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Category: HUD

Local Competition to End Youth Homelessness

Posted on 04/20/202204/20/2022 by Admin

This week the Alliance issued a Request for Proposals for local projects aimed at ending youth homelessness in the Marion-Polk region. Organizations can compete for approximately $3.4 million in HUD funding for programs designed to identify homeless youth, provide support services and establish or expand access to transitional housing and rapid re-housing so that the…

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Coordinated Community Plan to End Youth Homelessness

Posted on 03/24/202203/24/2022 by Admin

Marion and Polk counties are on a mission to prevent and end youth homelessness. The community is committed to making youth homelessness rare, brief, and non-recurring. Six months after learning that the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded a $3.7 million dollar Youth Homeless Demonstration Program (YHDP) grant to the Marion-Polk region,…

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Development Council Receives Offer of Support from Local Collaborative

Posted on 01/18/202002/21/2020 by Admin

At its January meeting, the Development Council accepted a generous offer of support of $50,000 per year for three years from Jim Seymour on behalf of the Community, Business and Education Leaders’ Collaborative. The offer was made on the condition that annual contribution comprise no more than one-third of the Mid-Willamette Valley Homeless Alliance (MWVHA)’s…

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HUD Approves ROCC Split, Formation of Regional CoC

Posted on 12/12/201901/16/2020 by Admin

Continuum of Care Program 2019 awards to Marion and Polk counties.

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Development Council Submits Pre-Registration Packet to HUD for Approval

Posted on 12/06/201901/08/2020 by Admin
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Development Council Preps for HUD Recognition

Posted on 11/19/201911/20/2019 by Admin

October and November meetings of the Development Council were focused on organizational formalities like approving a governance charter, member contribution agreements, staffing contracts, separation agreements with the Rural Oregon Continuum of Care (ROCC), and identifying a collaborative applicant, all of which are needed to gain recognition by the U.S. Housing and Urban Development Department (HUD)…

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Area providers asked to imagine “ideal CoC”

Posted on 06/23/2019 by Admin

Twenty Salem-area homeless housing and services providers attended a second informational meeting about forming a regional CoC, sponsored by the Mid-Willamette Homeless Initiative Steering Committee. Seven had not attended the initial meeting in April 2019 (listed in bold below). The meeting was held at The Salvation Army Ray & Joan Kroc Corps Community Center. Also…

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Salem adopts resolution supporting regional Continuum of Care

Posted on 06/11/201906/11/2019 by Admin

Monday night, by unanimous consent, the Salem City Council adopted Resolution 2019-17, supporting the formation of a regional CoC. From the staff summary: Analysis of the Rural Oregon Continuum of Care (ROCC) structure has concluded that a Regional Continuum of Care (CoC) structure consisting of Marion, Polk, and possibly Yamhill counties, offers the potential for…

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HUD attends ROCC annual meeting to answer questions on formation process

Posted on 06/07/201906/11/2019 by Admin

The Rural Oregon Continuum of Care (aka “Balance of State” CoC) held its annual meeting in Salem this week, and the first item on the agenda was a session with HUD to discuss the process required to form a regional CoC, and how such a move would affect ROCC in 2020. Leading the session were…

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HUD assigns Nora Lally to provide technical assistance with formation

Posted on 04/25/201905/27/2019 by Admin

The initiative to form a regional Continuum of Care has been assigned technical assistance through HUD. Nora Lally with HomeBase, The Center for Common Concern. Lally is based in the greater Chicago area. HomeBase is a non-profit, public policy law firm that works with communities to develop effective and humane responses to homelessness. Lally will…

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