Office of Community Development
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The Homeless Crisis Response Program (HCRP) is a new program that replaces the Emergency Shelter and tenant-based supportive housing components of the Homeless Assistance Grant Program. It is modeled after the Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP).
The HCRP has been established in order to better meet national objectives and the needs of Ohio’s homeless persons.
The goal of the HCRP is to prevent individuals and families from entering Homeless and, where Homeless does occur, to provide for emergency shelter operations and to rapidly move persons from emergency shelter into permanent housing.
The HCRP is divided into two components: 1) emergency shelter operations; and 2) shelter diversion and rehousing activities. Funding is a blended formula/competitive model that balances service coverage and incentivizing performance within the grant period.
Expenditures are limited to households below 30 percent average median income (AMI). Emergency shelter funding is awarded on a renewal basis, assuming grantees meet performance standards.
Shelter diversion and rehousing funds are awarded on a regional basis, requiring collaboration of all providers within the region to develop a single shelter diversion strategy, moving individual programs toward systems-level coordination. Funds are distributed by a baseline formula allocation to ensure at least minimal access to assistance statewide, with additional funding available through competitive bonus.
Applications are rated on Proposal Content, Outcomes, Collaboration, Targeting and Need, Capacity, and Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) Data Quality.