2009-111 Housing - Housing for New Hope, Inc. - Consolidated Housing Plan Annual Update/HOME Program Housing

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EXHIBIT A HOME Program Funds Scone of Services Orange County HOME Tenant-Based Rental Assistance Housing for New Hone Management Plan The purpose is to provide rental assistance, rental deposits, and utility deposits to homeless and chronically homeless individuals of Orange County to improve their lives through obtaining and maintaining permanent housing. The targeted program participants are homeless and chronically homeless individuals and families that reside in Orange County. TENANT SELECTION PROCESS To qualify for Housing for New Hope's HOME Tenant-Based Rental Assistance (TBRA): • The individual or family must be literally homeless, residing in either an emergency shelter, transitional housing programs, or living in a place unfit for human habitation such as the streets, camps, cars, or condemned house. Priority for TBRA will be given to the chronically homeless. Homelessness will be determined by third-party verification or, lacking that, personal declaration. • Individuals and families can be self referred, referred by other Housing for New Hope programs, and referred by other agencies. • The individual or family income must be at or below 30 percent of the Area Median Income (AMI). Income will be determined using third-party income verification and/or by reviewing source documents evidencing annual income. • The individual or family must lack the financial resources and support networks needed to obtain housing. • Though lacking sufficient financial resources to access housing, an individual or family must demonstrate a "path to income." A couple of examples would be: enrollment in a job training program; a likelihood of increased hours with one's current job; a pending disability claim; other pending rental or income assistance. RE-HOUSING PROCESS There are five distinct phases to the re-housing process: 1) Referral & Intake; 2) Enrollment Process 3) Ready to Rent 4) Move-in; and 5) Follow-up. I) Referral and Intake: Staff will conduct an initial screening and then a more thorough intake is conducted to ensure eligibility and determine the range of needs. At this point, the client may be denied; and is given a list of items that they will need to qualify for the program. If accepted, the client enters the Enrollment process.