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ID: MAR 29 '95 15 :37 No .006 P .02 <br /> ' FACT SHEFT <br /> Fundin� for Ho�pcies� Programs <br /> Funding Availabic: HUD is making svailablc $9Q0 million ta provide housing a�ld <br /> coordinatic»i of supporcive services for honaeless pec�rle. These funds arc availahle on a <br /> competitive hFtsis. DCCA has funds availahle for Emergency Shelter Grants. <br /> Eligible APpGcants: Comniunity not-l�r-pro�ts �r�Anizations may aflply for Ht]L) funds <br /> which provide for transiti���! housing tuid supportive services for homelcss individuata Ftnd <br /> families. A loc�l unit of vernment �nust sabmit thc application for the portion of tl�e <br /> overall u►mmunity program which addresses thc hc�using neecis of low-incoinc peoplc with <br /> AiDS and HIV. Dove, Inc. will Apply for the I?CCA money �,ti it has in tlie past. <br /> Emp6asis: HUi) is seelcing propo�sls which will scrve the scveral homeless populatic�ns. <br /> UCi110nS�rAttOri 01�COttliTiqriity IlCGd 15 impOYtBnt, but 11UD is most inierested in c�tnmunities <br /> developing a caoperative proposul utilizing existing �erviccs, identifying gaps in ihosc <br /> services, and proposing ways io lill thosc gaps, llt'CA funds can t�e uscd for on�oing <br /> sup�rt of llove's domes�ic violence shelter and on-siic substaucc abuse counseling at a!I <br /> homeless shclters. <br /> llecstur's �'oaitiva: llccatur's Coordinating Cuunci! on Hc�melessness has bee�i mecting <br /> monthly for 18 months (a list of tnemt�er agencies is attacheci). Thus, a caoperdtive endeuv�r <br /> is siready established in the cc�muiunity. A point in time study was conducted to qufuitify the <br /> number oi'hocneless and ai risk c�f beilig he�meless. G�ps ui services have t�een ide»tificd and <br /> solutions 11avc been discussed. The "umbretla" proje�K being �roposed seeks to IiU the �aps <br /> which cxist in addressing the needs of Uccatur's homelexs. <br /> Tropo�ed Projeet: [Indcr the "wnbrella" propasal, Dc�ve 1ne. wc>uld apply for HUD funds <br /> for two transitional housing projects and suppc�rtive services coordination a�zd for the �C'CA <br /> emergency shelter money. Physical h�using units will be madc available by Decatur H�usin� <br /> Auth�rity and Community Investmcnt Carporation vf L�ccatur for filling the "gap" in housing <br /> necds. F.xisting supportivc services wi11 be coordinated through case managemcnt by a "hub" <br /> office for the hameless. Dove, lne. wilt direet and administer this part of the prc�ject. <br /> Also under the "umbrellt�" propo.sal, the Citx vf Decatur would apply for lands ttlrough <br /> Ii4YWA tn fi(1 the "g�ps" in service to homeless people with AIDS!li1V. These 1'unds would <br /> be uscd to support Love Abounds, �n eight-tied private faciIity estahlishcd tU provide housing <br /> for homeless prople wilh AIDS, The facility does not have u stablc source of funding. Love <br /> Aboui�ds will be guided by the Macon County A1DS Task Torce and the 5.1.�J. Schoc�l of <br /> Medicinc which provides case management services to per.u�ns with AITaS/HIV in the Dec;utur <br /> und Springiield areas. The City would reccive 3°/u of the HOPWA grant for tiscu! <br /> admiuisttation. <br /> At a later date, Dcpartment �f Children �nd l�amily Services And thc Illinois I� <br /> Department of PubIic Aid will 1�vc functs available ta assist communities with filling the <br /> �aps m the area of homeless yUuth And pern�nncnt housing services. 7'he Goordinating ' <br /> �� • <br /> Covncil wil! submit applications f�r thesc lunds at thc appropriate time. ��, <br /> The entire grojcct will be overscen by the Goordinatin� Coun�il a�i Homelessncss. II <br />