The City of New Bedford’s HSPN has received, reviewed and voted on the 2022 Final CoC Rank and Order of Projects. the HSPN’s Performance Review Committee (PRC) comprised of HSPN members with no relationship–financial or otherwise–to any of the applicants for funding in the FY2022 round received, reviewed, vetted, evaluated, scored and ranked all applications for this competition. There were no new applications received in this competition round, thus, there was no project for CoC Bonus Funding or for the DV Bonus. In this funding round no projects were [ Continue reading. ]
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NB COC REVIEW and RANKING PROCEDURES for 2022
The procedures used by the CoC in the review, evaluation and ranking of renewal, new and reallocation projects is annually updated and made available to the CoC, project applicants and the community. This information is also referenced within the published RFP. The 2022 CoC's Review and Ranking Procedures are available here: NB COC REVIEW and RANKING PROCEDURES.2022. [ Continue reading. ]
NB COC 2022 REALLOCATION PLAN
REALLOCATION PLAN In anticipation of each CoC funding cycle, the City of New Bedford’s Continuum of Care (Homeless Service Provider’s Network or “HSPN”) issues its guidance regarding its policies/process for the reallocation of funding from an existing project to a higher performing and/or new permanent housing project. A copy of the CoC’s 2022 Reallocation Plan can be downloaded here: NB COC REALLOCATION PLAN.2022. [ Continue reading. ]
CoC COMPETITION IS NOW OPEN!
COC COMPETITION MA-505 COC RFP NOW AVAILABLE! On Friday, August 5, 2022, the City of New Bedford’s Continuum of Care (CoC), acting through the Office of Housing & Community Development, issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) that includes both instructions and new/renewal application forms for 2022 funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The RFP is available in fillable format here: MA-505 COC RFP 2022. Application deadline is Monday, August 22, 2022 at 12noon as detailed in the RFP. The linked RFP includes an [ Continue reading. ]
CoC COMPETITION TIMELINE 2022
The 2022 Continuum of Care (CoC) funding competition convened by the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) opened in August of 2022 and will conclude no later than HUD's Submission deadline of September 30, 2022. This year all continuums are planning timelines that are highly accelerated as is New Bedford's own CoC schedule. Check out the New Bedford competition timeline for 2022 here: COMPETITION CALENDAR 2022. [ Continue reading. ]
BIDDING FAREWELL TO PETER JOSEPH MUISE
The New Bedford Continuum of Care lost one of its own family Wednesday evening, July 6, 2022. Peter Muise, former President of First Citizen's Federal Credit Union and longtime member of the HSPN, passed away. Peter's passion,advocacy and tenacity in working on behalf of those in greatest need will always be remembered and missed. His list of accomplishments within the broader community are far-reaching but the breadth of his efforts just within the HSPN have also been numerous. Peter was currently serving on the HSPN Executive Committee and [ Continue reading. ]
COC COMMUNITY PRIORITIES FOR 2022
(Approved by the HSPN membership on June 16.2022) The City of New Bedford's HSPN membership adopted its CoC Community Priorities at its regular meeting of June 16.2022. Those priorities are available here: 2022 COC COMMUNITY PRIORITIES [ Continue reading. ]
IMMIGRATION 101 for SOCIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS
April is Fair Housing Month so the HSPN asked Rebecca Eissenova, Legal Director with Catholic Social Services in Fall River, to share her presentation on Immigration, particularly as it intersects with the work homeless service providers undertake. The resulting presentation, a copy of which is provided here, offers a great overview into this complicated subject. Take a look through the IMMIGRATION 101 POWERPOINT 2022 used in this presentation or check out the recording of the video presentation at this link: [ Continue reading. ]
EARLY UNSHELTERED STATS for 2022
Although typically a complete Point In Time (PIT) Count and Housing Inventory Chart (HIC) is presented on this website, in advance of that publication this year, an early snapshot of the unsheltered statistics collected in February 2022 has been published in a brief PowerPoint. Check out the early numbers from the street count here: UNSHELTERED PIT 2022 A complete 2022 PIT and HIC analysis will be published during the spring of 2022. [ Continue reading. ]
2022 HOMELESSNESS INFOGRAPHIC
Interested in a quick snapshot about the New Bedford Continuum of Care? Check out this infographic that highlights some information, current as of 2022: 2022 HOMELESSNESS INFOGRAPHIC [ Continue reading. ]
