HPRP

The City of Columbia is committed to providing public health services that prevent epidemics and the spread of disease, protect against environmental hazards, promote healthy behaviors, prevent injuries and illness, assure the quality and accessibility of health services, monitor the health of the population, provide social services and promote and protect civil rights.

Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program

The Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP) is funded by the

Homeless Prevention Fund (HPF) created under Title XII of Division A of the American

Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act or ARRA) of 2009. The State of Missouri- Department of Social Services (DSS), Family Support Division (FSD) is a grantee of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and will administer this award for eligible counties and cities.

The purpose of the HPRP is to provide homelessness prevention assistance to households who would otherwise become homeless - many due to the economic crisis - and to provide assistance to rapidly re-house persons who are experiencing homelessness. The funds under this program are intended to target individuals and families who would be homeless but for this assistance. The funds will provide for a variety of assistance, including: short-term or medium-term rental assistance and housing relocation and stabilization services, including such activities as mediation, credit counseling, security or utility deposits, utility payments, moving cost assistance, and case management.

The State of Missouri will receive $27 million in HPRP funding from HUD. The Department of Social Services has allocated $12 million to counties across the state which did not receive a direct allocation from HUD.

By formula, Boone County was eligible to apply for $405,358 in HPRP funding. In its letter of intent to apply for HPRP funding, Boone County has designated the City of Columbia as the local unit of government grantee for HPRP funding in the county.

After conducting a local RFP process based on the State application and selected three local sub-grantee organizations:

Central Missouri Community Action
Lutheran Family and Children's Services
Phoenix Programs

Based on the services proposed by these agencies, the City successfully submitted an application to the State of Missouri for HPRP funding. The City of Columbia was awarded $405,358. The grant funding will be available from October 1, 2009 through September 30, 2011 or until the funding has been totally expended.

Please see the City of Columbia HPRP Budget below for details regarding the type of funding which will be made available in total and by sub-grantee:

City of Columbia HPRP Budget

Direct HPRP financial assistance for eligible Boone County residents will be provided by Central Missouri Community Action:

400 Wilkes Blvd.

Columbia, MO 65203

573.443.8731

For other questions, please contact:

City of Columbia- Division of Human Services

1005 W. Worley St.

Columbia, MO 65203

v 573.874.7488

tty 573.874-7356

ocs@gocolumbiamo.com

Resources for Sub-Grantees

The HUD HPRP web site www.hudhre.info/HPRP has several useful resources including instructional resources and templates. The following documents and templates may be particularly useful:

The State of Missouri Department of Social Services web site http://dss.mo.gov/arra has information and forms specific to the Missouri HPRP.