Guidance for

Continuum of Care (CoC) and Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) Programs

The following guidance has been issued by the City of New Bedford’s Office of Housing & Community Development to clarify and provide guidance particularly geared to ESG and CoC program subrecipieints.

• • GUIDANCE FOR PROGRAM IMPROVEMENT
  • GUIDANCE HQS PACKAGE
  • GUIDANCE ON CHANGING COC GRANT RECIPIENTS
  • GUIDANCE ON EVICTION.MORATORIUM
  • GUIDANCE ON HP REV. December 2021
  • GUIDANCE ON HUD WAIVERS
  • GUIDANCE ON INKIND MOUs
  • GUIDANCE ON LEASING and RETENTION
  • GUIDANCE ON LEASING I 24 CFR 578.49
  • GUIDANCE ON LEASING UNDER A MERGED COC
  • GUIDANCE ON PSH LEASING CHALLENGES
  • GUIDANCE ON RRH PROGRAM COMPLIANCE
  • GUIDANCE ON SHARED RRH APARTMENTS
  • GUIDANCE ON TRANSFERS BTWN PSH PROJECTS

ESG Forms

The following forms are intended for use by ESG funded agencies as introduced at the 2019 ESG Technical Workshop.  Each of these forms are in a fillable format for convenience.  Please contact the Office of Housing & Community Development at 508.979.1500 or through email at Jennifer.Clarke@newbedford-ma.gov with any questions about the functionality and/or use of these forms.

• ESG CLIENT FILE CHECKLIST Instructions
• ESG CLIENT FILE CHECKLIST
• ESG FORM 00 HOMELESS HISTORY TIMELINE
• ESG FORM 01 HOMELESS CERTIFICATION
• ESG FORM 02 AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS CERTIFICATION
• ESG FORM 03 CHRONIC HOMELESS CERTIFICATION
• ESG FORM 04 DISABILITY CERTIFICATION
• ESG FORM 05 SELF CERTIFICATION
• ESG FORM 06 STAFF AFFIDAVIT OF ELIGIBILITY
• ESG FORM 07 VERIFICATION OF TRACKING INCOME
• ESG FORM 08 VERIFICATION OF INCOME
• ESG FORM 09 CALCULATION WORKSHEET
• ESG FORM 10 RENT REASONABLENESS CHKLST and FMR CERT
• ESG FORM 11 HOUSING HABITABILITY STDS INSPECTION CHCKLST
• ESG FORM 12 LEAD SCREENING WORKSHEET
• ESG FORM 13 UTILITY ASSISTANCE ELIGIBILITY
• ESG FORM 14 CERTIFICATION of DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
• HMIS CLIENT RELEASE of INFO.English
• HMIS CLIENT RELEASE of INFO.Spanish
• HMIS INDIVIDUAL INTAKE
• HMIS FAMILY INTAKE