Homeless Planning & Initiatives
Indiana Planning Council on the Homeless
Request for Letters of Interest (LOI) to Reallocate Continuum of Care Renewal Funding
The Steering Committee, acting on behalf of the Indiana Balance of State Continuum of Care (IN 502), is requesting letters of interest from qualified nonprofit and local government organizations currently receiving Continuum of Care funding for Transitional Housing and Social Service Only programs to reallocate funds to:
1) Permanent Supportive Housing Programs,
2) Rapid Re Housing Programs, or
3) A Regional Coordinated Access program.
The Steering Committee seeks projects that can make maximum efficient, economical, and effective use of the prospective allocation of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Continuum of Care (CoC) funds through the McKinney-Vento Act.
In 2009, IHCDA reorganized its Inter-Agency Council into the “Indiana Planning Council on the Homeless.” The Council was established as an overall planning body for initiatives aimed at ending homeless in Indiana, and is committed to using a comprehensive approach to develop, operate, and improve Indiana’s continuum of homelessness solutions. The Council operates from a “housing first” philosophy and embraces the proven efficacy of a permanent supportive housing model.
The Council intends to engage a broad range of systems and expertise within the housing field. The Council and its subcommittees will include members from both the public and private sector, IHCDA’s sister state agencies, homelessness service providers, the academic realm, and homelessness advocacy organizations- along with formerly homeless representatives. The activity of the Council will be driven by its four action-oriented sub-committees, focused respectively on ‘Data Collection and Evaluation,’ ‘Quality and Performance,’ ‘Housing and Program Continuum Development,’ and ‘Funding and Strategies.’ The value of the Council will lie in the anticipated exchange and collaboration amongst these four subcommittees as they progress on coordinated work plans. The committees will come together quarterly as the full “Planning Council” to share information, updates, and discussion.
For more information about the Planning Council and the sub-comittees, click here.
Continuum of Care
Since 1994, the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has been encouraging communities to address the problems of housing and homelessness in a coordinated, comprehensive, and strategic fashion. This concept is designed to help communities develop the capacity to envision, organize, and plan comprehensive and long-term solutions to addressing the problem of homelessness in their community.
The Continuum of Care is a community plan to organize and deliver housing and services to meet the specific needs of people who are homeless as they move to stable housing and maximum self sufficiency. It includes action steps to end homelessness and prevent a return to homelessness.
The components of a CoC system is outreach, intake, and assessment to identify an individual’s or family’s service and housing needs, and to link them to appropriate housing and/or service resources like: Emergency shelter and safe, decent alternatives to the streets, Transitional housing with supportive services and then permanent housing and permanent supportive housing.
Case management training materials:
Employment Case Management Materials
Housing Case Management Materials
Balance of State
In 1995, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) implemented the Continuum of Care approach to streamline the existing competitive funding and grant-making process under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act and to encourage communities to coordinate more fully the planning and provision of housing and services for homeless people.
Annually, the Indiana Interagency Council on the Homeless (IAC) prepares the Indiana Balance of State Continuum of Care application for any regional Continuum of Care that desires to apply as a consortium of Continua of Care. The development of Indiana's "Balance of the State" application is the result of many diverse efforts throughout the state to address homelessness, and it currently involves twelve of the state’s thirteen Continua. Through this extremely competitive Continuum of Care program, local and state jurisdictions, housing authorities, and nonprofits (secular and faith based) can apply for funding in supportive housing for homeless persons as defined by HUD.
Housing Inventory Chart
The Housing Inventory Chart (HIC) is a listing of all homeless providers in the Balance of State.
Housing Inventory Chart - The current Housing Inventory Chart. Updated Version Coming Soon!
Information Powerpoint - This powerpoint describes the HIC in depth, and explains how Continuum leaders should fill out the chart.
Indiana GeoCodes - A list of GeoCodes as reference in the HIC.
Shelter Plus Care (S+C) Program
The Shelter Plus Care (S+C) program is authorized under Subtitle F of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. HUD has awarded Shelter Plus Care (S+C) funds to state and local governments and public housing agencies (PHAs) to serve a population that has been traditionally hard to reach - homeless persons with disabilities.
The purpose of the program is to provide permanent housing in connection with supportive services to homeless people with disabilities and their families. The primary target populations are homeless people who have:
- serious mental illness; and/or
- chronic problems with alcohol, drugs or both; and/or
- Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) or related diseases.
The program provides rental assistance and assistance for utilities for a variety of housing choices, accompanied by a range of supportive services funded by other sources.
Forms & Information for Sponsors/Contractors:
- Learn More about buying a home.
- Find an apartment.
- Find Funding for my Not-For-Profit.
- Find more information about foreclosure prevention.
- Find more information about Rental Housing Tax Credits.
- Logon to the Online Compliance Reporting web tool.
- Learn more about Section 8 in my area.
- Become a participating lender.
