Specifications include, but are not limited to: Heading Home Washington, the FHPAP Advisory Board, has elected to dedicate 100% of this grant proposal to Prevention. Prevention is intended to reduce the number of people who become homeless and includes a set of strategies to assist people in maintaining permanent housing or divert them from entering the homeless system. Service strategies are focused on addressing the immediate housing crisis and can be integrated with other mainstream resources to address more long-term needs. FHPAP is designed to prevent homelessness by assisting people at imminent risk of homelessness (or doubled up), and assistance is targeted toward those who will most likely experience homelessness within 30 days if they do not receive assistance. Permanent housing includes a number of living situations such as home ownership, household renting with their own lease, renting in a roommate situation, living in a host home or other permanent tenure. Grantees should choose activities that target FHPAP resources to best meet community needs and assist those households most likely to experience homelessness if assistance were not provided. Prevention is temporary financial assistance and/or supportive services to assist people in maintaining existing permanent housing, relocation to more appropriate permanent housing, and/or diverting them from entering the homeless system. Households must meet FHPAP eligibility criteria.
