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Youth Homelessness DemonstrationProgram (YHDP)Round 6 Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)Information for American Indian and Alaska Native TribesMarch 31, 2022
Webinar Welcomeand Overview Welcome and IntroductionBackgroundOverview of YHDPHow Tribes can participateHow can HUD support Tribes?Questions2
Who is joining?Please let us know who you are! Name & pronouns Organization Geographic location Tribal affiliation (if any)3
Webinar Format andHousekeeping Items 60 minutes total Approximately 25 minutes for questions Participantsare muted by default To ask a question at any time, use the Question andAnswer or Chat feature on the Zoom toolbar We will answer as many as questions as possibleduring the Q&A portion of the webinar. After the webinar, please submit any outstandingquestions to youthdemo@hud.gov4
Welcome RemarksJemine BryonDeputy AssistantSecretaryOffice of Special Needs5
Speakers & Team MembersSpeakersTeam MembersJemine BryonNorm SucharNili SoniEbony RankinMarlisa GroganSidhartha NilakantaCaroline CrouseJuanita PerryAnita CrewsApril MitchellRachel DuplessisTre LeeRegina LeeJeanine BeasleyErin CollickAimee Harmon DarrowRolisha Handy6
BackgroundFY2021 Appropriations Act allows Tribes and TriballyDesignated Housing Entities (TDHEs) to apply for CoCprogram funding and allows formula areas to beadded to CoC geographic area or to become theirown CoC7
Tribal ConsultationsThree Tribal Consultations held 2021-2022 to receive feedbackfrom tribes on how SNAPS can best integrate Tribes and TriballyDesignated Housing Entities (TDHEs) into the CoC program March 24, 2021 May 25, 2021 January 11, 2022HUD Tribal Consultation HUD.gov / U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)Feedback also sought via CoCTribalConsult@hud.gov8
YHDPProgram Overview9
About YHDPGoal: The goal of the YHDP NOFO is to support up to 25communities in the development and implementation of acoordinated community approach to prevent and end youthhomelessness and sharing that experience with and mobilizingcommunities around the country toward the same end.Population to be Served: this demonstration program serves youthexperiencing homelessness, including unaccompanied andpregnant or parenting youth, where no member of the householdis older than 24.10
Image: ile/Map-of-YHDP-Funded-CoCs.pdfDeveloped by Cloudburst Consulting Group under a HUD TA Cooperative Agreement11
FY2021 YHDP NOFO HUD will award approximately 72 million to 25communities The NOFO offers a priority for communities with substantialrural populations in up to 8 locations Maximum award: 15 million Minimum award: 1 million Funding can be used for any project eligible under CoCregulations, including planning, housing, and services. Project funds, except planning and hard costs, renewableunder future CoC competitions12
Overview of YHDP processYHDP Community Designation Working with other community partners, CoC Collaborative Applicantsrespond to Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) NOFO awards announced, including total funding available to community afterintensive planning processSummer2022Coordinated Community Plan (CCP) Communities must establish a planning team, including youth with livedexperience, CoC and ESG recipients, child welfare agencies and otherstakeholders in youth homelessness Communities analyze need and current youth homelessness system Communities may only apply for planning projects prior to approval of CCPFall 2022Spring 2023Project Application Organizations in community apply for projects that are identified in the CCP,including projects focused on housing, services, and system supports SNAPS staff reviews project applications and fund individual projectsSpringSummer 202313
What YHDP Offers1. Funding2. Innovation3. Collaboration4. Technical Assistance14
Funding ProcessRanking process: HUD will rank all applications based on the rating factors.Funding process: HUD will select the 16 highest ranking communities and runthe funding formula as outlined in II.C of the FY2021 YHDPNOFO If sufficient funds remain, HUD will add an additionalcommunity and re-run the funding formula HUD will repeat this process until not enough funds remainfor another community or 25 communities are selected,whichever happens first15
Rating CriteriaRating FactorPointsLeadership Capacity15Community Need20Collaboration15Youth Collaboration30Data and Evaluation Capacity20Total100Rural Bonus1016
Applicant EligibilityEligible Applicant: CoC Collaborative Applicants A Collaborative Applicant is the entity that has been designated bythe CoC during the most recent CoC Program Registration Processto apply for a grant on behalf of the CoC, including those formedby Tribes and TDHEs. The Collaborative Applicant must be the"Applicant" for each community applying for participation in thedemonstration.Collaborative Applicants may apply for: any community located within its CoC’s geographic areamultiple communities located within its CoC’s geographic area– Only one application per CoC will be selected for funding17
How to ApplyWho:Continuum of Care Collaborative ApplicantsWhen: NOFO Deadline– June 28, 202211:59:59 p.m. Eastern timeWhere: Applications are submitted using grants.gov18
How Tribes can Participate in YHDP19
Designated as YHDPcommunity Tribal CoC or CoC that partners to cover tribal areascan be designated a YHDP community via YHDP NOFO Requires tribal areas be associated with aCoC registered for the FY 2022 CoC competition May be a promising option for future YHDPcompetitions as well20
Join YHDP planning group YHDP requires intensive planning amongst a diversegroup of stakeholders Tribes and TDHEs can be key stakeholders to ensurethe needs of tribal youth are identified and addressedin the Coordinated Community Plan21
Recipient of YHDP project YHDP projects developed through CoordinatedCommunity Plan (CCP) and applied for after CCPapproval Tribes and TDHEs are eligible applicants for YHDPprojects Projects can target youth based on identified needs22
What support is available?23
CoC Technical Assistance Tribes and tribalorganizations may requesttechnical assistance fromHUD to help create orimplement Continuums ofCare (CoC) or projectswithin existing CoCs YHDP communities willreceive robust technicalassistance to developCoordinated CommunityPlan and t/technical-assistance/24
Agency ContactsHUD Headquarters staff will be available to provideclarification on the content of this NOFO or policies regardingthe CoC program and the YHDP.Please note that HUD staff cannot assist applicants inpreparing their applications.Questions regarding specific program requirements for thisNOFO should submit a question to youthdemo@hud.gov25
Resources YHDP Website:https://www.hud.gov/program offices/comm planning/yhdp YHDP Technical Assistance Websitehttps://www.hudexchange.info/programs/yhdp/ CoC Analysis Tool: Race and 7/cocanalysis-tool-race-and-ethnicity/26
Questions?27
Tribal Consultations. Three Tribal Consultations held 2021-2022 to receive feedback from tribes on how SNAPS can best integrate Tribes and Tribally Designated Housing Entities (TDHEs) into the CoC program March 24, 2021 May 25, 2021 January 11, 2022. HUD Tribal Consultation HUD.gov / U.S. Department of Housing and Urban .
