Deadline: 31-Aug-21
Applications are now open for Home4Good to support projects, programs or activities in Pennsylvania that lead to stable housing for individuals and families who are currently homeless or at risk of becoming homeless.
Goals
To be eligible for funding consideration, each Home4Good service provider applying for funds must address one of the following program goals.
- Prevention and/or Diversion: Projects, programs or activities that assist households seeking to avoid homelessness by maintaining their current housing situation or being diverted to alternative options.
- Innovative Solutions: Projects, programs or activities that provide innovative solutions that seek to end homelessness.
- Critical Need: Any project, program or activity serving homeless individuals and families that is determined to be critically needed by the relevant community or CoC area entity for the Region/County.
Funding Information
- The total funding available for this RFP is $3,950,000.
Eligible Funding Activities
Projects/programs that receive funding through the 2021 Home4Good request for proposals are required to serve households who are either homeless or in danger of becoming homeless.
For the purposes of the Home4Good RFP, homeless is defined as follows:
- Persons who are sleeping in places not meant for human habitation (e.g., cars, parks, streets/sidewalks, etc.),
- Persons sleeping in emergency shelters,
- Persons graduating from a transitional housing program specifically for homeless persons,
- Persons being discharged from an institution or foster care with no permanent residence available,
- Persons who would be discharged from an institution if there was a permanent residence available,
- Displaced victims of domestic violence, or
- Persons who are “doubled-up” and are in a situation of overcrowding, which is defined as:
- Unit Occupancy – for purposes of determining overcrowding:
- Efficiency – 3 or more people
- 1 Bedroom – 4 or more people
- 2 Bedrooms – 6 or more people
- 3 Bedrooms – 8 or more people
- 4 Bedrooms – 10 or more people
- Unit Occupancy – for purposes of determining overcrowding:
- Eligible activities for Home4Good funded programs may include, but are not limited to:
- Homeless outreach.
- Housing models designed to serve youth.
- Eviction prevention and homeless diversion support including providing security deposits, rent/utility assistance, employment/transportation assistance, gift cards for groceries, etc.
- Landlord engagement and outreach to increase availability and access to affordable rental units.
- Non-time-limited supportive housing.
- Support Services for households experiencing homelessness. This includes screening and intake done through the Coordinated Entry process, as well as employment assistance (skill development, job training, etc.), and recovery support for individuals and families.
- Coordinated entry support/capacity building.
- Transitional housing to facilitate the movement of individuals and families to permanent housing.
- Rapid re-housing that provides housing coupled with supportive services.
- System enhancements and/or operating expenses related to the Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) to increase capacity, expand services, and/or improve the ability to serve clients.
- Flexible funding to improve the CoC/community’s ability to end homelessness. This may be through system changes, new partnerships, a particular type of intervention or targeting a particular sub-population.
Eligible Organizations
This RFP is open to organizations that provide services which prevent and/or reduce homelessness in Pennsylvania.
Eligible organizations include, but are not limited to:
- Units of local government (counties, cities, boroughs, townships, town and home rule municipalities),
- Nonprofit organizations, including faith-based organizations,
- Redevelopment and/or housing authorities,
- Health care providers focused on health equity and/or homelessness prevention programming,
- Economic and community development organizations, housing corporations, etc.
- Service providers located within the service area of a participating CoC should coordinate the submission of their proposals with the applicable Continuum of Care.
For more information, visit https://www.phfa.org/forms/home4good/2021_home4good_rfp_final.pdf