Exhibit_1.pdf‎|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

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'After uploading a file to show a link on that page to that file use the following format'

* [[Media:Westchester_County_FY07_CoC_Exhibit_1.pdf‎|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

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* [[Media:Westchester_County_FY07_CoC_Exhibit_1.pdf‎|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

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2008-08-04T20:28:20Z

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== Westchester County Continuum of Care for the Homeless ("The Partnership") ==
This public-private partnership coordinates all of the homeless housing and services providers in Westchester County, New York. 
===UPCOMING EVENTS===
NEXT MEETING 
Date: Thursday, May 8, 2008 
Time: 2:30 p.m. 
Location: 112 East Post Road, Room to be announced, White Plains 
Notes: 
Directions: [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/112+E+Post+Rd+White+Plains+NY+10601-5113/ Driving Directions] 

===OTHER NOTICES===
* [[Media:FY08_CoC_Applic_schedule_v5.doc|Current Schedule of key dates and deadlines for preparing Westchester's Continuum of Care FY08 application process‎, as revised 5/30/08]]
* Information about the new electronic [http://programdesign.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=FY08_CoC_Application_Planning FY 08 Continuum of Care application process]is now available.

* [http://www.cucs.org/index.php The Center for Urban Community Services] provided a HUD Annual Progress Report Technical Assistance on February 7th. For training materials [http://programdesign.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Mount_Vernon_Continuum_of_Care_for_the_Homeless#Manuals.2FTraining_Material click here]. 

===RESOURCES===
==== ''Westchester's FY07 Continuum of Care application'' ====
* [[Media:Westchester_County_FY07_CoC_Exhibit_1.pdf‎|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. 

* [[Media:Housing_Inventory_Chart_Rev_2-29-08.doc|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. 
[[#top | back to top of page ]] 

==== ''HUD Forms and Notices'' ====
''APR Forms''
*[[Media:40118_HUD_APR.doc|HUD APR 40118]] Most Recent HUD APR Form
*[[Media:APR_Worksheet.xls‎|HUD APR Worksheet]] APR Worksheet 
''Documentation Forms''
*[[Media:Homeless_Status.pdf|Homeless Eligibility]] Homeless eligibility form that can be used to document a participant's homeless status.
* [http://www.hud.gov//offices/cpd/homeless/programs/shp/Rent.xls Rent Calculation Form] This form should be used for all S+C and SHP projects with leasing funds for resident rents. For more information and instructions visit [http://www.hudhre.info/index.cfm?do=viewShpDeskguideK Calculating Resident Rent for SHP] and [http://www.hudhre.info/index.cfm?do=viewSpcResourceManSec3-4 Calculating Resident Rent for S+C] on the HUD Resource Exchange site.
''Notices''
*[[Media:HUD_Notice_re_Grants.Gov_Registration.pdf| 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. 
[[#top | back to top of page ]] 

==== ''Manuals/Training Material'' ====

''APR Training Materials''
*[http://www.cucs.org/hrc/train/pdf/HUDTAC.pdf Center for Urban Community Services APR Curriculum]
*[http://www.cucs.org/hrc/train/pdf/HUDTAH.pdf Center for Urban Community Services APR Tip Sheet] 

''HUD Manuals''
*[http://www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/homeless/library/shp/finalshptools.PDF 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.
*[[Media:S+C_CoC_Manual_1.8.08.pdf‎| Shelter Plus Care Manual ]]
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]]
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. 

''Chronic Homeless Materials'' 
The following HUD approved materials, from [http://www.hudhre.info/index.cfm HUD Resource Exchange], explains the definition, documentation and verification of chronic homeless. These materials are highly recommended from programs targeting the chronic homeless and programs providing emergency shelter and services to the chronic homeless.

*[http://www.hudhre.info/documents/DefiningChronicHomeless.pdf 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. 

*[[Media:Guidance_for_Chronic_Homeless_Appendix_v1.doc‎|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. 

*[[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. 

*[http://www.hudhre.info/documents/SHPFinancialManagement.pdf Financial Management and HUD Compliance] 
Developed by Center for Urban Community Services, this guide part of a training series that provides best practices and guidance on supportive housing development, operation and
services.
 [[#top | back to top of page ]] 

==== ''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. 
* [[Media:Yonkers_District_Office_Feb_08.pdf‎|Yonkers district office]] 
* [[Media:Mount_Vernon_District_Office_Feb_08.pdf‎|Mount Vernon district office]] 
* [[Media:White_Plains_District_Office_Feb_08.pdf‎|White Plains district office]] 
* [[Media:Peekskill_District_office_Feb_08.pdf‎|Peekskill district office]] 
[[#top | back to top of page ]] 

==== ''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] 
[[#top | back to top of page ]] 

==== ''Affordable Housing Resources'' ====
* [[Media:HOUSING_OfficeParkHousingStudy20080313.pdf|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. 
[[#top | back to top of page ]] 
==== ''Grants.gov Registration'' ====
If your agency ever wants to get another federal grant directly from the federal government, it should have registered with grants.gov. If it hasn't already done so, please visit [http://grants.gov/applicants/organization_registration.jsp grants.gov]for registration instructions. 
[[#top | back to top of page ]]

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(This is the most current schedule of key dates and deadlines for preparing Westchester's FY08 Consolidated Continuuum of Care application as revised 5/30/08.)

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Application schedule as updated 5/30/2008

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Application schedule as updated 5/30/2008

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2008-08-04T20:11:20Z

Showard: /* ''Westchester's FY07 Continuum of Care application'' */

== Westchester County Continuum of Care for the Homeless ("The Partnership") ==
This public-private partnership coordinates all of the homeless housing and services providers in Westchester County, New York. 
===UPCOMING EVENTS===
NEXT MEETING 
Date: Thursday, May 8, 2008 
Time: 2:30 p.m. 
Location: 112 East Post Road, Room to be announced, White Plains 
Notes: 
Directions: [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/112+E+Post+Rd+White+Plains+NY+10601-5113/ Driving Directions] 

===OTHER NOTICES===
* [[Media:FY08_CoC_Applic_schedule_v3a_MP.doc|Current Schedule of key dates and deadlines for preparing Westchester's Continuum of Care FY08 application process‎, as revised 4/2/08]]
* Information about the new electronic [http://programdesign.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=FY08_CoC_Application_Planning FY 08 Continuum of Care application process]is now available.

* [http://www.cucs.org/index.php The Center for Urban Community Services] provided a HUD Annual Progress Report Technical Assistance on February 7th. For training materials [http://programdesign.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Mount_Vernon_Continuum_of_Care_for_the_Homeless#Manuals.2FTraining_Material click here]. 

===RESOURCES===
==== ''Westchester's FY07 Continuum of Care application'' ====
* [[Media:Westchester_County_FY07_CoC_Exhibit_1.pdf‎|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. 

* [[Media:Housing_Inventory_Chart_Rev_2-29-08.doc|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. 
[[#top | back to top of page ]] 

==== ''HUD Forms and Notices'' ====
''APR Forms''
*[[Media:40118_HUD_APR.doc|HUD APR 40118]] Most Recent HUD APR Form
*[[Media:APR_Worksheet.xls‎|HUD APR Worksheet]] APR Worksheet 
''Documentation Forms''
*[[Media:Homeless_Status.pdf|Homeless Eligibility]] Homeless eligibility form that can be used to document a participant's homeless status.
* [http://www.hud.gov//offices/cpd/homeless/programs/shp/Rent.xls Rent Calculation Form] This form should be used for all S+C and SHP projects with leasing funds for resident rents. For more information and instructions visit [http://www.hudhre.info/index.cfm?do=viewShpDeskguideK Calculating Resident Rent for SHP] and [http://www.hudhre.info/index.cfm?do=viewSpcResourceManSec3-4 Calculating Resident Rent for S+C] on the HUD Resource Exchange site.
''Notices''
*[[Media:HUD_Notice_re_Grants.Gov_Registration.pdf| 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. 
[[#top | back to top of page ]] 

==== ''Manuals/Training Material'' ====

''APR Training Materials''
*[http://www.cucs.org/hrc/train/pdf/HUDTAC.pdf Center for Urban Community Services APR Curriculum]
*[http://www.cucs.org/hrc/train/pdf/HUDTAH.pdf Center for Urban Community Services APR Tip Sheet] 

''HUD Manuals''
*[http://www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/homeless/library/shp/finalshptools.PDF 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.
*[[Media:S+C_CoC_Manual_1.8.08.pdf‎| Shelter Plus Care Manual ]]
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]]
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. 

''Chronic Homeless Materials'' 
The following HUD approved materials, from [http://www.hudhre.info/index.cfm HUD Resource Exchange], explains the definition, documentation and verification of chronic homeless. These materials are highly recommended from programs targeting the chronic homeless and programs providing emergency shelter and services to the chronic homeless.

*[http://www.hudhre.info/documents/DefiningChronicHomeless.pdf 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. 

*[[Media:Guidance_for_Chronic_Homeless_Appendix_v1.doc‎|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. 

*[[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. 

*[http://www.hudhre.info/documents/SHPFinancialManagement.pdf Financial Management and HUD Compliance] 
Developed by Center for Urban Community Services, this guide part of a training series that provides best practices and guidance on supportive housing development, operation and
services.
 [[#top | back to top of page ]] 

==== ''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. 
* [[Media:Yonkers_District_Office_Feb_08.pdf‎|Yonkers district office]] 
* [[Media:Mount_Vernon_District_Office_Feb_08.pdf‎|Mount Vernon district office]] 
* [[Media:White_Plains_District_Office_Feb_08.pdf‎|White Plains district office]] 
* [[Media:Peekskill_District_office_Feb_08.pdf‎|Peekskill district office]] 
[[#top | back to top of page ]] 

==== ''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] 
[[#top | back to top of page ]] 

==== ''Affordable Housing Resources'' ====
* [[Media:HOUSING_OfficeParkHousingStudy20080313.pdf|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. 
[[#top | back to top of page ]] 
==== ''Grants.gov Registration'' ====
If your agency ever wants to get another federal grant directly from the federal government, it should have registered with grants.gov. If it hasn't already done so, please visit [http://grants.gov/applicants/organization_registration.jsp grants.gov]for registration instructions. 
[[#top | back to top of page ]]

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2008-08-04T20:10:04Z

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== Westchester County Continuum of Care for the Homeless ("The Partnership") ==
This public-private partnership coordinates all of the homeless housing and services providers in Westchester County, New York. 
===UPCOMING EVENTS===
NEXT MEETING 
Date: Thursday, May 8, 2008 
Time: 2:30 p.m. 
Location: 112 East Post Road, Room to be announced, White Plains 
Notes: 
Directions: [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/112+E+Post+Rd+White+Plains+NY+10601-5113/ Driving Directions] 

===OTHER NOTICES===
* [[Media:FY08_CoC_Applic_schedule_v3a_MP.doc|Current Schedule of key dates and deadlines for preparing Westchester's Continuum of Care FY08 application process‎, as revised 4/2/08]]
* Information about the new electronic [http://programdesign.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=FY08_CoC_Application_Planning FY 08 Continuum of Care application process]is now available.

* [http://www.cucs.org/index.php The Center for Urban Community Services] provided a HUD Annual Progress Report Technical Assistance on February 7th. For training materials [http://programdesign.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Mount_Vernon_Continuum_of_Care_for_the_Homeless#Manuals.2FTraining_Material click here]. 

===RESOURCES===
==== ''Westchester's FY07 Continuum of Care application'' ====
===== Another Section =====
* [[Media:Westchester_County_FY07_CoC_Exhibit_1.pdf‎|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. 

* [[Media:Housing_Inventory_Chart_Rev_2-29-08.doc|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. 
[[#top | back to top of page ]] 

==== ''HUD Forms and Notices'' ====
''APR Forms''
*[[Media:40118_HUD_APR.doc|HUD APR 40118]] Most Recent HUD APR Form
*[[Media:APR_Worksheet.xls‎|HUD APR Worksheet]] APR Worksheet 
''Documentation Forms''
*[[Media:Homeless_Status.pdf|Homeless Eligibility]] Homeless eligibility form that can be used to document a participant's homeless status.
* [http://www.hud.gov//offices/cpd/homeless/programs/shp/Rent.xls Rent Calculation Form] This form should be used for all S+C and SHP projects with leasing funds for resident rents. For more information and instructions visit [http://www.hudhre.info/index.cfm?do=viewShpDeskguideK Calculating Resident Rent for SHP] and [http://www.hudhre.info/index.cfm?do=viewSpcResourceManSec3-4 Calculating Resident Rent for S+C] on the HUD Resource Exchange site.
''Notices''
*[[Media:HUD_Notice_re_Grants.Gov_Registration.pdf| 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. 
[[#top | back to top of page ]] 

==== ''Manuals/Training Material'' ====

''APR Training Materials''
*[http://www.cucs.org/hrc/train/pdf/HUDTAC.pdf Center for Urban Community Services APR Curriculum]
*[http://www.cucs.org/hrc/train/pdf/HUDTAH.pdf Center for Urban Community Services APR Tip Sheet] 

''HUD Manuals''
*[http://www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/homeless/library/shp/finalshptools.PDF 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.
*[[Media:S+C_CoC_Manual_1.8.08.pdf‎| Shelter Plus Care Manual ]]
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]]
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. 

''Chronic Homeless Materials'' 
The following HUD approved materials, from [http://www.hudhre.info/index.cfm HUD Resource Exchange], explains the definition, documentation and verification of chronic homeless. These materials are highly recommended from programs targeting the chronic homeless and programs providing emergency shelter and services to the chronic homeless.

*[http://www.hudhre.info/documents/DefiningChronicHomeless.pdf 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. 

*[[Media:Guidance_for_Chronic_Homeless_Appendix_v1.doc‎|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. 

*[[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. 

*[http://www.hudhre.info/documents/SHPFinancialManagement.pdf Financial Management and HUD Compliance] 
Developed by Center for Urban Community Services, this guide part of a training series that provides best practices and guidance on supportive housing development, operation and
services.
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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. 
* [[Media:Yonkers_District_Office_Feb_08.pdf‎|Yonkers district office]] 
* [[Media:Mount_Vernon_District_Office_Feb_08.pdf‎|Mount Vernon district office]] 
* [[Media:White_Plains_District_Office_Feb_08.pdf‎|White Plains district office]] 
* [[Media:Peekskill_District_office_Feb_08.pdf‎|Peekskill district office]] 
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==== ''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] 
[[#top | back to top of page ]] 

==== ''Affordable Housing Resources'' ====
* [[Media:HOUSING_OfficeParkHousingStudy20080313.pdf|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. 
[[#top | back to top of page ]] 
==== ''Grants.gov Registration'' ====
If your agency ever wants to get another federal grant directly from the federal government, it should have registered with grants.gov. If it hasn't already done so, please visit [http://grants.gov/applicants/organization_registration.jsp grants.gov]for registration instructions. 
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WCCOCH

2008-08-04T20:02:17Z

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== Westchester County Continuum of Care for the Homeless ("The Partnership") ==
This public-private partnership coordinates all of the homeless housing and services providers in Westchester County, New York. 
===UPCOMING EVENTS===
NEXT MEETING 
Date: Thursday, May 8, 2008 
Time: 2:30 p.m. 
Location: 112 East Post Road, Room to be announced, White Plains 
Notes: 
Directions: [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/112+E+Post+Rd+White+Plains+NY+10601-5113/ Driving Directions] 

===OTHER NOTICES===
* [[Media:FY08_CoC_Applic_schedule_v3a_MP.doc|Current Schedule of key dates and deadlines for preparing Westchester's Continuum of Care FY08 application process‎, as revised 4/2/08]]
* Information about the new electronic [http://programdesign.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=FY08_CoC_Application_Planning FY 08 Continuum of Care application process]is now available.

* [http://www.cucs.org/index.php The Center for Urban Community Services] provided a HUD Annual Progress Report Technical Assistance on February 7th. For training materials [http://programdesign.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Mount_Vernon_Continuum_of_Care_for_the_Homeless#Manuals.2FTraining_Material click here]. 

===RESOURCES===
==== ''Westchester's FY07 Continuum of Care application'' ====
* [[Media:Westchester_County_FY07_CoC_Exhibit_1.pdf‎|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. 

* [[Media:Housing_Inventory_Chart_Rev_2-29-08.doc|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. 
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==== ''HUD Forms and Notices'' ====
''APR Forms''
*[[Media:40118_HUD_APR.doc|HUD APR 40118]] Most Recent HUD APR Form
*[[Media:APR_Worksheet.xls‎|HUD APR Worksheet]] APR Worksheet 
''Documentation Forms''
*[[Media:Homeless_Status.pdf|Homeless Eligibility]] Homeless eligibility form that can be used to document a participant's homeless status.
* [http://www.hud.gov//offices/cpd/homeless/programs/shp/Rent.xls Rent Calculation Form] This form should be used for all S+C and SHP projects with leasing funds for resident rents. For more information and instructions visit [http://www.hudhre.info/index.cfm?do=viewShpDeskguideK Calculating Resident Rent for SHP] and [http://www.hudhre.info/index.cfm?do=viewSpcResourceManSec3-4 Calculating Resident Rent for S+C] on the HUD Resource Exchange site.
''Notices''
*[[Media:HUD_Notice_re_Grants.Gov_Registration.pdf| 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. 
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==== ''Manuals/Training Material'' ====

''APR Training Materials''
*[http://www.cucs.org/hrc/train/pdf/HUDTAC.pdf Center for Urban Community Services APR Curriculum]
*[http://www.cucs.org/hrc/train/pdf/HUDTAH.pdf Center for Urban Community Services APR Tip Sheet] 

''HUD Manuals''
*[http://www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/homeless/library/shp/finalshptools.PDF 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.
*[[Media:S+C_CoC_Manual_1.8.08.pdf‎| Shelter Plus Care Manual ]]
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]]
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. 

''Chronic Homeless Materials'' 
The following HUD approved materials, from [http://www.hudhre.info/index.cfm HUD Resource Exchange], explains the definition, documentation and verification of chronic homeless. These materials are highly recommended from programs targeting the chronic homeless and programs providing emergency shelter and services to the chronic homeless.

*[http://www.hudhre.info/documents/DefiningChronicHomeless.pdf 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. 

*[[Media:Guidance_for_Chronic_Homeless_Appendix_v1.doc‎|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. 

*[[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. 

*[http://www.hudhre.info/documents/SHPFinancialManagement.pdf Financial Management and HUD Compliance] 
Developed by Center for Urban Community Services, this guide part of a training series that provides best practices and guidance on supportive housing development, operation and
services.
 [[#top | back to top of page ]] 

==== ''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. 
* [[Media:Yonkers_District_Office_Feb_08.pdf‎|Yonkers district office]] 
* [[Media:Mount_Vernon_District_Office_Feb_08.pdf‎|Mount Vernon district office]] 
* [[Media:White_Plains_District_Office_Feb_08.pdf‎|White Plains district office]] 
* [[Media:Peekskill_District_office_Feb_08.pdf‎|Peekskill district office]] 
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==== ''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] 
[[#top | back to top of page ]] 

==== ''Affordable Housing Resources'' ====
* [[Media:HOUSING_OfficeParkHousingStudy20080313.pdf|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. 
[[#top | back to top of page ]] 
==== ''Grants.gov Registration'' ====
If your agency ever wants to get another federal grant directly from the federal government, it should have registered with grants.gov. If it hasn't already done so, please visit [http://grants.gov/applicants/organization_registration.jsp grants.gov]for registration instructions. 
[[#top | back to top of page ]]

File:FY08 CoC Applic schedule v3a MP.doc

2008-08-04T19:59:53Z

Showard: Application schedule as updated on 4/2/08

Application schedule as updated on 4/2/08

YJCEC

2008-08-04T19:54:34Z

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This collaboration, facilitated by the Yonkers Police Department, is developing and implementing a coordinated Juvenile Justice Strategy and Action Plan to reduce violent juvenile crime in Yonkers, New York. 
=== UPCOMING EVENTS ===
'''NEXT MEETING''' Date: Monday, September 8, 2008 Time: 12:00 
Location: Yonkers Riverfront Library, (across from Yonkers train station) Notes: Lunch provided. [http://www.ypl.org/rivparkinfo.htm Directions] [[Media:Parking-RiverfrontLibrary.doc|Free parking is available.]] 

'''FUTURE 2008 MEETING DATES'''
* October 20
* November 10
* December 8
Any changes in meeting dates will be posted on this page. 

=== OTHER NOTICES ===
Our application for $200,000 in NYS DCJS funding to implement our YJCEC strategy has been approved and fully funded! 
We anticipate that the funding will be available by May, 2008.

Register for OJJDP's Youth Gang Symposium
On June 23-26, 2008, OJJDP will hold its Youth Gang Symposium in Atlanta, Georgia. Addressing the theme “Partnering to Prevent Youth Gang Violence: From Faith- and Community-Based Organizations to Law Enforcement," the symposium will offer innovative gang-related strategies and the latest information on youth gang activities. Register by April 30, 2008, to receive a discount rate. (OJJDP)

[http://www.gangsymposium.org/ http://www.gangsymposium.org/]

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=== RESOURCES ===
National Youth Violence Prevention Week Announced
In recognition of National Youth Violence Prevention Week (March 31 to April 4, 2008), NCJRS has created a Youth Violence Special Feature. This special feature contains publications and resources concerning gun violence, violence in schools, youth gang activity, and the prevention of youth violence. Links to research and statistics related to youth violence are also included. (NCJRS) Below is the address:

[http://www.ncjrs.gov/yviolence/ http://www.ncjrs.gov/yviolence]

===== ''Yonkers Juvenile Justice Strategy and Action Plan'' =====
* [[Media:YJCEC_Action_Plan_Summary-9_page.pdf|Overview of Yonkers' Juvenile Justice Strategy and Action Plan, final draft as released 4/8/08, 9 pages]]
* [[Media:Yonkers_Juvenile_Justice_Strategy_and_Action_Plan-narrative.pdf‎|Main body of Yonkers' Juvenile Justice Strategy and Action Plan, final draft as released 4/8/08, 62 pages]]
* [[Media:YJCEC_Action_Plan_Appendices_137_pages_F.pdf‎|Appendices for Yonkers' Juvenile Justice Strategy and Action Plan, final draft as released 4/8/08, 137 pages]] 
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===== ''Evidence-Based Targeting'' =====
This material explains "Evidence-Based Targeting," a new concept developed in Yonkers that offers communities across America the opportunity to dramatically enhance their juvenile crime prevention efforts by targeting limited prevention resources to higher-risk groups where those efforts can have an exponentially greater impact on reducing juvenile crime. 
* [[Media:EBT_Significance.doc|Significance of Evidence-Based Targeting]] 
This one-page handout outlines the significance of "evidence-based targeting" and how it can benefit communities, service providers, and funders. 
* [[Media:Evidence-Based_Targeting_Overview.doc|Overview of Evidence-Based Targeting]] 
This seven-page handout gives a more detailed overview of "evidence-based targeting" and includes sample forms that illustrate how service providers and funders could use Yonkers data to calculate an "estimated baseline" for their delinquency prevention programs. 
* [[Media:Pyramid_of_Risk_charts.doc|Charts illustrating the Pyramid of Risk (Word format)]] 
Here are two charts (in Word format) that illustrate Evidence-Based Targeting. Unlike earlier visual representations that presented the data in tabular form, these charts now display the Pyramid as a pyramid. The first shows the % of kids in each group who get arrested within 3 years. The second shows the # of arrests over 3 years per 100 kids in each group. The second chart shows an even greater disparity as you move up the pyramid because a higher proportion of higher-risk kids get arrested and they get arrested more often. 
* [[Media:Pyramid_of_Risk_charts.ppt|Charts illustrating the Pyramid of Risk (Powerpoint format)]] 
Here are the same two charts in PowerPoint format. 
* [[Media:NYS_DCJS_Presentation_on_Evidence-Based_Targeting.ppt|DCJS conference presentation re Evidence-Based Targeting, delivered 2/6/08]] 
This PowerPoint presentation gives a brief overview of Evidence-Based Targeting and shows how it helps you concentrate your efforts where they can have the greatest potential impact by focusing on specific groups at highest risk for juvenile crime.
* [http://changingthecourt.blogspot.com/2008/02/blog-post_08.html Center for Court Innovation article about Karl Bertrand’s presentation to NYS DCJS on Evidence-Based Targeting, 2/8/08]
The Center for Court Innovation published an weblog article on February 8, 2008 about the presentation on Evidence-Based Targeting Karl Bertrand made recently to a statewide conference sponsored by the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services. The article appeared in a Center for Court Innovation blog called "Changing the Court: A chronicle of how a group of planners and practitioners are attempting to change the Bronx court system's approach to low-level criminal offending." It was written by Claibourne Henry, Youth Development Coordinator. One of the article's conclusions is: "By targeting the right population, programs can conserve time, funding and avoid combing through the hundreds and thousands of other individuals who fall into a general target population, but aren’t necessarily at high risk of being arrested." 
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===== ''Chronic Truancy Prevention'' =====
* [http://programdesign.com/wiki/Yonkers_Truancy Yonkers Truancy Reduction Strategy Group ] 
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===== ''Evidence-Based Interventions'' =====
* [[Media:PreventingCrime-_WhatWorks,_What_Doesn't,_What's_Promising.doc|Preventing Crime- What Works, What Doesn't, What's Promising]]
This Report to Congress, funded by the National Institute of Justice, is a comprehensive review of decades of research on the effectiveness of every major crime reduction strategy supported by the U.S. Department of Justice. This resource is invaluable for anyone trying to allocate scarce prevention resources to interventions with the strongest evidence of effectiveness.

* [[Media:Preventing_Crime--What_Works-Summary.pdf|Summary of "Preventing Crime: What Works, What Doesn't, What's Promising]]
This 19-page "Research in Brief" from the National Institute of Justice summarizes the major conclusions of a comprehensive review of decades of evidence for the effectiveness of every major crime prevention strategy.

* [http://www.wsipp.wa.gov/rptfiles/04-07-3901.pdf Benefits and Costs of Prevention and Early Intervention Programs for Youth]
This study includes a table listing benefits, costs, and benefits per dollar of cost for 61 common evidence-based model programs.

* [http://www.dsgonline.com/mpg2.5/mpg_index.htm|OJJDP Model Programs Guide] 
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's Model Programs Guide (MPG) is designed to assist practitioners and communities in implementing evidence-based prevention and intervention programs that can make a difference in the lives of children and communities. The MPG database of evidence-based programs covers the entire continuum of youth services from prevention through sanctions to reentry. The MPG can be used to assist juvenile justice practitioners, administrators, and researchers to enhance accountability, ensure public safety, and reduce recidivism. The MPG is an easy-to-use tool that offers a database of scientifically-proven programs that address a range of issues, including substance abuse, mental health, and education programs. 

* [http://guide.helpingamericasyouth.gov| Helping America's Youth] 
The Helping America's Youth (HAY) website provides a Community Guide to Helping America's Youth. It provides strategies and tools to help communities form effective partnerships, assess community needs, and identify evidence-based programs. You can search the database of evidence-based programs by risk factor, protective factor, or keyword. All of the programs featured in the HAY database have demonstrated results in accordance with widely accepted scientific criteria for program effectiveness. The following federal agencies worked together to identify programs for the HAY Program Tool: the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Department of Labor, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Office for National Drug Control Policy, and the Corporation for National and Community Service. 

* [http://www.strengtheningfamiliesprogram.org/index.html| Strengthening Families Program] 
This is one of the evidence-based models that will be replicated in Yonkers by the YJCEC. The Strengthening Families Program (SFP) is a nationally and internationally recognized parenting and family strengthening program for high-risk families. SFP is an evidence-based family skills training program found to significantly reduce problem behaviors, delinquency, and alcohol and drug abuse in children and to improve social competencies and school performance. Child maltreatment also decreases as parents strengthen bonds with their children and learn more effective parenting skills. SFP was developed and found effective on a National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) research grant in the early 1980s. More than 15 subsequent independent replications have found similar positive results with families in many different ethnic groups. Both culturally adapted versions and the core version of SFP have been found effective with African-American, Hispanic, Asian, Pacific Islander, and First Nations families. The original SFP for high-risk families with children ages 6 to 11 years (SFP6-11) was joined in the early 1990’s by a shorter 7-session version for low-risk families with pre- and early teens (SFP10-14). SFP6-11 has now been joined by 14-session versions for high-risk families with both younger children (SFP3-5) and early teens (SFP12-16). 

* [http://www.wsipp.wa.gov/pub.asp?docid=07-06-1201| Evidence-Based Juvenile Offender Programs: Program Description, Quality Assurance, and Cost] 
Six juvenile offender programs identified by Institute as evidence-based are profiled through program descriptions, quality assurance information, and cost-benefit figures. By Elizabeth Drake, Washington State Institute for Public Policy, June 2007. 
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=====''Implementation Reporting Forms''=====
*[[Media:YJCEC_Implementation_Progress_Report_BBBS_F3.doc | Big Brothers Big Sisters Form]]
*[[Media: YJCEC_Implementation_Progress_Report_SFP_F3.doc‎ | Strengthening Families Form]]
*[[Media: YJCEC_Implementation_Progress_Report_FFT_F4.doc‎ |Functional Family Therapy Form]]

===== ''Disproportionate Minority Contact'' =====
* [[Media:Disproportionate Minority Contact TA manual.pdf|OJJDP Disproportionate Minority Contact Technical Assistance Manual, 2006]] 
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===== ''Other Criminal Justice Information and Resources'' =====
* [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23392251/ 1 in 100 Americans behind bars, report finds]
NEW YORK - For the first time in U.S. history, more than one of every 100 adults is in jail or prison, according to a new report documenting America’s rank as the world’s No. 1 incarcerator. It urges states to curtail corrections spending by placing fewer low-risk offenders behind bars. Prison spending ballooned from $11 billion to $49 billion in 2 decades. “Getting tough on criminals has gotten tough on taxpayers,” said the project’s director, Adam Gelb. “For some groups, the incarceration numbers are especially startling,” the report said. “While one in 30 men between the ages of 20 and 34 is behind bars, for black males in that age group the figure is one in nine.” 

* [http://members.jointogether.org/jointogether/join.html Sign up for Join Together Updates]
Join Together is a project of the Boston University School of Public Health. Since 1991, Join Together has supported community-based efforts to advance effective alcohol and drug policy, prevention, and treatment. Join Together leads initiatives to help communities respond to the harms caused by excessive alcohol and drug use and provides free internet services supporting their efforts. The link above takes you to a site where you can sign up to receive any of the following free internet resources: Daily News Edition, Weekly News Roundup, the monthly Treatment Practitioner's Research Bulletin, or the Funding News Weekly. 
* [https://www.ncjrs.gov/index.html National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS)]
The NCJRS site has links to a wide variety of publications, research, and grant information. Major categories include Corrections, Courts, Crime, Crime Prevention, Drugs, Justice System, Juvenile Justice, Law Enforcement, and Victims. 
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YJCEC

2008-08-04T19:54:05Z

Showard: /* UPCOMING EVENTS */

This collaboration, facilitated by the Yonkers Police Department, is developing and implementing a coordinated Juvenile Justice Strategy and Action Plan to reduce violent juvenile crime in Yonkers, New York. 
=== UPCOMING EVENTS ===
'''NEXT MEETING''' Date: Monday, September 8, 2008 Time: 12:00 
Location: Yonkers Riverfront Library, (across from Yonkers train station) Notes: Lunch provided. [http://www.ypl.org/rivparkinfo.htm Directions] [[Media:Parking-RiverfrontLibrary.doc|Free parking is available.]] 

'''FUTURE 2008 MEETING DATES'''
* September 8
* October 20
* November 10
* December 8
Any changes in meeting dates will be posted on this page. 

=== OTHER NOTICES ===
Our application for $200,000 in NYS DCJS funding to implement our YJCEC strategy has been approved and fully funded! 
We anticipate that the funding will be available by May, 2008.

Register for OJJDP's Youth Gang Symposium
On June 23-26, 2008, OJJDP will hold its Youth Gang Symposium in Atlanta, Georgia. Addressing the theme “Partnering to Prevent Youth Gang Violence: From Faith- and Community-Based Organizations to Law Enforcement," the symposium will offer innovative gang-related strategies and the latest information on youth gang activities. Register by April 30, 2008, to receive a discount rate. (OJJDP)

[http://www.gangsymposium.org/ http://www.gangsymposium.org/]

[[#top | back to top of page ]] 

=== RESOURCES ===
National Youth Violence Prevention Week Announced
In recognition of National Youth Violence Prevention Week (March 31 to April 4, 2008), NCJRS has created a Youth Violence Special Feature. This special feature contains publications and resources concerning gun violence, violence in schools, youth gang activity, and the prevention of youth violence. Links to research and statistics related to youth violence are also included. (NCJRS) Below is the address:

[http://www.ncjrs.gov/yviolence/ http://www.ncjrs.gov/yviolence]

===== ''Yonkers Juvenile Justice Strategy and Action Plan'' =====
* [[Media:YJCEC_Action_Plan_Summary-9_page.pdf|Overview of Yonkers' Juvenile Justice Strategy and Action Plan, final draft as released 4/8/08, 9 pages]]
* [[Media:Yonkers_Juvenile_Justice_Strategy_and_Action_Plan-narrative.pdf‎|Main body of Yonkers' Juvenile Justice Strategy and Action Plan, final draft as released 4/8/08, 62 pages]]
* [[Media:YJCEC_Action_Plan_Appendices_137_pages_F.pdf‎|Appendices for Yonkers' Juvenile Justice Strategy and Action Plan, final draft as released 4/8/08, 137 pages]] 
[[#top | back to top of page ]] 

===== ''Evidence-Based Targeting'' =====
This material explains "Evidence-Based Targeting," a new concept developed in Yonkers that offers communities across America the opportunity to dramatically enhance their juvenile crime prevention efforts by targeting limited prevention resources to higher-risk groups where those efforts can have an exponentially greater impact on reducing juvenile crime. 
* [[Media:EBT_Significance.doc|Significance of Evidence-Based Targeting]] 
This one-page handout outlines the significance of "evidence-based targeting" and how it can benefit communities, service providers, and funders. 
* [[Media:Evidence-Based_Targeting_Overview.doc|Overview of Evidence-Based Targeting]] 
This seven-page handout gives a more detailed overview of "evidence-based targeting" and includes sample forms that illustrate how service providers and funders could use Yonkers data to calculate an "estimated baseline" for their delinquency prevention programs. 
* [[Media:Pyramid_of_Risk_charts.doc|Charts illustrating the Pyramid of Risk (Word format)]] 
Here are two charts (in Word format) that illustrate Evidence-Based Targeting. Unlike earlier visual representations that presented the data in tabular form, these charts now display the Pyramid as a pyramid. The first shows the % of kids in each group who get arrested within 3 years. The second shows the # of arrests over 3 years per 100 kids in each group. The second chart shows an even greater disparity as you move up the pyramid because a higher proportion of higher-risk kids get arrested and they get arrested more often. 
* [[Media:Pyramid_of_Risk_charts.ppt|Charts illustrating the Pyramid of Risk (Powerpoint format)]] 
Here are the same two charts in PowerPoint format. 
* [[Media:NYS_DCJS_Presentation_on_Evidence-Based_Targeting.ppt|DCJS conference presentation re Evidence-Based Targeting, delivered 2/6/08]] 
This PowerPoint presentation gives a brief overview of Evidence-Based Targeting and shows how it helps you concentrate your efforts where they can have the greatest potential impact by focusing on specific groups at highest risk for juvenile crime.
* [http://changingthecourt.blogspot.com/2008/02/blog-post_08.html Center for Court Innovation article about Karl Bertrand’s presentation to NYS DCJS on Evidence-Based Targeting, 2/8/08]
The Center for Court Innovation published an weblog article on February 8, 2008 about the presentation on Evidence-Based Targeting Karl Bertrand made recently to a statewide conference sponsored by the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services. The article appeared in a Center for Court Innovation blog called "Changing the Court: A chronicle of how a group of planners and practitioners are attempting to change the Bronx court system's approach to low-level criminal offending." It was written by Claibourne Henry, Youth Development Coordinator. One of the article's conclusions is: "By targeting the right population, programs can conserve time, funding and avoid combing through the hundreds and thousands of other individuals who fall into a general target population, but aren’t necessarily at high risk of being arrested." 
[[#top | back to top of page ]] 

===== ''Chronic Truancy Prevention'' =====
* [http://programdesign.com/wiki/Yonkers_Truancy Yonkers Truancy Reduction Strategy Group ] 
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===== ''Evidence-Based Interventions'' =====
* [[Media:PreventingCrime-_WhatWorks,_What_Doesn't,_What's_Promising.doc|Preventing Crime- What Works, What Doesn't, What's Promising]]
This Report to Congress, funded by the National Institute of Justice, is a comprehensive review of decades of research on the effectiveness of every major crime reduction strategy supported by the U.S. Department of Justice. This resource is invaluable for anyone trying to allocate scarce prevention resources to interventions with the strongest evidence of effectiveness.

* [[Media:Preventing_Crime--What_Works-Summary.pdf|Summary of "Preventing Crime: What Works, What Doesn't, What's Promising]]
This 19-page "Research in Brief" from the National Institute of Justice summarizes the major conclusions of a comprehensive review of decades of evidence for the effectiveness of every major crime prevention strategy.

* [http://www.wsipp.wa.gov/rptfiles/04-07-3901.pdf Benefits and Costs of Prevention and Early Intervention Programs for Youth]
This study includes a table listing benefits, costs, and benefits per dollar of cost for 61 common evidence-based model programs.

* [http://www.dsgonline.com/mpg2.5/mpg_index.htm|OJJDP Model Programs Guide] 
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's Model Programs Guide (MPG) is designed to assist practitioners and communities in implementing evidence-based prevention and intervention programs that can make a difference in the lives of children and communities. The MPG database of evidence-based programs covers the entire continuum of youth services from prevention through sanctions to reentry. The MPG can be used to assist juvenile justice practitioners, administrators, and researchers to enhance accountability, ensure public safety, and reduce recidivism. The MPG is an easy-to-use tool that offers a database of scientifically-proven programs that address a range of issues, including substance abuse, mental health, and education programs. 

* [http://guide.helpingamericasyouth.gov| Helping America's Youth] 
The Helping America's Youth (HAY) website provides a Community Guide to Helping America's Youth. It provides strategies and tools to help communities form effective partnerships, assess community needs, and identify evidence-based programs. You can search the database of evidence-based programs by risk factor, protective factor, or keyword. All of the programs featured in the HAY database have demonstrated results in accordance with widely accepted scientific criteria for program effectiveness. The following federal agencies worked together to identify programs for the HAY Program Tool: the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Department of Labor, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Office for National Drug Control Policy, and the Corporation for National and Community Service. 

* [http://www.strengtheningfamiliesprogram.org/index.html| Strengthening Families Program] 
This is one of the evidence-based models that will be replicated in Yonkers by the YJCEC. The Strengthening Families Program (SFP) is a nationally and internationally recognized parenting and family strengthening program for high-risk families. SFP is an evidence-based family skills training program found to significantly reduce problem behaviors, delinquency, and alcohol and drug abuse in children and to improve social competencies and school performance. Child maltreatment also decreases as parents strengthen bonds with their children and learn more effective parenting skills. SFP was developed and found effective on a National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) research grant in the early 1980s. More than 15 subsequent independent replications have found similar positive results with families in many different ethnic groups. Both culturally adapted versions and the core version of SFP have been found effective with African-American, Hispanic, Asian, Pacific Islander, and First Nations families. The original SFP for high-risk families with children ages 6 to 11 years (SFP6-11) was joined in the early 1990’s by a shorter 7-session version for low-risk families with pre- and early teens (SFP10-14). SFP6-11 has now been joined by 14-session versions for high-risk families with both younger children (SFP3-5) and early teens (SFP12-16). 

* [http://www.wsipp.wa.gov/pub.asp?docid=07-06-1201| Evidence-Based Juvenile Offender Programs: Program Description, Quality Assurance, and Cost] 
Six juvenile offender programs identified by Institute as evidence-based are profiled through program descriptions, quality assurance information, and cost-benefit figures. By Elizabeth Drake, Washington State Institute for Public Policy, June 2007. 
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=====''Implementation Reporting Forms''=====
*[[Media:YJCEC_Implementation_Progress_Report_BBBS_F3.doc | Big Brothers Big Sisters Form]]
*[[Media: YJCEC_Implementation_Progress_Report_SFP_F3.doc‎ | Strengthening Families Form]]
*[[Media: YJCEC_Implementation_Progress_Report_FFT_F4.doc‎ |Functional Family Therapy Form]]

===== ''Disproportionate Minority Contact'' =====
* [[Media:Disproportionate Minority Contact TA manual.pdf|OJJDP Disproportionate Minority Contact Technical Assistance Manual, 2006]] 
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===== ''Other Criminal Justice Information and Resources'' =====
* [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23392251/ 1 in 100 Americans behind bars, report finds]
NEW YORK - For the first time in U.S. history, more than one of every 100 adults is in jail or prison, according to a new report documenting America’s rank as the world’s No. 1 incarcerator. It urges states to curtail corrections spending by placing fewer low-risk offenders behind bars. Prison spending ballooned from $11 billion to $49 billion in 2 decades. “Getting tough on criminals has gotten tough on taxpayers,” said the project’s director, Adam Gelb. “For some groups, the incarceration numbers are especially startling,” the report said. “While one in 30 men between the ages of 20 and 34 is behind bars, for black males in that age group the figure is one in nine.” 

* [http://members.jointogether.org/jointogether/join.html Sign up for Join Together Updates]
Join Together is a project of the Boston University School of Public Health. Since 1991, Join Together has supported community-based efforts to advance effective alcohol and drug policy, prevention, and treatment. Join Together leads initiatives to help communities respond to the harms caused by excessive alcohol and drug use and provides free internet services supporting their efforts. The link above takes you to a site where you can sign up to receive any of the following free internet resources: Daily News Edition, Weekly News Roundup, the monthly Treatment Practitioner's Research Bulletin, or the Funding News Weekly. 
* [https://www.ncjrs.gov/index.html National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS)]
The NCJRS site has links to a wide variety of publications, research, and grant information. Major categories include Corrections, Courts, Crime, Crime Prevention, Drugs, Justice System, Juvenile Justice, Law Enforcement, and Victims. 
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