Category: Region 1

The Maine Continuum of Care is encouraging all homeless service providers working with school aged children to become informed about the educational rights of students guaranteed under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act.  Attached are two informational flyers you can post in your program to educate your staff and the clients you serve about the educational … Continue reading McKinney-Vento Education Rights

The MCoC met today and voted to approve the Project Priority Listing for ME-500.  Below is a link to the ME-500 Project Priority Listing that was voted upon today. FINAL MCoC Approved Project Priority Listing 11-12-15 As shared with you last week, on Nov. 4, MCoC voted to include all project applications in the Priority … Continue reading MCOC Approved Final Project Priority Listing

The Statewide Homeless Council will NOT be meeting on Tuesday, November 10, 2015. The next SHC Meeting will be Tuesday December 8, 2015, 9:30 to 2:00, as usual. More information will be posted prior to that date.

This is to inform you that the MCoC met today and voted to include all project applications as part of the CoC Consolidated Application Submission for the FY2015 HUD Competition. There are no project applications that were rejected in this year’s competition and all projects will be included in the Project Priority Listing submission to … Continue reading MCoC Notification To Project Applicants

Here is the Project Priority Listing that the MCoC will be voting on today: FINAL MCoC Project Priority Listin 11-5-15 Later this afternoon the Approved Final Listing will be posted to thsi site as well as the  Project Scoring Sheets.  

The MCoC meeting will occur tomorrow from 1:00-3:00 pm at the various sites listed on the agenda below.  Please come prepared to discuss and vote on the Project Applications Scores as well as work on Sections 3 and 4 of the application questions.  Here is the information for tomorrow's meeting: MCOC-Agenda-11-4-15 DRAFT MCOC Minutes 10-29-15 … Continue reading MCoC Meeting Reminder for Tomorrow’s Meeting 11-4 from 1:00-3:00 pm

Please see the attached memo and spreadsheets for clarification of some of the questions that have come up regarding the allocation. If you have any questions please email Thanks 2016 Shelter Program Funding Memo Nov 2015 2016 Shelter Program Funding Example

 MaineHousing is pleased to announce the 2016 Emergency Shelter and Housing Assistance Program Guide and Application is now available.  The document can be accessed here: http://www.mainehousing.org/docs/default-source/homeless/2016-shelterl-guide-and-application.pdf Any questions regarding the Program Guide or Application should be sent to: Applications are due no later than November 16, 2015 Grantees will need to attend a training … Continue reading 2016 Emergency Shelter and Housing Assistance Program Guide & Application

As a follow up to today's MCoC meeting here are two items for your attention: The MCoC voted to approve sending all Project Applications  back to projects so they can make final edits and corrections as needed. This will NOT impact Scoring of your projects rather, give them the opportunity to make any changes they … Continue reading Follow up to MCoC meeting today

This is a follow up to yesterdays 2016 Shelter Information Meeting. Please see the documents below that were referenced in the presentation. Also, if you have any questions, please see the last page of the Power Point for where to direct them. 2016 Shelter Program Info Meeting 19 -Homeless Solutions Rule EFFECTIVE October 7 2015 … Continue reading Follow up to 2016 Shelter Funding Metting