Coordinated Entry:
HUD has required that each Continuum of Care has a Coordinated Entry system that all ESG-funded projects and agencies that serve homeless persons use to connect households that are homeless or are at-risk of homelessness with coordination, intake, assessment, and referrals. Coordinated Entry must be used by each type of program that serves the homeless including, Safe Havens, Day Shelters, Emergency Shelters, Transitional Housing, Permanent Housing, including Rapid Rehousing, Homeless Prevention, Tenant Based Rental Assistance Program, Housing First Program and Continuum of Care and Shelter Plus Care Programs.
Franklin Township Trustee’s office (Johnson County)
317-736-7511 (call ahead to schedule an appointment)
Columbus Township Trustee’s Office (Bartholomew County)
812-372-8249 (call ahead to schedule an appointment)
United way of Johnson County Helpline
317-738-4636
Anchor House (Jackson County)
812-522-9308
Horizon House Emergency Family Shelter (Bartholomew County) Families only
812-799-1062
Brighter Days Emergency Shelter (Bartholomew County) Individuals only
812-344-4512
Domestic Violence service providers will be able to complete the eligibility assessment once you are engaged in their services.
Homeless Prevention – Rapid Rehousing
Rapid Re-housing and Prevention is a program for homeless individuals and families. The program consists of two forms of assistance, coaching and financial assistance. Coaching includes, but is not limited to, goal setting, budgeting, referrals, etc. Coaching assists participants to move forward towards stability. Participants MUST be willing to work towards their goals and work within the program. The financial assistance can come in the form of rent and utility deposits, arrears on rent or utilities, and partial rent assistance. Financial assistance is dependent upon participation in the coaching process. Participants MAY receive assistance anywhere from one month up to one year. This will be based on individual need and the need is determined on a month to month basis.
ESG Rapid Rehousing/Eligibility Criteria:
Rapid Re-Housing:
Rapid Re-housing assists eligible participants to obtain and maintain stable housing.
Coaches will identify other resources available to applicants and if they are appropriate for participation in the Rapid Rehousing Program. Participants who require longer-term housing assistance and services should be directed to programs that can provide the services and financial assistance. In such cases, the RRH may serve as a “bridge” to permanent supportive housing. There is no income threshold to be met at intake with Rapid Rehousing, only that they are homeless and identify with one or more of the eligibility criteria. The program can assist with monthly rental payments, security deposit, and utility deposits.
Eligibility criteria:
- An individual or family staying in a place not meant for habitation.
- Is fleeing, or is attempting to flee, domestic violence.
- Has no other residence; and Lacks the resources or support networks, g., family, friends, etc.
- The individual and family must also live in an emergency shelter.
How to Apply:
- ID for all adult household members.
- No income guideline.
- Appointment required.
- Must be homeless – Living in a place not meant for habitation or in a place being paid for by a social service agency.
- Items needed once referral is pulled:
- Birth Certificates for all household members.
- Social Security cards for all household members.
- Disqualifying factors: Score below a 7 on the VI-SPDAT, they’re NOT literally homeless or they do not have the required documentation once their referral is pulled from the waitlist.
HOME Tenant Based Rental Assistance Grant:
Tenant Based Rental Assistance (TBRA) program is designed to improve the range of housing options for income qualified formerly incarcerated individuals. Rental assistance payments may be made on behalf of qualified households for a period not to exceed 24 months. Eligible assistance can be in the form of security deposits, rental payments, utility deposits, rent must be reasonable and cannot exceed 30% of the household’s monthly adjusted income.
The household must make a “minimum tenant contribution” of $25 per month.
Eligible participants must have at least one household member that was formerly incarcerated. 1) persons exiting the corrections system, with a preference for persons currently exiting and at risk of homelessness due to a lack of stable housing; or 2) individuals currently experiencing homelessness who were formerly incarcerated 90 days or more consecutive days.
Households that receive TBRA assistance must have a gross annual income that does not exceed the 50% area median income. Family income is an average for a family of two or more related people living in a household. They can be related by birth, marriage, or adoption. Household income is the average income of all people living in a housing unit.
County |
50% Median Household Income |
50% Median family Income |
| Bartholomew | $52,742 | $64,024 |
| Johnson | $61,629 | $72,723 |
| Shelby | $52,292 | $60,824 |
| Jackson | $43,980 | $53,534 |
| Decatur | $46,894 | $52,308 |
Housing First Grant:
This program is designed to provide rental assistance and supportive services to individuals and families with a serious, persistent mental illness, a chronic chemical addiction, or a serious and persistent mental illness with a co-occurring chronic chemical addiction, who are also facing a housing crisis.
Eligible assistance can be in the form of security deposits, rental payments, utility deposits. The rent must be reasonable and cannot exceed 30% of the household’s monthly adjusted income.
- An individual with a serious mental illness, a chronic chemical addiction, or a serious and persistent mental illness with a co-occurring chronic chemical addiction, resulting in a housing crisis for the individual.
- An individual with; a serious mental illness, a chronic chemical addiction, or a serious and persistent mental illness with a co-occurring chronic chemical addiction; and is exiting a residential treatment program or is living in an institution or other restrictive setting; and could, with stable and affordable housing, along with community and home-based supports, live independently in the community.
- Households that contain at least one member with a serious mental illness and/or a chronic chemical addiction meet the eligibility requirements so long as all household members are experiencing a housing crisis.
Participants do not have to income qualify at initial enrollment. Initial program eligibility is based solely on meeting the definition of “eligible person” and “housing crisis” as described above. However, income must still be calculated in order to determine the participant’s rent contribution.
In addition, to receive rental assistance for more than 12 months, the participant household’s income must be certified as having an annual income at or below 30% of the area median income. Family income is an average for a family of two or more related people living in a household. They can be related by birth, marriage, or adoption. Household income is the average income of all people living in a housing unit.
County |
30% Median Household Income |
30% Median family Income |
| Bartholomew | $52,742 | $64,024 |
| Johnson | $61,629 | $72,723 |
| Shelby | $52,292 | $60,824 |
| Jackson | $43,980 | $53,534 |
| Decatur | $46,894 | $52,308 |
HEARTH ACT
HOMELESS CATEGORIES
Individual or family who lacks fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence and is:
An individual or family with primary night time residence that is a public or private place not designed for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for a human being
Individual or family living in a supervised publicly or privately operated shelter
Individual who resided in a shelter or place not meant for human habitation & exiting an institution where he/she temporarily resided
The individual must have been homeless prior to entering the institution
“temporary resided” now means a period of 90 days or less
Individuals or families who will imminently lose their primary nighttime residence:
Residence will be lost within 14 days of date of application, and
No other residence identified, and
Lacks resources or support to obtain Permanent Housing
Unaccompanied youth under 25 years, families with children and youth who do not qualify under the definition, but who are defined as homeless under:
Runaway and Homeless Youth Act,
Head Start Act,
Violence against Women Act,
Public Health Services Act,
Food and Nutrition Act, or
Food Nutritional Act
And
Must meet all 3 eligibility criteria:
Have not had a lease, ownership interest, occupancy agreement PH during the 60 days prior to application
Experience persistent instability
Expected to continue in such status for an extended period of time because of: chronic disability, physical or mental health conditions, substance addiction, histories of domestic violence or childhood abuse, presence of a child or youth with disability, OR 2 or more barriers to employment
Lack of high school degree or GED, literacy, low English proficiency, history of incarceration, detention for criminal activity, history of unstable employment
Any individual/family who is feeling, or is attempting to flee, domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or other dangerous or life threatening condition that relates to violence against the individual or family member, including a child, that has either taken place with the individual’s or family’s primary nighttime residence or have made the individual or family afraid to return to their primary nighttime residence and
Has not other residence and
Lacks the resources or support networks to obtain other permanent housing
*Taken from IHCDA website
Links:
Rapid Re-housing and Prevention Program
HMIS Notice of Privacy Practices
Acronyms:
PH-Permanent Housing
IHCDA-Indiana Housing and Community Develop Association
ESG-Emergency Solutions Grant-Shelter Grant
ESG-RR-Emergency Solutions Grant Rapid Re-housing
HEART ACT-Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition Act