Welcome to CSH's new blog, The Pipeline. This is where you'll find all things CSH -- from industry news and events, to local groundbreakings, to our thoughts on the latest supportive housing research.
Groundbreaking in Bloomington, IN
LifeDesign and Shalom Center held a groundbreaking ceremony in Bloomington, IN for the Crawford Apartments. This 25 unit supportive housing development will serve people experiencing chronic homelessness and is named after Frank Crawford. Mr. Crawford experienced chronic homelessness and regularly required emergency medical help for various conditions. After dying on the street, his body was found in a dumpster. This upsetting and tragic event is...
CSH in the News – January 2013
Here is a collection of news stories from January that feature CSH and our work. USA Today, January 6 Ky. Program Targets Jail's Revolving-Door Offenders, Stults is now the poster child for an intense new treatment program planned by Metro Corrections and Seven County Services that will target the jail's 50 top revolving-door offenders, whose chronic struggles with mental illness, substance abuse, homelessness and criminal recidivism rack up millions...
100K Homes Indianapolis Community Briefing
On February 11, CSH co-facilitated a community briefing with the Coalition for Homelessness Intervention and Prevention and City of Indianapolis to share Registry Week results, next steps, and ways to become involved in this effort. Registry Week involved surveying people sleeping outside during the last week of January between the hours of 4am - 7am for three days using a combined Point in Time Count Survey and Vulnerability Index. Click here to...
Supportive Housing Funded in Muncie, IN
The Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority announced the award of Low Income Housing Tax Credits for 20 developments at their board meeting this morning. Walnut Commons, a 44 unit supportive housing development in Muncie for those experiencing chronic homelessness, including Veterans, was on of the stellar projects funded. Meridian Health Services partnered with Daveri Development on Walnut Commons and attended the Indiana Permanent...
Bipartisan Policy Center Report Calls for Dramatic Steps to Address Housing Needs
This week the Bipartisan Policy Center released a highly anticipated report to offer recommendations for the future of U.S. housing policy. The report included several implications for the supportive housing industry by offering new proposals for structuring rental assistance, dramatically increasing the amount of Low Income Housing Tax Credits, and expanding and restructuring our homelessness prevention system. A theme throughout the report calls...
Federal Health Reform Implementation Moving Forward
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) got 2013 off to a fast start by issuing several new regulations to get the country a few steps closer to implementing the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Large pieces of the ACA, such as the Medicaid expansion and state health insurance exchanges for those without health insurance but not eligible for Medicaid, go into effect in 2014. However, CMS must issue regulations to guide states, managed care...
Looming Sequestration Threatens Supportive Housing Programs – Act Now!
Unless an agreement is reached before March 1st, significant budget cuts will be enacted through sequestration. This will result in dramatic and potentially long-lasting damage to the programs we hold dear and provide much needed housing and services to the most vulnerable among us. As it stands now programs such a McKinney-Vento, HOME and CBDG among many other programs would be subject to a 5.2% cut this year, with deeper cuts in subsequent years. ...
Desert Leaf Apartments Opens in Arizona
Moving forward with a vision of expanding supportive housing for homeless families and individuals, A New Leaf Cottages hosted the grand opening of Desert Leaf Apartments, an 18-unit one and two bedroom permanent supportive housing complex in Mesa, Arizona. The project was initiated and advanced through CSH’s Supportive Housing Institute. The project is an excellent example of regional collaboration between major cities to end homelessness. The...
Meet the CSH Board: Jim Logue
Jim Logue, Chair of the CSH Board of Directors, answers a few questions in our Meet the Board Series, he is the Chief Operating Officer of Great Lakes Capital Fund. Q: Why did you join the CSH Board? When my good friend and colleague Deb DeSantis, President and CEO of CSH, asked me if I would be interested in joining the board, it was a very easy decision. I have seen first-hand the critical role CSH played in Michigan and Indiana in the development...
Rescue Mission of Trenton Groundbreaking
L-R Debbie Usgood Hopewell Valley CommunityBank, Anthony Marchetta NJ Housing & Finance Mortgage Agency, Pascal Seradainan, Delia Bass-Dandridge board President, Senator Shirley K. Turner, Mary Gay Abbott-Young CEO Rescue Mission of Trenton, Ann Marie Uebbing HUD, Colleen Velez Corporation for Supportive Housing, Vernett Sherrill City of Trenton On Sept. 28 at 9 a.m., the Rescue Mission of Trenton hosted the official groundbreaking for...
