2016 Continuum of Care Funding Competition
2016 Ranking of Proposals
(Sent to HSPN membership listserve on August 19, 2016.)
The City of New Bedford’s CoC Performance Review Committee [PRC] has, in following the 2016 Ranking and Review Process, made a formal recommendation to the CoC body–the Homeless Service Provider’s Network–at the CoC’s regular monthly meeting on August 18, 2016. The ranking and review process was undertaken by the PRC and the actual ranking recommended by the PRC was voted on by HSPN members (with agencies seeking funding recusing themselves from the vote). The general project list is available here. The ranking as presented was unanimously approved. A copy of the 2016 Final Ranking of Proposals is available here.
2016 Reallocation Plan, Ranking and Review Process
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 new permanent supportive housing project. A copy of the CoC’s 2016 Reallocation Plan can be downloaded here. In addition, the process 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. The 2016 Ranking and Review Process is available here.
2016 Request for Proposals
(Sent to HSPN membership listserve and posted July 5, 2016; correction made to new project application July 8, 2016.)
The City of New Bedford’s Department of Planning, Housing & Community Development [DPHCD] issued a Request for Proposals or “RFP” can be downloaded here for 2016 applications for funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development [HUD]. The RFP notice included a [CORRECTED] application for new projects download here (including those created as a result of a reallocation process) and for renewal projects download here to be used for existing CoC permanent supportive housing and CoC rapid rehousing programs. Please contact Jennifer Clarke, Deputy Director DPHCD at Jennifer.Clarke@newbedford-ma.gov with any questions.
2016 Collaborative Application
Interested in checking out a copy of New Bedford’s 2016 CoC Collaborative Application? You can access that here at: 2016 CoC Application. This is a copy of the final collaborative application as submitted to HUD. In addition, the New Bedford CoC was also required to submit its Project Priority Listing which is available here.
2016-2017 New Bedford Continuum of Care Community Priorities
(Sent to HSPN membership and posted July 6, 2016)
The HSPN membership adopted its CoC Community Priorities at its June 16, 2016 regular meeting. Those priorities are available here: 2016 CoC Community Priorities.
2016 CoC Competition Calendar
The 2016 calendar identifying benchmark dates for the CoC competition is provided here: 2016 CoC Competition Calendar.