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Round 2 Emergency Solutions Grant – Corona Virus (ESG-CV2) Applicant Training November 5, 2020
Round 2 Emergency Solutions Grant –
Corona Virus (ESG-CV2)
Applicant Training
November 5, 2020
Funding Description
• Prevent, prepare for, and respond to Coronavirus among individuals and families who are experiencing homelessness or receiving homeless assistance as part of a coordinated response.
• Prioritize the use of ESG-CV (Round 2) funds for: Rapid Rehousing to assist households experiencing literal homelessness move to the safest location possible—housing.
Assisting households staying in non-congregate shelter move to housing.
Emergency Shelter as needed while providing pathways to housing from emergency shelter.
• Address racial inequities in homeless populations and provide equitable provision of services for Black, Native and Indigenous, Latinx, Asian, Pacific Islanders and other people of color.
• Provide housing and services that are low barrier, trauma informed, culturally responsive and housing first oriented.
Funding Available
Component FundingStreet Outreach Max. $ 1,465,712
Emergency Shelter Max. $ 1,941,425
($2,500,000 for acquisition)
Rapid Re-housing
Max. $2,455,711
Total $5,862,848
If all funds for a specific component are not awarded, they will be redirected to
another component type at HCD Staff’s discretion.
Eligible Activities
“Shelters solve sleep. Housing and supportive services solve homelessness.”
A separate application must be submitted for each component type.
Each discrete project should be able to stand on its own merits and not be dependent on the other component
type(s) for which the agency applied.
The applicant agency must show that if partial funding is awarded, the project, within reason, could be scaled
down and implemented as proposed.
CoC Review and Rank Policy
Rapid Rehousing 24CFR 576, 105-106
• Provision of financial assistance to rapidly re-house persons experiencing homelessness.
• Housing Search and Placement, Housing Stability Case Management to help people obtain and maintain housing.
• Landlord Incentives: (Must be combined with provision of rental assistance and services).
• Diversion Services (Must be combined with provision of rental assistance and services).
• There is a 12-month cap on assistance per household. Rental assistance must be based on fair-market rents. Eligible Rapid Rehousing Activities
Emergency Shelter 24CFR 576.120
• Acquisition of Real Property– Site control must occur before application submission or November 20th, 2020;
• Non-Congregate Shelter - Essential Services and Shelter Operations, if the shelter is not currently operating, applicant must show all site approvals for shelter use and a site address.
• Rehabilitation of existing facilities or construction of new facilities to increase bed count and accommodate physical distancing (engineer or architect quote must accompany application);
• Costs must relate directly to COVID-19 response.
• Applicants must demonstrate paths to housing for participants.
Street Outreach
• Essential Services necessary to reach out to unsheltered homeless individuals and families, connect them with emergency shelter, housing, or critical services, and provide them with urgent, non-facility-based care. For specific requirements and eligible costs, see 24 CFR §576.101.
• Case Management, Engagement, Transportation;
• Street medicine and health outreach programs;
• Personal Protective Equipment, hygiene kits, basic needs;
• Assist with housing navigation to move to individual living quarters;
• Training on infectious disease prevention and mitigation.
• Applicants must demonstrate paths to housing for participants
Program Requirements
Eligible populations• 24 CFR 576.2 – Homeless definition
• (1) An individual or family who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence, meaning: (i) An individual or family with a primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place not
designed for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings, including a car, park, abandoned building, bus or train station, airport, or camping ground;
(ii) An individual or family living in a supervised publicly or privately operated shelter designated to provide temporary living arrangements (including congregate shelters, transitional housing, and hotels and motels paid for by charitable organizations or by federal, state, or local government programs for low-income individuals); or
(iii) An individual who is exiting an institution where he or she resided for 90 days or less and who resided in an emergency shelter or place not meant for human habitation immediately before entering that institution;
• (2) An individual or family who will imminently lose their primary nighttime residence, provided that: (i) The primary nighttime residence will be lost within 14 days of the date of application
for homeless assistance;
(ii) No subsequent residence has been identified; and
(iii) The individual or family lacks the resources or support networks, e.g., family, friends, faith-based or other social networks, needed to obtain other permanent housing;
HMIS and CES
• Participation in the Coordinated Entry System (CES) as an Entry Point is mandatory ESG-funded Emergency Shelter and Street Outreach projects.
• Rapid Rehousing projects - all referrals for services will come through the CES per the prioritization, matching, and referral processes outlined in the CoC’s CES Policies and Procedures.
• Applicants must demonstrate capacity to participate in the county-wide HMIS (DV) victim services providers must demonstrate capacity to participate in a comparable data
base that is HUD compliant and which can generate HUD-compliant reports.
Spending Deadlines
100% of Emergency Shelter funds must be expended by January 31, 2022.
20% July 31, 2021
40% September 30, 2021
60% November 30, 2021
80% January 31, 2022
100% June 30, 2022
For RRH to meet this most likely means all rental assistance should be expended by January 31, 2022 so there are funds remaining for tenant support services until June 30, 3022.
Safety (Hazard) Pay
Per Federal Housing and Urban Development (HUD) regulations, safety pay is only allowed for agencies that were
funded under 2019 Emergency Shelter Grants
Locally those agencies are PATH, Good Samaritan Shelter, and New Beginnings
You cannot apply for safety (hazard pay) unless you are one of the above listed organizations.
Duplication of Benefits
A Duplication of Benefit (DOB) occurs when aprogram beneficiary receives assistance frommultiple funding sources totaling an amount thatexceeds the need for a particular funding need.
It is the provider’s responsibility to ensure that eachESG-CV2 activity provides assistance only to theextent that the recipient’s project’s funding need(s)has not been met by another funding source.
Housing First
In 2016, the California Legislature passed Senate Bill 1380. It requires all
housing programs to adopt the Housing First model:
Tenant screening and selection practices promote accepting applicants regardless of
their sobriety or use of substances, completion of treatment, or participation in services.
Applicants are not rejected on the basis of poor credit or financial history, poor or lack of
rental history, criminal convictions unrelated to tenancy, or behaviors that indicate a
lack of "housing readiness." 1 Codified as California Welfare & Institutions Code § 8255.
Housing providers accept referrals directly from shelters, street outreach, drop-in
centers, and other parts of crisis response systems frequented by vulnerable people
experiencing homelessness.
Supportive services emphasize engagement and problem solving over therapeutic goals
and service plans that are highly tenant-driven without predetermined goals.
Participation in services or program compliance is not a condition of housing tenancy.
Housing First
In 2016, the California Legislature passed Senate Bill 1380. It requires all housing programs to
adopt the Housing First model:
Tenants have a lease and all the rights and responsibilities of tenancy.
The use of alcohol or drugs in and of itself, without other lease violations, is not a reason for eviction.
Funding promotes tenant selection plans for supportive housing that prioritize eligible tenants based on criteria other
than "first-come-first-serve," including, but not limited to, the duration or chronicity of homelessness, vulnerability to
early mortality, or high utilization of crisis services.
Case managers and service coordinators are trained in and actively employ evidence-based practices for engagement,
including motivational interviewing and client-centered counseling.
Services are informed by a harm-reduction philosophy that recognizes drug and alcohol use and addiction as a part of
tenants' lives, where tenants are engaged in nonjudgmental communication regarding drug and alcohol use, and where
tenants are offered education regarding how to avoid risky behaviors and engage in safer practices, as well as connected
to evidence-based treatment if the tenant so chooses.
The project and specific apartment may include special physical features that accommodate disabilities, reduce harm,
and promote health and community and independence among tenants.
Advancing Racial Equity
• Subrecipients should prioritize the advancement of racial equity at all levels of the project.
• Subrecipients must respond to disproportionality in access to services, service provision and outcomes.
• Subrecipients cannot simply rely on delivering a standardization of services to address equity.
• Subrecipients have the responsibility to examine their data to ensure all eligible persons receive equitable services, support, and are served with dignity, respect, and compassion regardless of circumstances, ability, or identity.
• HCD will require applicants to submit related racial and ethnic data metrics of the homeless population and those served by the CoC service area from their Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) on a quarterly reporting basis.
Neighborly Software
Evaluation
Threshold Evaluation
State ESG-CV2 applications will be evaluated by County
HCD staff for the following:
ESG-CV2 Program Eligibility,
Administrative Capacity, and
Financial Capacity.
County HCD Evaluation
Review and Rank Panel Evaluation
Review and Rank Panel Evaluation
Review and Rank Panel Evaluation
Resources
County HCD Web Page – FAQ will be updated regularlyhttp://cosb.countyofsb.org/housing/
ESG Program Interim Rule (24 CFR Part 576)
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2016-title24-vol3/xml/CFR-2016-title24-vol3-
part576.xml
ESG Program: State of California Regulations (25 CCR §8400 et seq)http://www.hcd.ca.gov/financial-assistance/emergency-solutions-grant-program/docs/state-esg-regulations-effective-april-1-2016.pdf
ESG-CV2 State NOFAhttps://www.hcd.ca.gov/grants-funding/active-funding/esg/docs/2-esg-coronavirus-nofa-round-2-
final.pdf
Coordinated Entry System information
https://www.liveunitedsbc.org/homeforgoodsbc-faq
Homeless Management Information System informationhttp://countyofsb.org/housing/homlessassistance/hmis.sbc
Timeline and Contacts
NOFA Published and Applications Available On-lineNovember 2, 2020
Mandatory Applicant Conference
Zoom
November 5, 2020
Applications Due to County HCDNovember 20, 2020
Continuum of Care Review and Rank Committee Meeting to Develop Funding Recommendations
First Week of
December, 2020
https://portal.neighborlysoftware.com/santabarbaracountyca/Participant
Neighborly Application
Portal
HCD Contacts
Jett Black-Maertz
805-568-2484
Kim Albers
805-560-1090
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