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Description and Purpose of the Consolidated Plan What is a Consolidated Plan? The Consolidated Plan is a comprehensive process prescribed by HUD to identify housing, homeless, community, and economic development needs and resources. A five-year plan is fashioned to address meeting the identified needs. It provides a way for a community to define housing and community development priorities and a way to measure if the activities set forth in the plan are actually meeting these priorities. Why Must We Prepare a Consolidated Plan? A Consolidated Plan is a HUD requirement. It must be completed by communities that receive formula allocations of certain Federal funds, such as: CDBG, HOME, ADDI, Housing Opportunities for Persons with Aids (HOPWA), and ESG grant funds. Each year of the five-year plan, an OYAP report and a Comprehensive Annual Performance Evaluation Report (CAPER) are also submitted to HUD. What are the Required Components of a Consolidated Plan? There are three major parts of the plan and they are 1) a housing and homeless needs assessment, 2) a housing market analysis, and 3) a set of long-term objectives/implementation measures/priorities and strategies/actions that address stated objectives and priority needs in the plan. An OYAP, submitted in each of the five years of the plan, accompanies the Five-Year Consolidated Plan for the first year of the plan. The ©YAP contains the specific projects and activities a jurisdiction will undertake in the coming year with HUD funds to address the implementation measures. What Does the Process Need to Include? HUD is very specific about the process that is to be used to develop and gain input in the development of a plan. It requires communities to do two major activities: 1) to consult with other public and private agencies that provide assistance housing, health services, and social services during the preparation of the plan; and 2) to adopt a plan that encourages participation of citizens (particularly Iow-income and minorities) in the development of the plan. At least two public hearings must be conducted; one prior to publishing the plan to identify needs. The plan must demonstrate that consideration has been made of the comments received in the process. When Was the Last Consolidated Plan Created? The Consolidated Plan 2000 (which was a five-year plan) was created in 2000. This plan is in effect now and will be in effect until June 30, 2005. The plan applies to both Eugene and Springfield. Description of the Citizen Participation Process What Citizen Participation Process Was Used to Formulate and Adopt the Plan? As a citizen participation component in developing a new Five-Year Consolidated Plan, the Cities of Eugene and Springfield had the unique opportunity to collaborate with the United Way of Lane County in its Community Needs and Assets Study. The Needs and Assets Study has been used to monitor key health and human care issues facing Lane County families since 1992. The data generated serves as an important planning tool ]2