Coordinated Investment

A Coordinated Investment Plan documents the community or state’s plan to strategically align and commit resources from multiple funders or sources to fund a community’s rehousing strategy developed through a collaborative planning process. The resources below include tools to help communities create a rehousing strategy, identify public and private resources available to fund the rehousing strategy and develop a Coordinated Investment Plan, and information about funding sources, engaging partners, and transitioning from planning to procurement and awards.

Strategic Funding and Grants Management

• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)—COVID-19 Economic Recovery Resource Roadmap

• FEMA—COVID-19 Pandemic: Eligible Emergency Protective Measures

• FEMA—COVID-19 Streamlined Project Application

• USICH Federal Programs that Support Individuals Experiencing Homelessness

• U.S. Department of Agriculture—COVID-19 Federal Rural Resource Guide

• U.S. Department of Labor—COVID-19 Dislocated Worker Grants

• HUD Resource: CARES Act Flexibilities for ESG and HOPWA Funds Used to Support Coronavirus Response and Plan Amendment Waiver

• HUD Exchange Resource: Availability of Waivers of Community Planning and Development (CPD) Grant Program and Consolidated Plan Requirements to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19 and Mitigate Economic Impacts Caused by COVID-19

• HUD Exchange Resource: Can ESG funds be used to train staff on how to deliver services during the COVID-19 pandemic, including how to recognize symptoms, how to protect recipient staff from infection, and how to protect against spreading the virus while providing assistance?

• HUD Exchange Resource: Can CoC project administrative funds be used to train recipient staff to safely deliver assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic?

• HUD Exchange Resource: CoC Program Expedited COVID-19 Grant Agreement Amendments

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) Funding Brief: ESG/ESG-CV Rapid Re-Housing (RRH) and Homelessness Prevention (HP)

• HUD Exchange Resource: Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) Program Webinar: Partnerships for EHVs

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Long-Term Financing of Permanent Supportive Housing Projects

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Using a Disaster Policy to Fund Infectious Disease Preparedness and Response with ESG

Partner Resources

• CSH—CARES Act Eligibility and Recommended Uses for States and Local Jurisdictions

• NAEH—COVID-19 Federal Resource Guideline Series: Medicaid

• NAEH—COVID-19 Federal Resource Guideline Series: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

• NAEH—COVID-19 Federal Resource Guideline Series: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)

Operations and Best Practices

• HUD Exchange Resource: CoC/HOME/HOME-ARP/CDBG/ESG Recipient Crosswalk—by CoC

• HUD Exchange Resource: CoC/HOME/HOME-ARP/CDBG/ESG Recipient Crosswalk—by HOME-ARP PJ

• HUD Exchange Resource: Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) Program Webinar: Pairing Services and EHVs

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Allocating ESG-CV to Support Strategies to Prevent and Respond to COVID-19 Outbreaks

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Coordinated Investment Planning Case Studies

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Coordinating ESG-CV and EHV to Create Surge Capacity in Coordinated Entry Systems

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Coordination with the Veteran System

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Creating Cohorts for Your Rehousing Strategy

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Designing a Centralized Rent Administration Program

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Engaging Individuals with Lived Expertise

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Establishing a Capitalized Operating Reserve

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Estimating Future Homelessness

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Federal Rehousing Resources

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Flexible Subsidy Pool Fundamentals: Essentials and How to Get Started

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Holistic Investment Planning for State ESG Entitlements and Balance of State CoCs

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Hotel/Motel Acquisitions for Permanent Housing

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Introduction to HOME-ARP for CoCs

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Make the Most of Federal Resources to Stop Increases in Homelessness

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Maximizing Federal Resources to House America

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Project Funding and Structure Brief: Master Leasing

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Rehousing Activation: Planning and Implementation Tips

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Rehousing and Coordinated Investment Planning Tool

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Shelter Renovation to Address Infection Control and Improve Shelter Quality

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Unit Acquisition Strategies and Examples to Support Housing Development

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Untapped Expertise: Strategies for Inclusive Stakeholder Engagement When Developing Your Coordinated Investment Plan

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Video—Lived Expertise

Partner Resources

• NAEH—Framework for COVID-19 Homelessness Response Responding to the Intersecting Crises of Homelessness and COVID-19

• NLIHC—Housing Instability and Homelessness CARES Act Suggestions for State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Elected Officials

Community Examples

• Sacramento, CA—Recommendations of the COVID-19 Homelessness Response Team

• State of CA—Guide to Strategic Uses of Key State and Federal Funds to Reduce Homelessness During the COVID-19 Pandemic