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Collaborative Pilot Initiative on Homelessness <br />Page 4 <br />(c) Chronically homeless persons have been reported as constituting approximately ten <br />percent of the homeless population who consume more than half of the homeless resources.2 <br />Sec. 14 -117 Definitions. <br />For purposes of this Article, the following definitions shall apply: <br />(a) CoC means the Continuum of Care agencies identified in the Annual Action Plan who <br />work together to "design and implement a collaborative process based on referrals and <br />complementary programs and services of the homeless; <br />(b) ESG Program means the program receiving federal funds allocated as part of the <br />Emergency Solutions Grant which is addressed in the most recent Action Plan of the Housing and <br />Community Development'; <br />(c) Homeless camp means a place on public property with temporary accommodations of <br />tents or other structures in which homeless persons have been living; and <br />(d) Homeless individual or homeless person has the meaning set forth in 24 Code of <br />Federal Regulations (CFR) Section 11302.4 <br />Benner L, Klugman L, Spencer R, Macchia I, Mellinger AK, Fif D., Mortality in a Cohort of Homeless Adults in <br />Philadelphia, New England Journal of Medicine 1994; 331: 304 -309. <br />Z "Home & Healthy for Good — A Statewide Pilot Housing First Program Progress Report July 2008 ", Massachusetts <br />Housing and Shelter Alliance www.mhsa.net , p. 2; Kuhn R, Culhane DP., Applying Cluster Analysis to Test a <br />Typology of Homelessness by Pattern of Shelter Utilization: Results from the Analysis of Administrative Data, <br />American Journal of Community Psychology 1998; 26 (2): 207 -232. <br />s The "Housing and Community Development Fifth year Action Plan (2014)" notes on page 1 that $165,439 was <br />allocated from Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funds in 2014. It is further noted on page 2 of the Action Plan the <br />"efforts to prevent homelessness and assist the homeless will continue to be supported with Emergency Solutions <br />Grant (ESG) funds, as well as HEARTH McKinney -Vento Homeless funds. 2012 ESG funding will be allocated as <br />follows: 60% for operations, emergency shelters and outreach, 39% for rapid re- housing and 1% for program <br />administration ". On page 6 of the Action Plan it is noted that "the city has a seat on the CoC and attends meetings <br />regularly... Recent state policy to exclude St. Joseph County agencies from applying for State ESG funds is a <br />recognized issue that will impact the community and the agencies..." (Emphasis added). It further reports on page <br />45 that recent entities receiving EDG funding included the Center for he Homeless, the YWCA, the Youth Services <br />Bureau, Dismas House, Life Treatment Center and AIDS Assist/Ministries. <br />4 42 CFR § 11302 reads in part as follows "(1) an individual or family who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate <br />nighttime residence; (2) an individual or family with a primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place <br />not designed for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings, including a car, park, <br />abandoned building, bus or train station, airport, or camping ground; (3) an individual or family living in a supervised <br />publicly or privately operated shelter designated to provide temporary living arrangements ... (4) an individual who <br />resided in a shelter or place not meant for human habitation and who is exiting an institution where he or she <br />temporarily lived; (5)an individual or family who ... will imminently lose their housing... has no subsequent residence <br />identified; and ... lacks the resources or support networks needed to obtain other permanent housing; and (6) <br />