The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (THDCA) has granted the City of Corpus Christi a Homeless Housing and Services Program (HHSP) Grant.
Donor Name: Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs
State: Texas
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/09/2023
Size of the Grant: $197,798
Details:
Funding Information
Available HHSP funding includes $197,798 for the general homeless population and $62,268 for homeless youth to combat homelessness.
Examples of Eligible Projects
Some examples of HHSP eligible activities are:
- Case management costs include staff salaries related to assessing, arranging, coordinating, and monitoring the delivery of services related to finding or maintaining housing. Costs include, but are not limited to, Household eligibility determination, counseling, coordinating services and obtaining mainstream benefits for Program Participants, monitoring Program Participant progress, providing safety planning for persons under VAWA, developing a housing and service plan, and entry into HMIS or an HMIS-comparable database.
- Essential services costs are associated with finding and maintaining stable housing, and include, but are not limited to, costs for: out-patient medical services, childcare, education services, legal services, mental health services, local transportation assistance, drug and alcohol rehabilitation; job training.
- Homelessness prevention and homelessness assistance costs are associated with housing relocation, stabilization, and assistance costs. Staff time entering information into HMIS or HMIS comparable database related to homelessness prevention and homeless assistance is also an eligible cost. Homeless prevention and homelessness assistance costs include, but are not limited to, hotel or motel costs; transitional housing; rental and utility assistance; rental arrears; utility reconnection fees; reasonable and customary security and utility deposits; and moving costs.
Eligibility Criteria
For an application to be considered for funding, the following qualifications must be met:
- Applicant must be a non-profit, unit of government or quasigovernmental agency.
- The proposed activity must be listed as an eligible activity/expense in the HHSP rules and regulations. Eligible activities include a wide variety of essential services allowed by Texas Department of Housing & Community Affairs (TDHCA) and State statutes. Respondents to the subgrantee award solicitation will be required to outline the services to be provided
- All youth assisted under the youth set-aside must be homeless. A youth-headed household includes unaccompanied children and youth (aged 24 and under), parenting children and youth (aged 24 and under), and children of parenting children/youth.
For more information, visit THDCA.