Homeless services agency operates emergency shelter for individuals and families, emergency financial assistance and soup kitchen for anyone in need. Agency also manages a transitional living residence for men or women referred by a shelter and a rental assistance program which uses HUD vouchers to help individuals and families who are homeless and permanently disabled find housing in scattered site apartments throughout New Britain. Elegibility: HPRP provides funding to assist families and individuals who are at imminent risk of homelessness. Must be "imminently at risk of becoming literally homeless within the next 6-15 days": *Being evicted within 6-15 days from private dwelling (own home, or family/friend s home), OR *Being discharged from an institution in which the person has been a resident for more than 30 consecutive days, OR *Living in housing that has been condemned by housing officials and is no longer considered habitable, OR *Fleeing a domestic violence housing situation. IN ADDITION TO ONE OF THE ABOVE: *No appropriate housing options have been identified, and *The person lacks the financial resources and support networks needed to obtain immediate housing or remain in their existing housing. NOTE: If literally homeless or imminently homelessness (within 5 days), refer to homeless shelter. Hours of operation: Walk-in: M,W,TH: 9:30am-12noon Application must be filed within six months of leaving TFA; Client obtains a referral letter from their DSS worker; Client fills out the pre-application form on the other side of the referral letter; Client then mails the completed application to John D Amelia and Associates. .. (continue to details page for more info and costs)
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Resident of New Britain experiencing a non-recurring, unexpected, documentable hardship; In danger of eviction or foreclosure; Income must be at or below 60% of the state median income; Monthly rent/mortgage cannot exceed 60% of gross monthly income .. (continue to details page for more info and costs)
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Family has received TFA but is not currently receiving TFA; Must file application for T-RAP within six months of leaving TFA; Must be living in privately owned rental housing and must not already be receiving a rental subsidy .. (continue to details page for more info and costs)
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*Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program* On February 17, 2009, President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009,which ludes $1.5 billion for a Homelessness Prevention Fund. Funding for this program, called the Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP), is being distributed based on the formula used for the Emergency Shelter Grants (ESG) program. Grantees may provide rental assistance or services to eligible program participants who are residing or would like to reside outside their jurisdiction. They may also fund ubgrantees that serve persons outside of the jurisdiction, subgrantees that are located outside of the jurisdiction, and subgrantees that serve multiple jurisdictions. A grantee may establish more stringent requirements, such as requiring that HPRP funds be spent within the jurisdiction or establishing a residency requirement,but HUD is not setting these requirements. Counties served:New Haven County .. (continue to details page for more info and costs)
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