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The Center for Family Solutions,
WomanHaven, Inc.
On February 17, 2009, President Obama
signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) 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.
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Program Description &
Eligibility Requirements
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
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To obtain further eligibility requirements,
please contact any of the following agencies:
Imperial Valley Regional Occupational
Program-IVROP
Ivonne Lopez (ilopez@ivrop.org),
Case Manager, or Gloria Saldivar, Case Manager
2995 S. 4th Street, #102
El Centro, CA 92243
Phone: (760) 337-3096
Fax: (760) 482-2750
Womanhaven, Inc.
Ruby Flores, Case Manager
741 W. Main Street
El Centro, CA 92243
(760) 353-6922
Campesinos Unidos, Inc.
Ariana Martinez, Case Manager, or Leticia Grosh - Case Manager HPRP
1005 C Street
Brawley, CA 92227
(760) 351-5100
Calexico Neighborhood
House/Neighborhood House Casa Nueva
Cindy Alva – Case Manager, or Ana Coronado - Case Manager HPRP
506 4th Street
Calexico, CA 92231
Phone (760) 357- 6875
Fax (760) 357-2248
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