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Innovations in Ohio

Posted by 1023sc on February 16, 2010

The Osteopathic Heritage Foundation, co-convener of the Funders Together Ohio regional affiliate, is playing a catalytic role in helping to end homelessness in Southeast and Central Ohio through support for capacity building, planning, technical assistance and implementation of homelessness coalitions and service providers in the area. 

Grantees report Rural Homeless Initiative helps prepare communities for Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-housing (HPRP) Funding

Congress enacted the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, whereby the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) received $1.5 billion to support the Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP). Rural counties in the Foundations’ Rural Homeless Initiative in Southeast and Central Ohio (RHISCO) leveraged over $3.7 million for prevention and rapid re-housing services.

The Rural Homeless Initiative in Southeast and Central Ohio (RHISCO) includes capacity building, planning, technical assistance and implementation support for rural communities in Ohio. As a result of this support, local participating coalitions report enhanced readiness to respond and implement HPRP funding.

Read more about how grantees are capitalizing on this opportunity

RHISCO: Final Phase I Implementation Report released

The Foundations and Fannie Mae approved over $750,000 to address homeless prevention, provider coordination, and data systems during Phase I of the RHISCO project. Funding was designed to help people achieve housing stability, economic independence, and self-sufficiency, and to help county coalitions develop programs, coordinate services, and increase community support.

Read the full progress report (PDF – 13 pages)

Capacity Building in Supportive Housing, Featuring NCR and the YMCA of Central Ohio

Through the Foundation Homeless Funding Priority, nine providers in Franklin County, Ohio received over $245,000 designed to build organizational and program capacity to deliver high quality services to formerly homeless and disabled individuals, including increasing supportive service funding and client self-sufficiency through job training. National Church Residences (NCR) and YMCA of Central Ohio are two grantees working to enhance organizational capacity.

“We have an opportunity to end homelessness, and we’re now able to bring some expertise to permanent supportive housing and to provide quality operational measures of case managers’ impact and day-to-day results,” said Dave Kayuha, senior vice president and chief administrative officer of NCR.

Read more about programs to help homeless and disabled individuals live more stable, productive lives.

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