FINAL 2018 Housing & Community Development Action Plan

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' AP-10 Consultation - 91.100, 91.200(b), 91.215(1) ' 1. Introduction The 2018 Action Plan is prepared in consultation with community, governmental, public housing authorities, and nonprofit service and neighborhood organizations. Several federal, state and regional ' sources for information on economic, health, assisted housing, and social service issues are utilized. Dialogue with local sub-grantees and the St. Joseph County Homeless Regional Planning Council is on-going. Provide a concise summary of the jurisdiction's activities to enhance coordination between public and assisted housing providers and private and governmental health, mental health and service agencies (91.215(1)). The City of South Bend has a seat on the RPC and attends regular monthly meetings. The Planning Council continues to be very active in working cooperatively to apply for relevant grants, and to assess its funding opportunities/challenges. Regular RPC participants include: • Oaklawn Psychiatric Center, which works primarily with mental illness issues; • AIDS Ministries/AIDS Assist, which provides services to HIV/AIDS patients; • Youth Service Bureau, which services unaccompanied youth under the age of 25; • YWCA, a domestic violence shelter; • Dismas House, which serves ex-offenders; • Brightpoint, which serves to eliminate conditions of poverty; • The Center for the Homeless, which provides services to homeless persons/families; • Life Treatment Centers, which treats persons with substance addictions; and, • The Veterans Administration, serving the veteran population. In addition, regular meetings and/or discussions take place with representatives of local housing authorities, Bridges out of Poverty, and the St.Joseph County Health Department. On behalf of efforts related to the former St. Joseph County Continuum of Care, the City of South Bend contracted with the Corporation for Supportive Housing's (CSH) National Consulting Team to explore the action steps needed to bring the Continuum into compliance with current federal guidance and ' regulations. In addition to requesting analysis of current administrative and oversight compliance, the Continuum expressed interest in exploring the option of joining the Indiana Balance of State Continuum of Care. After review and consultation with CSH, the St. Joseph County Continuum of Care unanimously ' approved reaching out and pursing the process to join the Balance of State. The St. Joseph County CoC officially joined the Indiana Balance of State CoC in 2017 and is now known as the St. Joseph County Regional Planning Council (SJC RPC). Annual Action Plan 5 2018 ' OMB Control No:2506-0117(exp.06/30/2018)