Kansas Statewide Homeless Coalition Inc

WE LEAD KANSAS COMMUNITIES TO MAKE HOMELESSNESS RARE, BRIEF, AND NON-RECURRING.

EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT PROGRAM - THIS PROGRAM IS ADMINISTERED BY THE KANSAS HOUSING RESOURCES CORPORATION FOR THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT. THE EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT PROGRAM (ESG) PROVIDES FUNDING TO: (1) ENGAGE HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES LIVING ON THE STREET; (2) IMPROVE THE NUMBER AND QUALITY OF EMERGENCY SHELTERS FOR HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES; (3) HELP OPERATE THESE SHELTERS; (4) PROVIDE ESSENTIAL SERVICES TO SHELTER RESIDENTS, (5) RAPIDLY RE-HOUSE HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES, AND (6) PREVENT FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS FROM BECOMING HOMELESS. THE ESG PROGRAM FOCUSES ON HELPING PEOPLE QUICKLY REGAIN STABILITY IN PERMANENT HOUSING AFTER EXPERIENCING A HOUSING CRISIS OR HOMELESSNESS. THE RAPID RE-HOUSING COMPONENT INCLUDES VARIOUS HOUSING RELOCATION AND STABILIZATION SERVICES AND RENTAL ASSISTANCE TO HELP PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS MOVE QUICKLY INTO PERMANENT HOUSING AND ACHIEVE STABILITY IN THAT HOUSING. THE HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION COMPONENT INCLUDES SIMILAR SERVICES AND ASSISTANCE TO HELP PEOPLE AVOID BECOMING HOMELESS. RECIPIENTS CAN USE ESG FUNDS TO REHABILITATE OR CONVERT BUILDINGS INTO EMERGENCY SHELTER; PAY FOR CERTAIN EXPENSES RELATED TO OPERATING EMERGENCY SHELTERS; OR PROVIDE ESSENTIAL SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES LIVING IN EMERGENCY SHELTERS OR UNSHELTERED SETTINGS.

CONTINUUM OF CARE PROGRAM - THIS PROGRAM IS ADMINISTERED BY U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT. THE PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY-WIDE COMMITMENT TO THE GOAL OF ENDING HOMELESSNESS; PROVIDE FUNDING FOR EFFORTS BY NONPROFIT PROVIDERS, STATES, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO QUICKLY HOUSE HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WHILE MINIMIZING THE TRAUMA AND DISLOCATION CAUSED TO HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITIES BY HOMELESSNESS; PROMOTE ACCESS TO AND EFFECTIVE UTILIZATION OF MAINSTREAM PROGRAMS BY HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES; AND OPTIMIZE SELF-SUFFICIENCY AMONG INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. CONTINUUM OF CARE PROGRAM FUNDS MAY BE USED TO PAY FOR THE ELIGIBLE COSTS USED TO ESTABLISH AND OPERATE PROJECTS UNDER FIVE PROGRAM COMPONENTS: (I) PERMANENT HOUSING, WHICH INCLUDES PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, AND RAPID REHOUSING; (II) TRANSITIONAL HOUSING; (III) SUPPORTIVE SERVICES ONLY; (IV) HOMELESS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS (HMIS), AND (V) IN SOME CASES, HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION.

SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAM - THIS PROGRAM IS ADMINISTERED BY THE KANSAS HOUSING RESOURCES CORPORATION FOR THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT. THE SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO ASSIST HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN THE TRANSITION FROM HOMELESSNESS AND TO ENABLE THEM TO LIVE AS INDEPENDENTLY AS POSSIBLE. PROGRAM FUNDS MAY BE USED TO PROVIDE: (I) TRANSITIONAL HOUSING WITHIN A 24-MONTH PERIOD AS WELL AS UP TO SIX MONTHS OF FOLLOW-UP SERVICES TO FORMER RESIDENTS TO ASSIST THEIR ADJUSTMENT TO INDEPENDENT LIVING; (II) PERMANENT HOUSING PROVIDED IN CONJUNCTION WITH APPROPRIATE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES DESIGNED TO MAXIMIZE THE ABILITY OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES TO LIVE AS INDEPENDENTLY AS POSSIBLE; (III) SUPPORTIVE HOUSING THAT IS, OR IS PART OF, A PARTICULARLY INNOVATIVE PROJECT FOR, OR ALTERNATIVE METHOD OF, MEETING THE IMMEDIATE AND LONG-TERM NEEDS OF HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES; (IV) SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS NOT PROVIDED IN CONJUNCTION WITH SUPPORTIVE HOUSING,(V) SAFE HAVENS FOR HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS WITH SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS CURRENTLY RESIDING ON THE STREETS WHO MAY NOT YET BE READY FOR SUPPORTIVE SERVICES; AND (VI) HOMELESS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS (HMIS) FOR DEVELOPING MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS TO MAINTAIN DATA ON BEDS, UNITS AND HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS.