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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 98-676

NOTICES

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE

Application for the HUD Regional Homeless Assistance Process

[28 Pa.B. 2054]

   The Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) and the Department of Public Welfare (DPW) are coordinating the 1998 PA Regional Homeless Assistance Process, Pennsylvania's response to the 1998 Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act, HUD Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance Competition. This program provides funds to states, local governments and nonprofit organizations to address the housing and service needs of homeless families and individuals. The program, administered by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), requires applicants to undertake a comprehensive planning process to identify homeless needs and resources along a Continuum of Care which includes: Outreach/Intake/Assessment; Emergency Shelter; Transitional Housing; Permanent Housing; Supportive Services.

   Homeless programs funded under this initiative are:

The Supportive Housing Program:

   Transitional Housing

   Permanent Housing for Persons with Disabilities

   Supportive Services Only

   Safe Havens

   Innovative Supportive Housing

Shelter Plus Care

   Tenant-based Rental Assistance

   Sponsor-based Rental Assistance

   Project-based Rental Assistance

   SRO-based Rental Assistance

Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation Single Room Occupancy Program

   In this Commonwealth, 24 cities and counties apply and receive McKinney Continuum of Care funding directly from HUD. The remainder of the State is included in the 1998 Regional Homeless Assistance Process. DCED/DPW plans to submit to HUD by the due date, five regional applications containing regional Continuums of Care. This date has not been announced by HUD but is expected to be sometime in July, 1998. The following is a list of the counties, by DCED Region, which are included in the Regional Homeless Assistance Process:

Northeast: Bradford, Carbon, Lackawanna (excluding Scranton), Lehigh (excluding Allentown), Monroe, Northampton, Pike, Schuylkill, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga, Wayne and Wyoming Counties.

Central: Bedford, Blair (excluding Altoona), Cambria (excluding Johnstown), Centre, Clinton, Columbia, Fulton, Huntingdon, Juniata, Lycoming, Mifflin, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder, Somerset and Union Counties.

Harrisburg: Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin (excluding Harrisburg), Franklin, Lebanon, Perry Counties.

Southwest: Armstrong, Butler, Fayette, Greene, Indiana and Lawrence Counties.

Northwest: Cameron, Clarion, Clearfield, Crawford, Elk, Erie (excluding City of Erie), Forest, Jefferson, Lawrence, McKean, Mercer, Potter, Venango and Warren Counties.

   For a copy of the application call the SuperNOFA Information Center at (800) HUD-8929, or (800) 483-2209 (TTY), Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.

   For more information about the 1998 PA Regional Homeless Assistance Process contact: Diana T. Myers and Associates, 6 South Easton Road, Glenside, PA 19038, (215) 576-1419 (phone), (215) 576-8650 (fax).

SAMUEL A. MCCULLOUGH,   
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 98-676. Filed for public inspection May 1, 1998, 9:00 a.m.]


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