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communItyInvestmentCommunityInvestment-HousingandHomelessnessRequestforProposalsRFPRecognizingtheopportunitytomakeagreatercommunityimpactbyharnessingthecollectiveenergyomanytheUnitedWayoGreaterWilliamsburgUWGWdecidedin2014toissueaRequestorProposalstoaddresshousingandhomelessnessintheGreaterWilliamsburgcommunity.In2015UWGWwillconsiderpropsalsoragrantoupto500000overathreeyearperiodtoundacollaborativeproject.TeBoardoDirectorsacknowledgeshomelessnessandhousinginsecurityasapersistenthumanserviceneedintheGreaterWilliamsburgcommunity.TeUnitedWayhasbeenworkingtoassistthehomelessandprecariouslyhousedpopulationoryearsthroughinvestmentintransitionalhousingprogramsandthroughworkattheUnitedWayCommunityResourceCenter.AsstewardsoUnitedWayresourcestheBoardviewsthisnewinitiativeasasignifcantopportunitytoencourageinnovationandresponsivenesstohousingchallengesinourcommunity.ItisincumbentupontheUnitedWaytoaddresshousingandhomelessnesssothatstrugglingmembersoourcommunityareprovidedwiththenecessarysupportstocombathousinginsecurity.TisnewopportunitywillallowthepeopleandagenciesassociatedwiththeUnitedWayoGreaterWilliamsburgandmanyadditionalcommunitygroupsandindividualstocollaborateoneortstoaddresshousingchallenges.TisRFPisinadditiontotraditionalUnitedWaycommunityinvestmentinhealthandhumanserviceprograms.UnitedWayorganizationsacrossthecountryandaroundtheworldregularlyengageinsimilarlystructuredprocessesthataredesignedtotacklespecifcandpressingcommunityneedssuchashousingandhomelessness.HousingandHomelessnessinGreaterWilliamsburgAcceptedstandardsinthefeldohousingadvisethatrentersarefnanciallyburdeneditheyarepayingmorethan30otheirincometowardhousing.StatisticsonhousingoccupationandcostsromtheU.S.CensusBureausuggestthatmanyresidentsinGreaterWilliamsburgacehousingaordabilitychallengesapproximately50orentersinWilliamsburgJamesCityCountyandYorkCountyarepaying30ormoreotheirincometowardhousing.UnitedWayalongwithlocalhousingserviceprovidersrecognizethatmanyindividualsandamiliesunabletofndaordablehousingunitsotenliveinlocalmotelsandhotelsorextendedperiodsotime.Tisisanuntenablehousingsolution.Housingaordabilitychallengesareotencompoundedbycontributingactorstohomelessnessincludingunemploymentorunderemploymentsubstanceabuseandormentalillnessdomesticviolencecreditissuescriminalhistoryandnumerouschallengesrelatedtoalackofnancialeducationplanningabilityandlieskills.AccordingtodatacollectedbytheUnitedWayCommunityResourceCenterCRC166personsonaverageseekassistanceorrentmortgageorsheltereachmonthattheCRC.HousingPartnersShannonWoloszynowskiSt.BedeCatholicChurchRosemaryHertzlerSalvationArmySharonGibson-EllisUnitedWayofGreaterWilliamsburgKimRodreguzCommunityResourceCenter.AlexgraduatedfromtheRe-entryProgramin2014andisnowresidinginahousewithhisgirlfriendCCthroughUnitedWaysupport.