2020-647-E Housing-NC DHHS homeless programs grant

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1 NC ESG CV Scope of Work Scope of Work NC ESG-CV BACKGROUND The NC ESG program is a reimbursable grant program established by the McKinney -Vento Homeless Assistance Act (Public Law 100-77, Public Law 100-628) as amended by the Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act of 2009 (HEARTH Act). The HEARTH Act authorized the Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) Program for providing assistance to persons and families who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Division of Aging and Adult Service s (DAAS) is responsible for administering North Carolina’s Statewide annual allocation of funds from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) Program funds granted to the State of North Carolina, herein referred to NC ESG. These programs and services are carried out by community organizations that apply for, and are awarded, NC ESG funds on an annual basis. These funds are a formula grant appropriated by Congress to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development with the intention to: (1) engage homeless individuals and families living on the street; (2) improve the number and quality of emergency shelters for homeless individuals and families; (3) help operate these shelters; (4) provide essential services to shelter residents, (5) rapidly re -house homeless individuals and families, and (6) prevent families and individuals from becoming homeless. NC ESG funds are intended to be used as part of a crisis response system using a low barrier, housing-focused approach to ensure that homelessness is rare, brief, and non-recurring. The NC ESG program is further broken down into two primary functions: (1) Emergency Response Activities, including emergency shelter operations and services as well as street outreach: (2) Housing Stability Activities including homelessness prevention and rapid re-housing. NC ESG funds can also be used for Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) participation and administration / or comparable Domestic Violence database participation and administration. Federal and State NC ESG Requirements All subrecipients are expected to use NC ESG funds in accordance with HUD and State of North Carolina guidelines (including 24 CFR 576, 24 CFR 578, 2 CFR Part 200, 24 CFR 84 & 85, OMB Circular A-133, NCAC 19OPQ Rules, 09 NCAC 03M .0201). For additional detail regarding information provided in the below scope of work, please refer to NC ESG documentation including the Desk Guide and Expense Guide, as well as webinars and trainings at: https://www.ncdhhs.gov/nc-emergency-solutions- grant. It is the responsibility of each applicant applying for NC ESG funding to become familiar with the HUD ESG regulations (Federal register Vol. 76, No. 233, Dated Monday, December 5, 2011). These regulations can be found on the HUD Exchange website: https://www.hudexchange.info/resource/1927/hearth-esg-program-and-consolidated-plan-conforming-amendments/ In addition to Federal regulations, applicants must familiarize themselves with the State NC ESG guidelines including Core Practices and Performance Standards, RFA and application materials, which can be found at https://www.ncdhhs.gov/nc- emergency-solutions-grant PURPOSE These ESG-CV funds must be used to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, among individuals and families who are homeless or receiving homeless assistance and to support additional homeless assistance and homelessness prevention activities to mitigate the impacts created by coronavirus . NC ESG funds are intended to be used as part of a crisis response system using a low barrier, housing -focused approach to ensure that homelessness is rare, brief, and one time. Activities can include: • Engaging homeless individuals and families living on the street; • Improving the number and quality of emergency shelters for homeless individuals and families; • Helping operate emergency shelters; • Providing essential services to emergency shelter residents, • Rapidly re-house homeless individuals and families, and • Preventing families and individuals from becoming homeless. DocuSign Envelope ID: A3F0C410-E465-42A4-AE07-78C4B90F42A5