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CONTINUUM OF CARE PROGRAM

CONTINUUM OF CARE PROGRAM

HOMELESS ASSISTANCE

HOMELESS ASSISTANCE

HOMELESS ASSISTANCE

HOMELESS ASSISTANCE

CONTINUUM OF CARE PROGRAM

PURPOSE: THE CONTINUUM OF CARE (COC) PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY-WIDE COMMITMENT TO THE GOAL OF ENDING HOMELESSNESS; PROVIDE FUNDING FOR EFFORTS BY NONPROFIT PROVIDERS, STATES, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO QUICKLY HOUSE HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WHILE MINIMIZING THE TRAUMA AND DISLOCATION CAUSED TO HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITIES BY HOMELESSNESS; PROMOTE ACCESS TO AND EFFECTIVE UTILIZATION OF MAINSTREAM PROGRAMS BY HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES; AND OPTIMIZE SELF-SUFFICIENCY AMONG INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. THE MOST RECENT COC AWARD ANNOUNCEMENT LISTING AWARDS BY STATE AND COC IS ACCESSIBLE AT HTTPS://WWW.HUD.GOV/PROGRAM_OFFICES/COMM_PLANNING/COC/AWARDS. SELECT THE LINK UNDER THE FUNDING AND AWARD INFORMATION SECTION FOR THE APPROPRIATE FISCAL YEAR.; ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: CONTINUUM OF CARE PROGRAM FUNDS MAY BE USED TO PAY FOR THE ELIGIBLE COSTS USED TO ESTABLISH AND OPERATE PROJECTS UNDER FIVE PROGRAM COMPONENTS: (1) PERMANENT HOUSING, WHICH INCLUDES PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, AND RAPID REHOUSING; (2) TRANSITIONAL HOUSING; (3) SUPPORTIVE SERVICES ONLY; (4) HOMELESS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS (HMIS), AND (5) IN SOME CASES, HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION. THIRTEEN TYPES OF ASSISTANCE MAY BE PROVIDED THROUGH THE CONTINUUM OF CARE (COC) PROGRAM: (1) COC PLANNING ACTIVITIES/COSTS FOR DESIGNING AND CARRYING OUT A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN APPLICATION TO HUD; (2) UNITED FUNDING AGENCY (UFA) COSTS FOR FISCAL CONTROL AND ACCOUNTING NECESSARY TO ASSURE THE PROPER DISBURSAL OF, AND ACCOUNTING FOR, FEDERAL FUNDS AWARDED TO SUBRECIPIENTS UNDER THE CONTINUUM OF CARE PROGRAM, (3) ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY (INCLUDING STRUCTURES) FOR USE IN THE PROVISION OF HOUSING OR SUPPORTIVE SERVICES; (4) REHABILITATION OF STRUCTURES TO PROVIDE HOUSING OR SUPPORTIVE SERVICES; (5) NEW CONSTRUCTION, INCLUDING THE BUILDING OF A NEW STRUCTURE OR BUILDING AN ADDITION TO AN EXISTING STRUCTURE FOR USE AS SUPPORTIVE HOUSING; (6) LEASING OF A STRUCTURE OR STRUCTURES, OR PORTIONS THEREOF, TO PROVIDE HOUSING OR SUPPORTIVE SERVICES; (7) RENTAL ASSISTANCE, WHICH MAY BE SHORT-TERM, MEDIUM-TERM, OR LONG-TERM, AS WELL AS TENANT-BASED, PROJECT-BASED, OR SPONSOR-BASED, FOR TRANSITIONAL OR PERMANENT HOUSING; (8) SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO ASSIST PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN HOUSING; (9) OPERATING COSTS OF SUPPORTIVE HOUSING; (10) COSTS OF IMPLEMENTING AND OPERATING HMIS; (11) PROJECT ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS; (12) RELOCATION COSTS; AND (13) INDIRECT COSTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH 2 CFR PARTS 200, AS APPLICABLE. IN ADDITION TO USING GRANT FUNDS FOR THE ELIGIBLE COSTS DESCRIBED ABOVE, RECIPIENTS AND SUBRECIPIENTS IN CONTINUUMS OF CARE DESIGNATED AS HIGH PERFORMING COMMUNITIES MAY ALSO USE GRANT FUNDS TO PROVIDE HOUSING RELOCATION AND STABILIZATION SERVICES AND SHORT- AND/OR MEDIUM-TERM RENTAL ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS AS SET FORTH IN 24 CFR 576.103 AND 24 CFR 576.104, IF NECESSARY TO PREVENT THE INDIVIDUAL OR FAMILY FROM BECOMING HOMELESS. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS: NO ASSISTANCE PROVIDED UNDER PROGRAM (OR ANY STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNDS USED TO SUPPLEMENT THIS ASSISTANCE) MAY BE USED TO REPLACE STATE OR LOCAL FUNDS PREVIOUSLY USED, OR DESIGNATED FOR USE, TO ASSIST HOMELESS PERSONS OR PERSONS AT-RISK OF HOMELESSNESS.; EXPECTED OUTCOMES: DECREASE IN THE NUMBER INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, MORE SPECIFICALLY USING PERFORMANCE INDICATORS SUCH AS THE LENGTH OF TIME HOMELESS, RETURNS TO HOMELESSNESS OVER TIME, AND EXITS TO PERMANENT HOUSING. COC PERFORMANCE PROFILE REPORTS CAN BE FOUND AT HTTPS://WWW.HUDEXCHANGE.INFO/PROGRAMS/COC/COC-PERFORMANCE-PROFILE-REPORTS/.; INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.; SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: THE SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES ARE UNKNOWN AT THE TIME OF AWARD.

CONTINUUM OF CARE PROGRAM

CONTINUUM OF CARE PROGRAM

CONTINUUM OF CARE PROGRAM

CONTINUUM OF CARE PROGRAM

CONTINUUM OF CARE PROGRAM

CONTINUUM OF CARE PROGRAM

CONTINUUM OF CARE PROGRAM

CONTINUUM OF CARE PROGRAM

CONTINUUM OF CARE PROGRAM

CONTINUUM OF CARE PROGRAM

CONTINUUM OF CARE PROGRAM

CONTINUUM OF CARE PROGRAM

HOMELESS ASSISTANCE

HOMELESS ASSISTANCE

HOMELESS ASSISTANCE

HOMELESS ASSISTANCE

HOMELESS ASSISTANCE

HOUSING COUNSELING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

HOMELESS ASSISTANCE

RECENTLY REPORTED EVIDENCE INDICATES THAT PRESCRIPTION OPIOIDS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH IMPORTANT HARMS, INCLUDING ACCIDENTAL OVERDOSE, ABUSE, ADDICTION, DIVERSION, AND ACCIDENTS INVOLVING INJURIES (SUCH AS FALLS AND MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS). PERHAPS OF MOST CONCERN IS THE DRAMATIC INCREASE IN OVERDOSE DEATHS ASSOCIATED WITH OPIOIDS. IN 2011, THERE WERE 16,917 FATAL OVERDOSES INVOLVING PRESCRIPTION OPIOIDS. IN 2016 PULASKI COUNTY AR REPORTED OVER 156 DEATHS DUE TO OPIOID OVER DOSES. OFFICIALS REVEALED THAT THE NUMBERS COULD HAVE BEEN HIGHER BECAUSE OF REPORTING. PRESCRIPTION OPIOID MISUSE AND ABUSE RESULTED IN ALMOST 660,000 EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISITS IN 2010, OVER TWICE AS MANY AS IN 2004. SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT ADMISSIONS FOR OPIATES OTHER THAN HEROIN INCREASED MORE THAN SIX-FOLD FROM 1999 TO 2009. THE STATE OF ARKANSAS FACES SERIOUS PROBLEMS RELATED TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDERS SUD). IN PULASKI COUNTY THERE ARE 392,664 RESIDENTS OF WHICH 36% ARE AFRICAN-AMERICANS, AND 19.4% LIVE IN POVERTY. ACCORDING TO 2015 REPORTS BY THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS MEDICAL SCIENCES (UAMS), INHALANT USE, PARTICULARLY CRACK COCAINE AND METHAMPHETAMINE IS HIGHER IN PULASKI COUNTY WHEN COMPARED TO THE STATE OF AR. UAMS INDICATES THAT IN PULASKI COUNTY, WHITE WOMEN ARE MORE METHAMPHETAMINE; WHILE AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN USE MORE CRACK. ARKANSAS RANKS 46TH IN POOR MENTAL HEALTH ACCORDING TO THE COUNTY HEALTH RANKINGS. ARKANSAS'S' 2015 BEHAVIORAL HEATH BAROMETER SHOWED THE SERIOUSLY MENTAL ILLNESS RATE IN AR AT 5.2% WHEN COMPARED TO THE US RATE OF 4.2%. IN PULASKI COUNTY WOMEN WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS (SUDS) HAVE DISPROPORTIONATELY HIGH RATES OF DEPRESSION, PTSD, AND OTHER MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS. A NEWLY RELEASED REPORT BY THE U.S. CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (CDC) SHOWS ALL BUT NINE OF ARKANSAS' 75 COUNTIES HAD OVERALL OPIOID PRESCRIBING RATES HIGHER THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE OF 66.5 PRESCRIPTIONS PER 100 PEOPLE. AS A STATE, ARKANSAS HAS AN OPIOID PRESCRIPTION RATE OF 114.6 PER 100, WHICH IS SECOND ONLY TO ALABAMA A 2016 AVERAGE OF 121 PER 100 PEOPLE. CDC DATA RELEASED JULY 26, 2017 ALSO SHOWS THAT SEVERAL ARKANSAS COUNTIES HAD PRESCRIBING RATES EXCEEDING 130 PER 100 PEOPLE, WHICH IS DOUBLE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. IN GREENE COUNTY, LOCATED IN NORTHEAST ARKANSAS NORTH OF JONESBORO, 177.8 PILLS ARE DISPENSED PER CAPITA. GARLAND AND SEBASTIAN COUNTIES HAVE THE SECOND AND THIRD-HIGHEST OPIOID PRESCRIPTION RATE AT 176 AND 169 PILLS, RESPECTIVELY. ARKANSAS HEALTH DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR NATE SMITH GAVE A PRESENTATION TO THE JOINT INTERIM COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC HEALTH AT THE STATE CAPITOL. ACCORDING TO SMITH'S REPORT, "LARGE AMOUNTS OF OPIOIDS ARE BEING SOLD IN ARKANSAS," ENOUGH FOR EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD TO TAKE 80 PILLS EACH OVER THE COURSE OF A YEAR. ALTOGETHER, 235.9 MILLION PILLS WERE SOLD ACROSS ARKANSAS IN 2016, SMITH SAID, CITING THE MOST UP-TO-DATE DATA FROM THE CDC. SMITH'S PRESENTATION TO THE LEGISLATIVE PANEL WAS TO INFORM LEGISLATORS OF THE STATUS OF OPIOID USE AND DRUG RELATED HEALTH PROBLEMS IN ARKANSAS, HIGHLIGHTED BY DRUG USE BY DEMOGRAPHIC GROUP SUCH AS AGE, SEX AND RACE. ADH CREATED A NEW AREA OF FOCUS NAMED THE SUBSTANCE MISUSE AND INJURY PREVENTION BRANCH TO ADDRESS THE OPIOID CRISIS IN ARKANSAS. AN ARTICLE ON THE FRONT PAGE OF SUNDAY APRIL 29, 2018 AR DEMOCRAT "OPIOIDS' RISE HAS BABIES ENTERING WORLD ADDICTED" DESCRIBES THE STORY OF A 29 YEAR OLD'S ADDICTION AND THE IMPACT IT HAS HAD ON HER DAUGHTER. THE SUBSTANCE USE OF THE MOTHER INCLUDED NARCOTIC PAINKILLERS, BENZODIAZEPINE ANXIETY MEDICATIONS THAT HAD BEEN PRESCRIBED. THE METHAMPHETAMINE HAS NOT BEEN PRESCRIBED. THE ARTICLE GOES ON TO IDENTIFY THE CRISIS THE FAMILY IS EXPERIENCING WITH THE NINE YEAR OLD DAUGHTER'S MULTIPLE MENTAL HEALTH DIAGNOSES INCLUDING SCHIZOPHRENIA. THE WRITER, AMANDA CLAIRE CURCIO STATES INFANTS EXPOSED TO DRUGS IN THE WOMB OFTEN SUFFER FROM NEONATAL ABSTINENCE SYNDROME AND ITS PHYSICAL WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS THAT CAN LAST UP