Eastern PA CoC Home4Good 2021
The Eastern PA Continuum of Care is participating in the 2021 Home4Good funding opportunity. Home4Good is a collaborative initiative between the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh (FHLBank Pittsburgh) and the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency (PHFA) to provide grant funds to address systemic gaps in support and services to help make homelessness in the Commonwealth rare, brief and nonrecurring.
By “participating” in the Home4Good Homeless Initiative, the Eastern PA CoC is responsible for:
- disseminating program information to regional service providers within its respective geographic area;
- receiving, evaluating, and ranking proposals submitted before the deadline from interested service providers in its geographic area using an inclusive, outcome-oriented process by which projects/ programs are reviewed based on the CoC’s priority activities/projects, previous performance, anticipated outcomes, and compliance with the goals and objectives of this request for proposals; and
- submitting a proposal package to PHFA on behalf of itself and the eligible service provider(s), which will include all project applications, by the close of business on September 30, 2021.
In order to fulfill these requirements, please review the following documents:
(1) Home4Good Request for Proposals;
(2) PHFA Home4Good Webinar Powerpoint Slides;
(3) Addendum to the RFP, which provides the Eastern PA CoC's Home4Good Priorities
(4) 2021 Home4Good Frequently Asked Questions
While all projects submitted will be reviewed, ranked, and submitted to PHFA, projects that are responsive to the CoC’s priorities will be given priority ranking. As described within the Addendum to the RFP, the Eastern PA CoC’s priorities include:
- Landlord engagement and outreach to increase availability and access to affordable rental units for households experiencing homelessness or at imminent risk of experiencing homelessness
- Rehabilitation of rental units to bring them up to Habitability Standards or Housing Quality Standards to increase availability of and access to affordable rental units for households experiencing homelessness or at imminent risk of experiencing homelessness
- Homelessness Diversion for households who are on the brink of becoming or who are literally homeless
- Homelessness Prevention for households at imminent risk of homelessness
Please review the above linked information as you consider applying for Home4Good funding. Per the 2021 Home4Good RFP, project applications are due to the Eastern PA CoC by August 31st and should be submitted to easternpacoc@gmail.com.
For more information about the Home4Good Homeless Initiative, visit https://www.phfa.org/mhp/serviceprovider/ and click on “Home4Good Homeless Initiative”.
For more information about the Eastern PA CoC’s strategic plan, visit: https://pennsylvaniacoc.org/balance-stateeastern-pa-coc/eastern-pa-coc-strategic-plan
Please assist the CoC by forwarding this information to others in your community.
Questions may be sent via email to easterncoc@pennsylvaniacoc.org.