HPRP WEBINAR OCTOBER 9, 2009 The Indiana Homeless Prevention & Rapid Re-housing program

IN - HPRP Central Access Point Assessment, Triage and Housing Placement HPRP Supportive Housing Subsidized and Affordable Rental Units HUD VASH Mainstream Resources Behavioral Health Services Legal Services Work One Centers Individuals and Families at eminent risk of homelessness Individuals and Families living on street, shelter/ transitional or places not fit for human habitation

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HPRP is Launched! I-HOPE is up and operating HMIS users are active Needy Hoosiers are applying There are no riots (yet)

IN - HPRP Topics Rent Calculations Utility Assistance Appeals Getting the I-HOPE to Shelters

IN - HPRP Rent Calculations: The spreadsheet will calculate the applicant’s share of the rent once the information is completely entered.

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IN - HPRP Appeals: Each Central Access Agency and C of C must have an appeal process. Appeals are based on a determination made after a full in person assessment that an applicant is not eligible and must be in writing. IHCDA will receive and handle written appeals only! Telephone calls from applicants will be referred back to the Central Access Agency.

IN - HPRP Appeals: A written form has been developed and will be distributed. It need not replace an existing form or process that has the expected components for an appeal. Appeals must be related to a substantive issue, e.g. incorrect calculation of income or lack of documentation of imminent eviction. Appeals should be handled in an expedited process – no longer than 5 working days.

IN - HPRP I-HOPE: Presently, only the HPRP portion of the I-HOPE is available. This limits its suitability as a widespread prescreening tool. Persons who complete the I-HOPE remotely do not receive feedback on why they may be ineligible for HPRP support. The criteria for exclusion from HPRP benefits are “hard wired” into the I-HOPE and can be arbitrary, especially for persons who may have been sheltered for some time, e.g. families.

IN - HPRP I-Hope: We will be temporarily making the I-Hope accessible to authorized users only. All persons completing the tool will be assigned a number (so that reasons for rejection may be seen.) The public visiting the web site will see a list of the Central Access agency for their region/ county. Once the full I-Hope tool is complete, with all homeless services included, we may make it publically available again. In the meantime, we will strongly encourage shelters to have their case managers become I-HOPE users.

IN - HPRP Intake Assessment: The assessment, as designed by Andrea White, is under revision and will be distributed early next week. It is presently a paper form but will also be available as a “form” within the HMIS. IHCDA is still considering whether this assessment will be fully embedded into the AWARDS software. The assessment is not primarily a qualification instrument for the HPRP; it is designed to assist in developing active, goal directed housing case plans.

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