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fflit Ordinance No. AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, AMENDING CHAPTER 14 OF THE SOUTH BEND MUNICIPAL CODE BY THE INCLUSION OF NEW ARTICLE 12 ENTITLED COLLABORATIVE PILOT INITIATIVE ON HOMELESSNESS TATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND INTENT The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requires that "Continuums of Care" conduct an annual count of homeless persons. The annual Housing Inventory Count (HIC) is a point -in -time inventory count required by HUD of "sheltered and unsheltered homeless persons on a single night in January... of homeless person who are sheltered in emergency shelter, transitional housing, and Safe Havens on a single night ". The Homeless Point -in -Time Counts include an "inventory of provider programs within a Continuum of Care that provide beds and units dedicated to serve persons who are homeless, categorized by five Program Types: Emergency Shelter, Transitional Housing, Rapid Re- housing, Safe Haven, and Permanent Supportive Housing ". HUD data from the 2014 Point -In -Time Homeless Count as well as the Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance Programs Housing Inventory Count Report for the State of Indiana, which are informative exhibits to this Bill, along with a summary of all fifty (50) states showing the "Change in Total Homelessness" from 2007 to 2014. Additional data may be obtained from www.hudexchange.info/hdx/ ug ides /pit -hic/ 2015 data will begin to be entered on April 1, 2015 into HUD's Homelessness Data Exchange (HDX) web portal which will have a listsery to Continuums of Care. HUD has also created a new website on the HUD Exchange entitled "Point -in -Time Count Implementation Tools" to assist communities. The website for the Indiana Housing & Community Development Authority www.in.gov /ihcda gives access to critical information from foreclosure prevention to rental assistance; Section 8 /Subsidized Housing to Weatherization/Energy Conservation "designed for residents of Indiana to learn more about the resources and programs available through the IHCDA ". Under the "Homeless Hoosiers" category information is provided on emergency shelters and transitional housing; as well as emergency solutions grant rapid re- housing (ESG RR). A list of the emergency shelters by county is an exhibit to this Bill. The Indiana Planning Council on the Homeless was established as an "overall planning body for initiatives aimed at ending homelessness in Indiana, and committed to using a comprehensive approach to develop, operate, and improve Indiana's continuum of homelessness solutions ". It includes persons from the private and public sectors, academics and formerly homeless individuals who focus their efforts in four (4) committee areas: 1. Quality and Performance; Housing and Program Continuum Development; 3. Funding and Strategies; and 4. Coordinating.