Emergency Housing Vouchers Office Hours - July 6, 2021
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Emergency Housing Vouchers
Office Hours
This resource is prepared by technical assistance providers and intended only
to provide guidance. The contents of this presentation, except when based on
statutory or regulatory authority or law, do not have the force and effect of law
and are not meant to bind the public in any way. This presentation is intended
only to provide clarity to the public regarding existing requirements under the
law or agency policies.
July 6, 2021
EHV Office Hours
July 6, 2021
Audience: Continuums of Care, Public Housing Agencies, Victim Service
Providers, and other partners.
Purpose: Share information and provide an opportunity to ask EHV-
related questions to HUD
Today’s Focus: Implementing EHVs in Rural Communities
If you’re experiencing homelessness and in need of assistance:
https://www.hudexchange.info/housing-and-homeless-
assistance/homeless-help/Today’s Agenda • Welcome & Introductions • Rural Communities’ Challenges • Community Presentations on EHVs in Rural areas, working with multiple PHAs and Coordinated Entry referrals • Q+A with HUD
Logistics • This is session is being recorded. Recording will be shared at https://www.hud.gov/ehv • All participants are muted. If you are having trouble connecting your computer audio, you can call in using the following information: • +1 646 558 8656 • Webinar ID: 998 7192 2141 • Passcode: 110590 • Please submit your questions in the Q&A box • If you are having technical issues, please use the Q&A box
Speakers & Resource Advisors
Department of Housing and Urban Development
• Office of Public and Indian Housing
• Jerrianne Anthony • Danielle Garcia • Chad Ruppel
• Emily Warren • Caleb Kopczyk • Mike LaRiccia
• Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs
• Caroline Crouse
TAC
• Emila Sutton
• Lisa Sloane
• Laura HarrisSpeakers & Resource Advisors Speakers: • Ashley Barker Tolman, HUD TA Provider, Member SNAPS Rural Workgroup • Ashley Kerr, HUD TA Provider, Member SNAPS Rural Workgroup • Heather Dillashaw, HUD TA Provider, Co-Lead SNAPS Regional Teams Initiative • Gordon Levine, Louisiana Balance of State CoC • Ashley Von Hatten, North Carolina Balance of State CoC
Community Context
• Communities across the country have received record
amounts of funding through the CARES Act and the
American Rescue Plan
• EHVs provide an unprecedented opportunity to drastically
reduce homelessness in communities across the country
• Rural communities must capitalize on this opportunity to
help people experiencing homelessness get housed
7Common Challenges re: EHV implementation
• Existing challenges to adequately implement CE across
large geographies with equitable prioritization
• How to effectively utilize service dollars attached to EHVs
• Lack of housing stock in rural areas accepting regular
HCV, causing hesitancy for expanding referrals for EHVs
8Existing challenges to adequately implement
CE across large geographies
• Specific prioritization criteria may not be clear and/or
isn’t being implemented well within existing CE
systems.
• Lack of fully functioning CE systems compromises
ability to effectively make EHV referrals.
• Lack of confidence in the VI-SPDAT/assessment
process is compounding challenges to address equity
concerns.
9Multiple PHAs for one CoC
• Low capacity at CoC level to design and implement a
process to refer to multiple EHV programs
• Because there is no simple answer on how to do this,
CoCs need to be willing to adjust process over time as
referrals are made
• Idea from one CoC: Create a by-name list that is sortable
by County, and engage partners in each jurisdiction to
review
10Lack of Housing Stock in Rural Areas
• Consider Landlord Incentives
• Eligible activity for service fees attached to EHVs
• Seek out faith-based partners for new landlord introductions
• Consider Shared Housing model to utilize multiple bedroom units
• 2-bedroom potentially more available
• Shared expenses for households/individuals
• Consider AirBNB and other short-term rental options and propose
longer-term rentals
115 Possibilities to Consider
Identify who is not at the table as you move forward
to make critical decisions around targeting &
prioritization
• People with lived experience in your local homeless
system
• Black, Indigenous, and People of Color community
representatives and/or providers with these existing
relationships
125 Possibilities to Consider
MOU between PHA and CoC
• Build in equity analysis and ongoing improvement language
• Example:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bBQi6UMd0knYUzjs
amt4abZiXbJgSmkR/edit
135 Possibilities to Consider
Prioritization
• LOTH - look at your BNL/queue - who would be prioritized if you focused
on LOTH and does that further or hinder your equity goals?
• Communities most impacted by COVID - who would be prioritized if you
focused on people in non-congregate shelter? Specific
communities/neighborhoods that have been impacted?
• Disproportionality in housing: look at overall homeless demographics,
then by project type (or just SO/ES/TH vs RRH/PSH). Who tends to get
enrolled in housing programs, and does that match the demographics of
those who aren’t housed?
145 Possibilities to Consider Look at Your Data • Leverage the Stella P Race & Ethnicity Analysis Guide: https://www.hudexchange.info/resource/6067/stella- p-race-and-ethnicity-analysis-guide/ • Look at performance and pathways by race (days experiencing homelessness, exits to permanent destinations, and returns to homelessness) • Triangulate Stella P data with other data (PIT, active prioritization list/queue, other data available) to determine if different data sets show similar or different trends 15
5 Possibilities to Consider Look at Your Data, Continued • When analyzing trends in the data, be inclusive about the perspectives at the table - ask the questions of why the data is trending the way it’s trending – incorporate qualitative analysis • Ask those who have been directly affected about what solutions they would suggest would fix the disparities 16
Implementing Service Fee Dollars
• PHAs are able to contract for service fee activities
• Why partner with CoCs?
• They know the population and the service providers.
• They often provide services and therefore PHAs don't have
to create new programs: PHAs can subcontract out to the
CoCs and let them offer the services.
• CoCs will be responsible for providing PHAs with data and
reporting for EHV program compliance.
17EHVs Rollout in the
Louisiana Balance of
State CoC
Gordon Levine, Continuum of Care Manager
Louisiana Housing Corporation
glevine@lhc.la.gov
www.laboscoc.orgLouisiana Balance of State CoC A primer
The LA BOSCOC The Louisiana Balance of State Continuum of Care (LA BOSCOC) is Louisiana’s largest coalition of organizations dedicated to preventing and ending homelessness. Currently covers ~half of Louisiana, including the cities of Baton Rouge (the capital), Lake Charles, Houma, and all surrounding parishes.
The LA BOSCOC (continued) Louisiana Housing Corporation (the statewide finance agency) is the Collaborative Applicant. LA BOSCOC has existed since 2015, and has merged with other CoCs ~every other year since then – a lot of growth!
Emergency Housing Vouchers The plan
EHVs: The Plan Initial awards indicated we could expect ~150 EHVs CoC- wide (actual numbers turned out ~100). Statewide PHA and Baton Rouge PHA received larger allocations, but 60 EHVs were awarded to five PHAs in rural parishes whom we’ve never engaged!
EHVs: The Plan (continued)
THE BIG CONCEPT:
On July 1, use EHVs to do the following two things:
(1) Move people from short-term PH and PH being
eliminated into long-term subsidies
(2) Use EHVs to create system movement in RRH/PSHEHVs: The Plan (continued) Why focus on people in short-term PH? Short-term PH like ESG-CV RRH is expensive, and we knew going into it that many of our ESG-CV RRH participants would need longer term subsidies; EHVs are their golden tickets. ESG-CV is precious one-time funding; save it where we can.
EHVs: The Plan (continued) Why focus on people in PH being eliminated? Because it’s a lot of people! Example: Baton Rouge lost ~60 HOPWA beds due in part to federal formula adjustments; 50% of those participants were experiencing homelessness at entry and were likely to exit back into homelessness; EHVs are also their golden tickets.
EHVs: The Plan (continued) Why create system movement? PSH is expensive; some participants are ready to move on. RRH is short-term; many participants need or would benefit from a longer subsidy but don’t necessarily need more 24 months of case management. Right-sizing housing & services creates opportunities.
Emergency Housing Vouchers Implementation
EHVs: Implementation
Key pieces of our EHV implementation
Commit to having sufficient referrals READY TO GO on July 1
Identify people in PH being eliminated (CARES, HOPWA)
Identify VAWA transfers, PSH move-on, RRH step-up
Does that fill up the EHVs in the area? If not, pre-pull
names from the CES Prioritization List and have outreach
workers get them ready to go.EHVs: Implementation (continued)
Key pieces of our EHV implementation
Develop one MOU for use with all PHAs
Takes the burden off of PHAs
Uniform commitments means each PHA’s EHV is just as
good as another’s
Being specific about service fee uses and priorities means
a high standard of care for all participantsEHVs: Implementation (continued)
Key pieces of our EHV implementation
Help DV partners coordinate referrals to PHAs
DV providers and PHAs don’t always have strong
connections
CoCs have comparatively loud voices
Incorporating DV (incl. SA and HT) participants into our
EHV prioritization increases equity for everyoneEmergency Housing Vouchers Outcomes
EHVs: Outcomes
Headline Successes
Louisiana Housing Corporation: 34 out of 34 referrals on
Day 1!
East Baton Rouge Parish PHA: 64 out of 64 referrals on
Day 1!
St. Bernard PHA: 3 out of 15 referrals – but delay was due
to ensuring a high quality DV implementation; 15 out of 15
by July 6!EHVs: Outcomes
Headline Successes
100% of referrals came with ROIs, certifications of
homelessness, backup documentation of homelessness (as
applicable), certifications of Coordinated Entry origination
100% of referrals were passed securely to PHAs via an unbroken
chain of secure email servers and/or flash drive delivery
95%+ of referrals were pre-contacted and pre-confirmed they
were ready and waiting for an EHV!EHVs: Outcomes
Domestic Violence HOPWA (Eliminated)
(including SA and HT) 15%
22%
PSH Move-on
17%
Literal Homelessness
9%
RRH/Other PH Bridge
37%
HOPWA (Eliminated) PSH Move-on
RRH/Other PH Bridge Literal Homelessness
Domestic Violence (including SA and HT)Questions?
You can also email questions to Gordon Levine, Continuum of Care
Manager, at glevine@lhc.la.gov, or call at 225-242-1388.North Carolina Coalition to End Homelessness Emergency Housing Vouchers
NC BoS CoC Emergency Housing Vouchers NC Balance of State (BoS) Continuum of Care (CoC) represents 79 out of the 100 counties in the state.
NC BoS CoC Emergency Housing Vouchers
• North Carolina Coalition to End Homelessness (Collaborative
Applicant)
• Created internal EHV team
• Outreach to EHV-allocated PHAs
• Created EHV workgroup
• Developed timeline.
• Discussed eligible populations and preferences for NC BoS CoC.
• Created implementation and process strategies.
• Directed staff to draft NC BoS CoC MOU (needs Steering Committee
approval).
• NCCEH to prepare individual MOUs for each PHA (in NC BoS) who
accepted EHV.NC BoS CoC Emergency Housing Vouchers Priorities
1) Households are ready to Move On with long-term rental assistance but
less intensive case management
• Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) and Rapid Rehousing (RRH) clients
are both eligible for Move On.
Process
• NC BoS CoC HMIS staff to provide report of households with longest stay in
PH
• Current PH provider
• Completes Moving On Assessment
• Contacts household to discuss Moving On
• Completes Moving On referral and gives to Regional NC Bos CoC CE Lead
• Regional NC BoS CoC CE lead completes EHV referral formNC BoS CoC Emergency Housing Vouchers Priorities
2) Households with highest length of unsheltered homelessness and
where documentation for PSH (chronic homelessness and/or disability)
is not able to be obtained.
Process
• Regional NC BoS CoC CE will review the current CE by-name list
• Filter for chronically homeless, disability, current living situation, and length of
stay
• Discuss eligible households with most recent Front Door provider and identify
households to be referred
• Regional NC BoS CoC CE lead completes EHV referral formNC BoS CoC Emergency Housing Vouchers Priorities
3) Families and/or individuals on current regional Coordinated Entry (CE)
by-name list (BNL) who need long-term rental assistance.
Process
• Regional NC BoS CoC CE will review the current CE by-name list
• Filter for VI-SPDAT score and length of stay
• Discuss eligible households with most recent front door provider and identify
households to be referred
• Regional NC BoS CoC CE lead completes EHV referral formNC BoS CoC Emergency Housing Vouchers Please reach out to North Carolina Coalition to End Homelessness bos@ncceh.org
Q+A with HUD
44Reminders
• New EHV Reporting Notice: Reporting will be in PIC using the
regular 58 with 2n = EHV
• PIH2021-20 (hud.gov)
• MOU deadline is July 31, 2021
• Submit your questions to ehv@hud.gov
• This office hour recording will be posted to hud.gov/ehv
45Thank you!
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