KSHC Board of Directors Meeting

Posted on June 17, 2013 by Doug

The next Board of Director’s meeting for the Kansas Statewide Homeless Coalition is scheduled for June 19th from 10:00 – 1:00pm.  The meeting will be held at the Central Kansas Community Mental Health Center, 809 Elmhurst, Salina, Kansas.

The agenda for the meeting is as follows:

  1. Call to Order & Welcome
  2. Approval of May Minutes
  3. Treasurer / Financial Report –  Margene
  4. BoS Coordinator Report – Doug
  5. Bylaws Update – Doug
  6. Personnel Handbook – Joyce
  7.  Discussion
    1. Plans for Board Retreat – Joyce
    2. HMIS – Doug
  8. Adjourn

Please contact Doug Wallace, Coordinator, for information on how to connect to the meeting by phone and GoToMeetings.

Doug Wallace
785-354-4990 or doug@kshomeless.com
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Fiscal Year 2013 Emergency Solutions Grants Program Budget Allocation Reduction

Posted on May 30, 2013 by Doug

Fiscal Year 2013 ESG Budget Allocation


HUD recently announced that the total Emergency Solutions Grants program (ESG) allocation for FY 2013 is $215 million, which is a $71 million reduction from the Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 funding amount. This year, the ESG allocation was affected by a shortfall in the Homeless Assistance Grants appropriation to cover both increased renewal demand in the Continuum of Care (CoC) program and maintain ESG funding at the FY2013 level. The existing shortfall was further affected by the 5 percent Sequestration reduction. Congressional direction to HUD in handling the CoC/ESG funding shortfall was to mandate that at least $200 million be allocated to ESG, which became $190 million after the 5 percent sequestration cut. However, HUD chose to allocate $215 million to ESG, $25 million over the Congressional minimum.

View FY 2013 Formula Allocations.

Factors Affecting Individual Recipient Allocations
Changes in the number of ESG entitlements and individual recipient allocations are largely due to the application of the recent American Community Survey (ACS) data to the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program formula. Because the percentage of ESG funds allocated to ESG recipients is determined by the percentage of the total allocation of CDBG funds for the prior fiscal year, the use of ACS data for the CDBG formula in FY 2012 has affected ESG recipients’ FY 2013 grant amounts.
Following the 2000 Census, the Census Bureau began transitioning to the ACS, an annual survey. The ACS is generally the same as the long form used for the decennial Census and now provides the most comprehensive, nationwide source of data for demographic, social, economic, and housing characteristics. The law implementing the CDBG program requires the use of “the most recent data compiled by the United States Bureau of Census” for allocating CDBG funds (42 U.S.C. ch. 69, sec. 5302 (b)). For this reason, the CDBG formula, which accounts for population, poverty, overcrowded housing, pre-1940 housing, and growth lag, began using ACS data in FY 2012.
The transition from Census to ACS data has caused significant changes in grant amounts for some CDBG and ESG recipients. HUD’s Office of Policy Development and Research did a report examining the possible effects of using new data from the ACS and 2010 Census for the CDBG formula. The analysis is only a simulation since the FY 2011 CDBG allocation amount and recipient universe were used to measure the impact of the transition from Census to ACS data on recipients’ FY 2012 grant amounts. However, the report helps explain how the differences between the Census and ACS estimates reflect distinct methods used by the two surveys in addition to changes in conditions between the two time periods.
Review the report for a more comprehensive explanation about the transition from Census to ACS data and the implications on CDBG and ESG grant amounts.
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2013 Emergency Solutions Grant Application (ESG)

Posted on May 24, 2013 by Doug

Notice of Funding Availability

2013 Emergency Solutions Grant Application (ESG)

Applications for the 2013 ESG program are now available and due by July 05, 2013.

 At the posting of this application, The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has not released the amount of the 2013 ESG funding.  However KHRC is expecting the level of funding to be $1,537,347 for 2013.  This amount represents 2012 ESG funding minus 5%.

The Emergency Solutions Grants Program (ESG) is a federal block grant authorized by subtitle B of the McKinney Vento Homelessness Assistance Act and is administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. ESG amounts are to be used for services to homeless and near homeless individuals and families in these major categories:

  • Renovation, major rehabilitation or conversion of buildings for use as emergency shelter facilities
  • Payment of certain expenses related to operating emergency shelter facility
  • Provision of essential services related to emergency shelters and street outreach for the homeless
  • Provision of rapid re-housing assistance
  • Development and implementation of homelessness prevention activities

The Emergency Solutions Grant replaces the Emergency Shelter Grant.  The Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing (HEARTH) Act of 2009 amended and reauthorized the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act with substantial changes, including:

A consolidation of HUD’s competitive grant programs;

 

  • A change in HUD’s definition of homeless;
  • An increase in prevention resources; and,
  • An increase in the emphasis on performance.

 

For the 2013, The ESG grant period will be for twelve (12) months.  The anticipated start date will be September 01, 2013 through August 31, 2014.

To download the application please visit: www.kshousingcorp.org

For more information you can contact James Chiselom with Kansas Housing Resources Corporation

Phone: (785) 296-7236   Fax: (785) 296-8985

e-mail: jchiselom@kshousingcorp.org

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