Federal Stimulus Resources:

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), commonly known as the federal stimulus bill, includes critically needed funding that states can use to help stabilize their budgets and stimulate economic growth. This page links to many resources that help explain the new law and how states, cities/towns, community organizations, families and others can access and use these funds.

HPRP: Opportunities for Systems Transformation and Sustainability
Published by National Alliance to End Homelessness

There is an opportunity for a significant shift in how the nation thinks about homelessness. Many communities around the country are moving to a system that places much greater emphasis on housing stability. This paper provides basic steps for using HUD's Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP) to facilitate this transformation of homeless assistance. Although no community has perfected homeless assistance, these steps have been used in communities to spark the process of transformation.

Matrix For Collaboration And Coordination Opportunities Under ARRA
Published by U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

The ARRA legislation provided new funding to many federal agencies administering programs that serve homeless persons and those at risk of becoming homeless. To assist CoCs and HPRP grantees and subgrantees with identifying collaboration opportunities, HUD has published a matrix of the federal programs that receive ARRA funds where there is an opportunity for collaboration and coordination. This matrix, highlights the activities, intent/purpose as well as opportunities for collaboration at the local level.

Homelessness Prevention and Re-Housing: Key Partnerships
Published by National Alliance to End Homelessness

Planning and implementing a homelessness prevention and re-housing program requires excellent coordination, partnerships, and leadership, and even if a community already has similar services, new partnerships might still need to be forged to most efficiently and effectively use these new funds. Communities might think of the work ahead as happening in two phases: Planning and program design (including submission of the required action plan to HUD); Implementation, oversight, and ongoing evaluation and modification of the program.

HUD Issues Guidance for New Homelessness Prevention and Re-Housing Fund
Published by U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued its Notice to provide guidelines for the use of the $1.5 billion that was included in the economic recovery act for homelessness prevention, diversion, and re-housing activities.

Program Models: Homelessness Prevention and Re-Housing Fund
Published by National Alliance to End Homelessness

Model community-based and statewide programs that are preventing homelessness, diverting people from shelter, and rapidly re-housing those who become homeless.

New Funding for Homeless Youth Services and Housing
Published by National Alliance to End Homelessness

This brief includes information on new funding benefiting homeless youth in ARRA, HPRP actions steps for local organizations serving homeless youth, ideas and model programs on re-housing and prevention for homeless youth, establishing a framework for youth homelessness prevention and re-housing, and other federal appropriations benefiting homeless youth.

What the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Means for Permanent Supportive Housing Production
Published by Corporation for Supportive Housing

This summary from the Corporation for Supportive Housing describes the impact on government programs most often utilized to create permanent supportive housing, as well as an analysis of what wasn't included and CSH's priorities for 2009.

Using the New Prevention and Re-Housing Funds : Recommendations on the Use of the New Prevention and Re-Housing Funds
Published by National Alliance to End Homelessness

Congress recently passed an economic recovery act that includes $1.5 billion for a Homelessness Prevention Fund to pay for homelessness prevention and re-housing. The National Alliance to End Homelessness has prepared this one-page summary of suggested principles for achieving the maximum benefit from these funds.

Coordinating Prevention and Re-Housing Initiatives: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Programs
Published by National Alliance to End Homelessness

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 will provide communities with $1.5 billion for the Homeless Prevention Fund (HPF) that can be used for homelessness prevention, shelter diversion, and rapid re-housing. Local planners can improve the effectiveness of their local efforts by coordinating with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) agencies.

TANF Emergency Contingency Fund
Published by National Alliance to End Homelessness

Up to $5 billion is available to states under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Emergency Contingency Fund. TANF agencies serve very low income families, many of whom are in very precarious housing situations. Improving the TANF agencies’ capacity to work in concert with local efforts to prevent homelessness and re-house families, including through the Homelessness Prevention Fund, can greatly advance progress in ending family homelessness and allow TANF agencies to improve outcomes for the families they are already serving. This brief explores how TANF funds can be used to help prevent and end homelessness.

Creating A Plan For The Homelessness Prevention Fund
Published by National Alliance to End Homelessness

The Alliance has created this guide to help communities prepare a plan to submit to HUD for their share of the $1.5 billion Homelessness Prevention Fund (HPF), which can fund homelessness prevention or re-housing for households (individuals or families) who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. This guide can be used by public agencies responsible for submitting the plan, as well as the public and private partners who will be involved in developing the plan.

Steps in Planning: Checklist for Advocates
Published by National Alliance to End Homelessness

Your state, city, and/or county is about to receive a remarkable amount of new homelessness prevention and re-housing resources from the recently-enacted economic recovery act. This document provides a checklist of steps to guide state and local coalitions, Continuums of Care (CoCs), provider organizations, advocates, and others interested in ending homelessness through the planning process. Keep in mind that you are the program expert—key decision-makers rely on your expertise to spend this money effectively.

Legislative Text of Homelessness Prevention Fund
Published by National Alliance to End Homelessness

Legislative Text of Homelessness Prevention Fund from H.R. 1 The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

Additional ARRA Homelessness Resources
Published by National Alliance to End Homelessness

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) includes $1.5 billion for homelessness prevention and re-housing. However, it also includes funding for several other programs that aid homeless individuals and families. This fact sheet provides a brief overview of some of these programs, such as the Education for Homeless Children and Youth and Emergency Food and Shelter programs, among several others. It also highlights resources that provide more information on each program.

Homelessness Prevention and Re-Housing: Overview of Funds
Published by National Alliance to End Homelessness

Congress passed an economic recovery bill that includes $1.5 billion for homelessness prevention and re-housing. This funding will be distributed quickly, and communities should begin preparing immediately. This document provides a brief overview of this funding, how communities should begin preparing for it, and what opportunities it presents.

Highlights Of Economic Recovery Act : Relevant to Expansion of Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH)
Published by Technical Assistance Collaborative, Inc.

The Economic Recovery Act broken down into programs, corresponding funds, criteria for allocation, regulations and waivers. The Act has been signed into law and federal agencies are to begin dispensing funds in early March.