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Collaborative Pilot Initiative on Homelessness Page 4 (c) Chronically homeless persons have been reported as constituting approximately ten percent of the homeless population who consume more than half of the homeless resources .2 Sec. 14 -117 Definitions. For purposes of this Article, the following definitions shall apply: (a) CoC means the Continuum of Care agencies identified in the Annual Action Plan who work together to "design and implement a collaborative process based on referrals and complementary programs and services of the homeless; (b) ESG Program means the program receiving federal funds allocated as part of the Emergency Solutions Grant which is addressed in the most recent Action Plan of the Housing and Community Development3; (c) Homeless camp means a place on public property with temporary accommodations of tents or other structures in which homeless persons have been living; and (d) Homeless individual or homeless person has the meaning set forth in 24 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Section 11302 4 Benner L, Klugman L, Spencer R, Macchia I, Mellinger AK, Fif D., Mortality in a Cohort of Homeless Adults in Philadelphia, New England Journal of Medicine 1994; 331: 304 -309. z "Home & Healthy for Good — A Statewide Pilot Housing First Program Progress Report July 2008 ", Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance www.mhsa.net , p. 2; Kuhn R, Culhane DP., Applying Cluster Analysis to Test a Typology of Homelessness by Pattern of Shelter Utilization: Results from the Analysis of Administrative Data, American Journal of Community Psychology 1998; 26 (2): 207 -232. s The "Housing and Community Development Fifth year Action Plan (2014)' notes on page I that $165,439 was allocated from Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funds in 2014. It is further noted on page 2 of the Action Plan the "efforts to prevent homelessness and assist the homeless will continue to be supported with Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funds, as well as HEARTH McKinney -Vento Homeless funds. 2012 ESG funding will be allocated as follows: 60% for operations, emergency shelters and outreach, 39% for rapid re- housing and 1% for program administration ". On page 6 of the Action Plan it is noted that "the city has a seat on the CoC and attends meetings regularly... Recent state policy to exclude St. Joseph County agencies from applying for State ESG funds is a recognized issue that will impact the community and the agencies..." (Emphasis adder!). It further reports on page 45 that recent entities receiving EDG funding included the Center for he Homeless, the YWCA, the Youth Services Bureau, Dismas House, Life Treatment Center and AIDS Assist/Ministries. ° 42 CFR §11302 reads in part as follows "(1) an individual or family who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence; (2) an individual or family with a primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place not designed for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings, including a car, park, abandoned building, bus or train station, airport, or camping ground; (3) an individual or family living in a supervised publicly or privately operated shelter designated to provide temporary living arrangements ... (4) an individual who resided in a shelter or place not meant for human habitation and who is exiting an institution where he or she temporarily lived; (5)an individual or family who ... will imminently lose their housing... has no subsequent residence identified; and ... lacks the resources or support networks needed to obtain other permanent housing; and (6)