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The Springfield-Hampden County Continuum of Care (CoC) has issued a Request for Proposals seeking one or more applicants to provide medium-term (up to 2 years) rapid rehousing for homeless youth and young adults (YYAs).
The RFP seeks one or more agencies to provide a total of 30 units of rapid rehousing, to be staffed with a total of four case managers. The grant is for an initial two-year term and has a budget of $1,061,159; it will be renewable on an annual basis after the initial term.
The CoC has spent the last year creating a coordinated community plan to prevent and end YYA homelessness. This project will be one of four new coordinated programs created through the Youth Homelessness Demonstration Project (YHDP). The other programs are:
Proposals are due July 7, 2020 by 4 pm. Please contact Gerry McCafferty at gmccafferty@springfieldcityhall.com for more information.
The Springfield-Hampden County CoC’s YHDP training and bidders’ conference, scheduled for Monday, March 16, 12:30 – 3:30 pm, will now be held online.
At the scheduled time, go online and click: https://tacinc.adobeconnect.com/springfieldyhdp/
The conference audio line is 877-223-6370; Pin: 7203878959.
This training and bidders’ conference is required for any agency that will submit a response to the YHDP Request for Proposals issued March 2, 2020.
The CoC has released the Request for Proposals for the Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program. The RFP makes available $2,304,742 for the two-year grant period July 1, 2020 – June 30, 2022, with eligibility for annual renewals following the initial grant term.
Applicants must attend a mandatory training and bidders’ conference March 16, 12:30 – 3:30 pm. Proposals are due April 15, 2020.
The RFP packet is available here.
The CoC Board of Directors is meeting tomorrow, December 6, 9 – 11 am, at the Union Station 2nd floor conference room, 55 Frank B. Murray St., Springfield.
Our agenda:
The CoC’s Quarterly Board meeting is scheduled for tomorrow, September 27, 2019, 9-11 am, at Springfield’s Union Station, 2nd floor conference room. The meeting is open to the public.
The meeting agenda:
The CoC’s FY19 application is due to HUD on September 30, 2019. The full application is posted here for public review and comment. Please direct any comments to gmccafferty@springfieldcityhall.com.
CoC Application:
Project applications, in ranked order:
Projects 1-11 are rnked in Tier 1. Projects 12-15 are ranked in Tier 2.
Unranked projects:
The CoC Application Review and Ranking Committee has met and made its determinations for which applications should be included in our CoC’s FY19 application, the ranking of the applications, and the amount allowed for each application. The list is below.
All renewal projects are included, although a number have had grant amounts reduced, usually by small percentages. One bonus project is included, which is an expansion of MHA’s permanent supportive housing project. One DV bonus project is included, which is the YWCA’s DV rapid rehousing project. One proposed expansion project, for Gandara’s rapid rehousing program, was not selected.
Tier 1
Tier 2
The CoC’s Homeless Youth Needs Assessment is complete! Click to access the report.