On July 20th the CoC Program Competition NOFA was announced.  The information can be found on the HUD website.

HUD  announced the FY 2018 awards for new projects, including those awarded under DV bonus.

2018 CoC Award List

The following new projects received awards:

• HMIS Expansion – $210,000
• Coordinated Entry Expansion – $865,206
• Mission Bay – $256,014
• 1296 Shotwell – $368,386
• Coordinated Entry DV – $882,911
• CoC Planning Grant -$1,215,971

Combining renewal, new, and planning grants, San Francisco has exceeded all past years of CoC funding, receiving a total of $44,537,520

CoC Consolidated Application Posting

FY 2018 FUNDING COMPETITION

The Continuum of Care (CoC) Program Competition Application is a one-year grant application submitted by the San Francisco CoC to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

Below, please find the posting of all parts of the Complete FY 2018 CoC Consolidated Application, including the Priority Listing with all project applications accepted and ranked or rejected and all attachments that will be submitted to HUD.

CA501 CoC Consolidated Application

http://hsh.sfgov.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/SF-CoC-Consolidated-Application-FY18-NOFA.pdf

*Please note that the check boxes for 1E-3, 3B-2.3, and 3B-5b do not appear checked on the document above but they have been properly identified in eSNAPS.

CA501 Priority Listing

http://hsh.sfgov.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/SF-CoC-Priority-Listing-FY18-NOFA.pdf

San Francisco CoC NOFA Final Ranked List

On July 20th the CoC Program Competition NOFA was announced.  The information can be found on the HUD website.

2018 San Francisco Continuum of Care NOFA Summary

2018-SF-NOFA-Timeline

San Francisco Continuum of Care Competition Bidders Conference:

The Bidders Conference will cover the San Francisco Continuum of Care competition for funds. All new project applicants for Continuum of Care permanent housing grants and renewal applicants are strongly encouraged to attend. Please bring your laptops as part of an optional help session to log into e-snaps.

July 16, from 11am-2pm
Google Community Space
188 The Embarcadero SF, CA

Technical Assistance Handbook

1. HSH Subrecipient
2. Direct Recipient
3. New Projects

Local Materials Packets

1. HSH Subrecipient
2. Direct Recipient
3. New Projects

Match Letter Form

Match Letter Form (.pdf)

HUD form 2880

Cultural Competency Narrative (New Projects)

Disability Access Checklist (New Projects)

Project Narrative

1. Project Narrative (Renewal Projects)
2. Project Narrative (New Projects)

Additional Materials:

2018 APPEALS POLICY AND PROCESS
2018 LOCAL NEW & RENEWAL PROJECTS REVIEW PROCESS
2018 RENEWAL & NEW PROJECT SCORING TOOLS
2018 COC PERFORMANCE MEASURES

Through HSH, the San Francisco Homeless Outreach Team (SFHOT) works to engage and stabilize the most vulnerable individuals by voluntarily placing them into shelter and housing or connecting with other available resources. To make these placements, SFHOT works seven days a week to provide outreach and case management to people experiencing homelessness living on the streets of San Francisco.  Services are provided by small, skilled teams with expertise in the complex issues that are barriers to stability for this population. For individuals who are not ready to accept the services HSH has to offer, SFHOT continues to outreach and build motivation to ensure services are available when they are needed.

SFHOT works collaboratively with the Department of Public Health’s Street Medicine team to address medical and behavioral health needs, using an individualized approach that includes wrap-around services and promotes harm reduction and stability-based recovery.

Outreach Services:

• Skilled teams working in neighborhoods provide practical support, information and referral, in-depth assessment, and referrals to SFHOT case management for those who qualify.
• Access Partner for Coordinated Entry providing on-the-spot assessment or reassessment.

Case Management:

• Stabilizes individuals by addressing the numerous day-to-day and long-term problems related to homelessness.
• Provides shelter beds and stabilization rooms within the limited resources available.
• Works to connect each person with shelter and housing.
• Develops a stabilization plan for each of the individuals SFHOT works with to reduce the harms of homelessness.

Street Medicine:
Medical staff joins outreach services to help transition people living on the streets into shelter and housing.  The street medicine team provides healthcare using an adapted patient-centered medical home model. The street medicine team assess patients and establish care for chronic conditions such as medical, mental health, substance use, and cognitive disorders.  Additionally, the team provides health care services in shelter and Navigation Centers.

Inclement Weather: HOT activates inclement weather protocols during hot weather, cold weather, wet weather, and air quality incidents.  The team increases wellness checks, distributes appropriate supplies, and provides information on additional resources.

Success Stories

In February 2021, a collaborative city and nonprofit team made up of: SFHOT, VA, Felton ICM and EMS6, worked together to house a vulnerable senior with schizophrenia who had been homeless in the Mission for 45 years. Bob* experienced homelessness when his first episode of schizophrenia began at the age of 30 years old. He lost everything: his job, family and stability. When Bob initially became homeless, he lived in his van for several years until he became ill and unable to maintain his vehicle. Through the journey of his return to stabilization, and outreach from SFHOT, Bob was in and out of hospital stays until the VA found Bob a SIP which could accommodate his ADL’s. After many attempts of housing offers, Bob successfully moved into the permanent supportive housing.

2017 Continuum of Care Funding Announcement

HUD Announced a record $2 Billion in CoC funding this year.

San Francisco has received a total preliminary award in the amount of $41,476,960, including the Planning Grant, and has increased its overall Annual Renewal Demand (ARD) by $9,045,961.

56 total projects have been funded (53 renewal, 3 new). A breakdown of the projects awarded include:

• 47 Permanent Supportive Housing projects
• 4 Rapid Re-Housing projects
• Transitional Housing project
• HMIS projects; and
• Coordinated Entry project

2017 Continuum of Care (CoC) Program Competition:  Funding Availablity

HUD released its Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) on July 14th.  Though labor intensive, it is a process where our community comes together and excels.  It offers the unique opportunity for our CoC Community to showcase our best practices, highlight our community priorities, and further help people experiencing homelessness in our community. The NOFA is now available on the HUD website.

San Francisco Continuum of Care Competition Bidders Conference:

Topic: San Francisco Continuum of Care funds. All new project applicants for Continuum of Care permanent housing grants and renewal Supportive Housing Program (SHP) and Shelter + Care (S+C) applicants are strongly encouraged to attend.

• Monday, July 31, 2017
• 11am-2pm
• Koret Auditorium
  San Francisco Public Library
  100 Larkin Street SF CA 94102

Technical Assistance Handbook

1. HSH Subrecipient
2. Direct Recipient
3. New Projects

Match letter template

Local Materials Packets

1. HSH Subrecipient
2. Direct Recipient
3. New Projects

2017 Cultural Competency Narrative

2017 Disability Access Checklist (for new projects)

Project Narrative

1. Renewal
2. New projects

The LHCB engaged in a rank and review process for all applicants.  Following the appeal’s panel, the LHCB completed the FY2017 CoC Ranked List.

CoC Consolidated Application Posting

FY 2017 FUNDING COMPETITION

The Continuum of Care (CoC) Program Competition Application is a one-year grant application submitted by the San Francisco CoC to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

Below, please find the posting of all parts of the Complete FY 2017 CoC Consolidated Application, including the Priority Listing with all project applications accepted and ranked or rejected and all attachments that will be submitted to HUD.

CA501 CoC Consolidated Application

CA501 Priority Listing

https://homebase.box.com/s/vbsre8iqczfxraxv495qwbdm32k9ck9m

Local Homeless Coordinating Board

Mission: The Local Homeless Coordinating Board within a “Housing First” model envisions developing a continuum of services whose ultimate goal is to prevent and eradicate homelessness in the City and County of San Francisco. All efforts are aimed at permanent solutions, and the range of services is designed to meet the unique and complex needs of individuals who are threatened with or currently experiencing homelessness.

The Local Board was formed in 1996 to oversee the integrated health, housing, employment, and social service system described in the 1996-2001 Continuum of Care plan, which was drafted by the Homeless Budget Advisory Task Force. The Board has been meeting monthly since it was formed, coordinating the City’s homeless policy, McKinney funding, and Continuum of Care implementation. The purpose of the Board is to help ensure a unified homeless strategy that is supported by the Mayor, the Board of Supervisors, City departments, nonprofit agencies, peoples who are homeless or formerly homeless and the community at large.

On January 10,  2005, the Board passed a resolution to reconfigure the makeup of the Board. The Board is now made up of nine members; half of the members are appointed the mayor, half by the Board of Supervisors, and the odd number member to be appointed by a neutral party (Controller).

The functions of the Board include: oversee the HUD McKinney process, review and comment on local homeless legislation, monitor the implementation of the Ten-Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness and gather community input on homelessness. In addition to its ongoing responsibilities, the Local Board is charged with developing, monitoring, and updating San Francisco’s five-year Continuum of Care Plan, bringing the varying perspectives of the City, community agencies, and consumers together to guide the development and implementation of the continuum of housing and services for homeless people.

Seat Requirements:

Seat 1 shall be held by a homeless or formerly homeless person.

Seats 2 through 11 shall be held by people who represent relevant organizations or projects serving one or more homeless subpopulations in San Francisco, as the terms “relevant organizations” and “homeless subpopulations” are used in 42 C.F.R. Section 578.5(b), as it may be amended from time to time. For purposes of this subsection (b) regarding Seats 2 through 11, any Board member may represent the interests of more than one relevant organization or homeless subpopulation.(c)   When appointing members to the Coordinating Board, the Commission shall strive to ensure that the Coordinating Board represents a broad diversity of the relevant organizations and homeless subpopulations defined in subsection (b). The Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing shall maintain on its website a list of all of the categories of relevant organizations and homeless subpopulations defined by federal law and regulations or used by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”) in its Continuum of Care Application, and shall provide such list to the Commission before appointment of a new member to a vacant seat. At the time of appointment, the Commission shall identify the relevant organization or homeless subpopulation(s) represented by the appointee. (d)   Members of the Coordinating Board may not serve on any other City body that advises on issues relating to homelessness, including but not limited to the Commission, Shelter Monitoring Committee, and Shelter Grievance Advisory Committee, during their term(s) on the Coordinating Board.

For more information, you can view the following resources:

Strategic Plan

LHCB Bylaws

2018 Standing Committees

Funding Committee

Co-Chair(s): James Loyce
Coordinates and manages the McKinney-Vento application process and explores new revenue streams for existing programs that may be phased out of the McKinney-Vento funding stream.

Funding Committee

Archived Agendas, Minutes and Documents 

Coordinated Entry / ONE System Committee (Formerly HMIS)

Co-Chair(s): Erick Brown
The Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) Committee will focus on the training, governance, privacy and other key matters related to the San Francisco HMIS– the database used to track homeless services and housing for the San Francisco Continuum of Care.

Adult\Family Coordinated Entry

Youth Coordinated Entry 

Archived Agendas, Minutes, and Documents

Policy/Legislation Committee

Co-Chair(s): Kim-Mai Cutler
Reviews all local homeless initiatives and advise the Mayor and Board of Supervisors before any new measures are adopted.
Archived Agendas, Minutes, and Documents