Licking County Coalition for Housing Inc

“Committee with authority to act on behalf of the board: there are no committees with authority to act on behalf of the board.”

“Form 990 review process: the fiscal committee assists in data collection for the 990 and the committee will review the 990 prior to filing with the irs.”

“Form 990 review process: the fiscal committee assists in data collection for the 990 and the committee will review the 990 prior to filing with the irs.”

“Documents available to the public: the organization's conflict of interest policy, governing documents and financial statements are available upon request. These documents may also be viewed at the organization's office.”

“Process for determining compensation: the executive director's compensation was determined as follows: the board's personnel committee, comprised of independent board members, reviewed compensation for similarly situated directors in the licking county area and prepared a written recommendation for presentation to the board's executive committee, also comprised of independent board members, which made the compensation decision.”

“Community transitions program (ctp) - ctp is a program sponsored by the corporation for supportive housing that seeks to provide recovery supports, including housing assistance, to individuals exiting state of ohio prisons who have participated in substance use treatment or recovery services while incarcerated. Funded by the ohio department of mental health and addiction services in partnership with the corporation for supportive housing, ctp served 27 adults during 2020-2021 in 9 ohio counties. Project homeline - the project homeline program provides homelessness prevention and rehousing assistance, housing information and referrals, budgeting and case management services. During the 2020-2021 fiscal year, 88 households received emergency aid for rent, deposit and/or utility assistance. Lcch staff responded to an additional 3,060 phone and online inquiries for technical assistance, housing counseling, budgeting and other life skills associated with housing. Returning home ohio (rho) - rho is a program sponsored by the ohio department of rehabilitation and correction and the corporation for supportive housing that is aimed at preventing homelessness and reducing recidivism for those who have been released from state of ohio prisions. The rho program provided case management and financial assistance to 19 adults with severe and persistant mental illness to promote housing stability during 2020-2021. Volunteer income tax assistance (vita) - vita is a program sponsored by the internal revenue service offering free income tax assistance to eligible low and moderate-income taxpayers. Certified volunteers prepare tax returns and offer referrals to area resources and financial education opportunities. During 2020-2021, 9 irs-certified volunteers and 5 lcch staff prepared 1,479 tax returns, returning $2,358,574 in federal and state refunds to the local economy. Housing opportunities for people with aids/hiv (hopwa) - the hopwa program provides short and long term rental assistance to households that have a person residing in the home that has been diagnosed hiv or aids. This program works to ensure households have secure housing so they are able to focus on their health. Lcch, in partnership with columbus public health (cph), began operating the hopwa program starting in january 2020. From july 1, 2020 through june 30, 2021 lcch assisted 3 households with long-term assistance and 2 households with short-term assistance. Ohio housing finance agency (ohfa) provided emergency housing assistance funds to ohio homeless planning region 9 to help mitigate the spread of covid-19, with lcch as the administrator. A second program, funded in partnership with omhas, was focused on helping those leaving the criminal justice system to secure safe housing during the pandemic. Lcch and its partners served 51 households in the region 9 counties (licking, fairfield, knox, muskingum, holmes and coshocton). Rental activity - in conjunction with the licking county board of developmental disabilities ("the board"), the organization provides residential housing opportunities for developmentally disabled adults to reside in "their own home" while receiving supervised care and guidance.”

“Lcch eviction prevention program - a short-term effort funded by the licking county commissioners and city of newark, utilized $1.1 million in federal cares act funds to provide rental and utility assistance to licking county residents unable to pay their rent due to the covid-19 pandemic. The 6-month program assisted 542 renter households, paying rental arrearages to over 240 property owners. Housing now for homeless families (hnhf) - starting in july 2020, in partnership with cohhio, lcch began operating the hnhf program to assist homeless and at-risk of homeless families in licking county, oh. This program provides rapid re-housing (rrh) assistance to households that are literally homeless and homeless prevention (hp) assistance for families that are at risk of becoming homeless. Lcch assisted 53 households through hnhf hp and 2 households through rrh. Community development block grant (cdbg)-cv - funding received through the cares act, from the city of newark to pay a staff member to process applications for a rent and mortgage assitance program. Grant per diem (gpd) - funds, from the veteran's administration, are used to provide five units of transitional housing to homeless veterans and their families.”