Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program

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WomanHaven, Inc. dba Center for Family Solutions Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program
On February 17, 2009, President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, which includes $1.5 billion for a Homelessness Prevention Fund. Funding for this program, called the Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP), is being distributed based on the formula used for the Emergency Shelter Grants (ESG) program.
For additional information on the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), please visit HUD's ARRA page, or www.Recovery.gov.

To qualify for this program you must:
· Be a renter, not a homeowner.
· Lack the financial resource, and support networks needed to remain in your home.
· Have no housing options.
· Be able to remain in your home once this temporary assistance has ended.
· Have a current lease, signed by your landlord or property management company.
· Attend all case management appointments.
· Agree to a home visit by a staff member.
· Agree to participate in follow up phone calls. Meet all Program eligibility requirements.

Program Description & Eligibility Requirements
HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION AND RAPID RE-HOUSING
For both homelessness prevention and rapid re-housing, case management includes identification, assessment, planning, resource acquisition, stabilization, and support. While these tasks fall into the same categories, there are distinct differences in approach and content for prevention and rapid re-housing.
Homelessness prevention targets low-income households who have not yet become homeless but will become homeless if they do not receive HPRP assistance. Case management for households at risk of homelessness includes important elements of identification, outreach, and engagement. This means that the case manager will identify households at the greatest risk and determine what type of support they need to avoid homelessness. Not all households seeking homelessness prevention assistance will need rental subsidies – indeed, many will simply need one-time financial assistance with unpaid utility bills or practical help resolving a dispute, for example. The emphasis in prevention is on identifying the most pressing needs and using HPRP or other sources to meet those needs, with the goal of housing stabilization.

Rapid re-housing is intended for households who have already become homeless. For HPRP this means individuals and families whose income is at or below 50 percent of Area Median Income and who meet one of the following criteria:
· sleeping in an emergency shelter
· sleeping in a place not meant for human habitation, such as cars, parks, abandoned buildings, and streets/sidewalks
· staying in a hospital or other institution for up to 180 days but homeless immediately prior to entry into the hospital or institution
· graduating from, or timing out of, a transitional housing program
· escaping domestic violence

To obtain further eligibility requirements please contact any of the following agencies.

Womanhaven, Inc dba Center for Family Solutions
Ruby Flores, Program Coordinator
741 W. Main Street
El Centro, CA 92243
(760)353-6922

Womanhaven, Inc dba Center for Family Solutions
Angelica Siqueiros, Case Manager
741 W. Main Street
El Centro, CA 92243
(760)353-6922

Womanhaven, Inc dba Center for Family Solutions
Claudia Figueroa, Case Manager
741 W. Main Street
El Centro, CA 92243
(760)353-6922

Womanhaven, Inc dba Center for Family Solutions
Martin Marquez, Case Manager
741 W. Main Street
El Centro, CA 92243
(760)353-6922

Campesinos Unidos, Inc.
Ana Mendoza, Case Manager
1005 C Street
Brawley, CA 92227
(760)351-5100

Calexico Neighborhood House/ Neighborhood House Casa Nueva
Ana Coronado, Case Manager HPRP
506 4th Street
Calexico, CA 92231
Phone (760)357- 6875
Fax (760)357-2248

Imperial Valley Regional Occupational Program-IVROP
Nancy Villanueva, Case Manager
2995 S. 4th Street, #102
El Centro, CA 92243
Phone: (760)337-3490
Fax: (760)337-5170