Legislative Updates 
In February, Congress passed a nearly $800 billion economic recovery package that included $1.5 billion for the Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP). Click here to find contact information for the grantee in your area. On May 18, communities submitted plans to HUD for how they intend to use this funding. HUD is using the HOMELESSNESS RESOURCE EXCHANGE as a portal for distributing information and resources on HPRP.
Community preparations are well underway.
HUD has begun approving community plans, and agreements between grantees and subgrantees must be signed by September 30. Homeless assistance providers, local officials who administer ESG and homelessness funding and services, advocates, community-based agencies serving at-risk populations, and entities that administer the Continuum of Care should continue planning how they will utilize funding.
The Alliance has prepared and collected numerous materials that may help with the planning and implementation processes, including:
Please visit the pages listed below for more detailed information and additional resources:
Organizational Change: Adopting a Housing First Approach
This document can help organizations that are planning to use HPRP resources to shift their organization's approach toward a rapid re-housing model.
Homelessness Prevention: Creating Programs that Work
The National Alliance to End Homelessness has published this guide and companion to help organizations create a homelessness prevention program or improve an existing prevention program.
Rapid Re-Housing: Creating Programs that Work
The National Alliance to End Homelessness has published this guide to help organizations develop Rapid Re-Housing programs.
HPRP: Opportunities for Systems Transformation and Sustainability
This paper provides basic steps for using HPRP to facilitate the transformation of homeless assistance from a system organized around emergency shelter to one centered on housing stability. Although no community has perfected homeless assistance, the steps in this paper have been used in communities to spark the process of transformation.
Homelessness Prevention and Re-Housing: Key Partnerships
This paper explores key partnerships that communities should consider for both the planning and program design stage and the implementation, oversight, and evaluation stage of their HPRP program.
New Funding for Homeless Youth Services and Housing
New Funding for Homeless Youth Services and Housing This brief includes information on new funding benefiting homeless youth in ARRA and the HPRP program. It offers local organizations serving homeless youth action steps, ideas, and model programs on re-housing and prevention for homeless youth, information on establishing a framework for youth homelessness prevention and re-housing, and details regarding other federal appropriations benefiting homeless youth.
Program Models: Homelessness Prevention and Re-Housing Fund
Many communities have in place best practices which can be funded through HUD’s new Homelessness Prevention and Re-Housing Fund. Highlighted below are model community-based and statewide programs, which are preventing homelessness, diverting people from shelter, and rapidly re-housing those who become homeless. Provided are the programs’ focus (noted under its name) and websites, and Alliance Audio Conferences, Best Practice write-ups, and National Conference presentations pertaining to the program.
TANF Emergency Contingency Fund
Up to $5 billion is available to states under the economic recovery act for the TANF Emergency Contingency Fund. This brief explores how improving TANF agencies' capacity to work in concert with local efforts to prevent homelessness and re-house families can be used effectively to improve outcomes and end homelessness.
Steps in Planning: Checklist
This document provides a checklist of steps to guide state and local coalitions, CoCs, provider organizations, advocates, and others interested in ending homelessness through the planning process for the HPRP funds.
Creating a Plan for the Homelessness Prevention Fund
The Alliance has created this guide to help communities prepare a HPRP plan to submit to HUD. This guide can be used by public agencies responsible for submitting the plan, as well as the public and private partners who will be involved in developing the plan. The Guide was prepared before HUD issued its guidelines for the HPRP.
Alliance Recommendations: Using the New Prevention and Re-Housing Funds
Although HPRP provides a tremendous opportunity to prevent or end homelessness, there are not enough resources to adequately serve everybody who is homeless or at risk. This one-pager provides an overview of the Alliance’s principles for achieving the maximum benefit from these funds.
UPDATED: Additional ARRA Homelessness Resources
The economic recovery act also included funding for several other programs that aid homeless individuals and families. This fact sheet provides a brief overview of some of these programs. It also highlights resources that provide more information on each program.
Legislative Text of Homelessness Prevention Fund
This document contains the legislative text from HR 1, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, relating to the creation of a homelessness prevention fund. The economic recovery bill included $1.5 billion for this fund.
UPDATED: Homelessness Prevention and Re-Housing: Overview of Funds
This document provides a brief overview of the HPRP funding, how communities should begin preparing for it, and what opportunities it presents.
