Providers

- Better Way of Miami
- Camillus House
- Carrfour Supportive Housing
- Catholic Charities
- Chapman Partnership
- Citrus Health Network
- City of Miami
- City of Miami Beach
- Douglas Gardens Community Mental Health Center
- Educate Tomorrow
- Hermanos de la Calle
- Fellowship House
- Lotus House
- Mia Casa
- Miami-Dade Community Action and Human Services Department
- Miami Homes for All
- Miami Rescue Mission
- Miami Recovery Project
- New Hope CORPS
- New Horizons Community Mental Health Center
- The Advocate Program, Inc.
- The Salvation Army
- Volunteers of America
The Trust also collaborates closely with a number of organizations which offer primary care, behavioral health, career and other services for persons experiencing homelessness, including:
The Homeless Trust is using iSpring's Learning Management System to offer training to staff working with agencies under contract with the Homeless Trust.
Registered staff can access the training site at https://miamidade-ht-training.ispringlearn.com. To register for iSpring, email Karina Garcia at karina.garcia@miamidade.gov.
Housing Quality Standards (HQS) Inspections
Veteran’s Administration Resources
- Healthcare for Homeless
- Support Services for Veteran Families Resource
- Healthcare for Homeless Vets Trifold Flyer
Critical Time Intervention Supervisor Resources
- CTI Supervisors Session Slides
- CTI Self Assessment
- CTI phase date form
- CTI RRH Team Supervision Form
Critical Time Intervention Training 1 of 2
- Meeting Recording
Access Passcode: Hz7R=.@2 - CTI Assessment Domains
- CTI Self Assessment
- CTI Session One Slides
- CTI Rapid Re-Housing Self Assessment Tool
Critical Time Intervention Training 2 of 2
Pre-Critical Time Intervention Training 1 and 2
Social Security Online Benefits
Equal Access and Gender Identity Training
Legal Services of Greater Miami New Tenants Rights’ Ordinances Training
- Meeting Recording
Passcode: &QV&jVq8 - Eviction Defense Slideshow with County Ordinances May 2022
Refugee Services
SSI/SSDI Outreach, Access, and Recovery (SOAR)
Shared Housing
- Meeting Recording
Passcode: 94*0WuW+
Shared Housing Messaging and Matching Tools
Access Point Training
(Published 6/03/2024)
Miami-Dade County, through the Miami-Dade County Homeless Trust (Homeless Trust), is requesting applications to renew existing United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (USHUD) Continuum of Care funds OR apply for new federal funding to provide housing, support services, and other eligible activities benefiting persons experiencing homelessness, including persons fleeing Domestic Violence. A Collaborative Application will be submitted to USHUD in response to its Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for Fiscal Year 2024 Continuum of Care Program Competition. Funding being sought as part of this solicitation is contingent on the Homeless Trust being awarded funds.
We invite currently funded and new non-profit providers, Tribes and government agencies including Housing Authorities to review this RFA and apply to renew existing projects or submit an application for a new project(s). THIS RFA IS SUBJECT TO THE CONE OF SILENCE, COUNTY ORDINANCE 98-106. In order to maintain a fair and impartial competitive process, the County can only answer questions at the Pre-Application Workshop and questions emailed to the RFA contact person. Respondents must avoid private communications with prospective applicants during the application preparation and evaluation process. Please contact the Homeless Trust if the Request for Application documents are required in an alternative format or language. Responses to this RFA are due no later than July 19, 2024 at 2 p.m. eastern standard time.
Please refer to the RFA and application materials posted below for instructions on how to compile and submit responses to this solicitation.
- HUD NOFO RFA
- Attachment 1 Scoring, Ranking and Reallocation Process
- Attachment 2 RFA Checklist
- Attachment 3 Consolidated Project Application
- Attachment 4 New Project Application
- Attachment 5 Detailed Budget
- Attachment 6 Renewal Project Application
- Attachment 7 Certificate of Consistency
- Attachment 8 Indirect Costs Explained
- Attachment 9 Miami-Dade County Affidavits
- Attachment 10 Previous Contractual Relationship
- Attachment 11 W9
- Attachment 12 Certification Page
- Attachment 13 Match Chart
- Attachment 14 HUD Affidavits
- Attachment 16 Renaming Existing project
- Attachment 17 Drug Free Workplace
- Attachment 18 Renewal Project Scoring Tool
- Attachment 20 New Project Score Sheet
A Virtual Pre-Application Workshop will be held via Microsoft Teams at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 10, 2025. To join the meeting click here or dial +1 786 628 2782 access code: 638 640 780#. For a calendar invitation to the meeting please email mannys@miamidade.gov. We recommend downloading the Microsoft Teams application at least 1 hour before attending.
Attendance at the Pre-Application Workshop is strongly recommended. We invite tribes, non-profit and for-profit providers, and government agencies to review the Requests for Applications (RFA) and submit an application. The RFA is subject to the Cone of Silence, County Ordinance 98-106.
The County can only answer written questions or questions posed at the Pre-Application Workshop to maintain a fair and impartial competitive process. It must avoid private communications with prospective applicants during the application preparation and evaluation. Please contact the Homeless Trust if the Request for Application documents are required in an alternative format or language. The deadline for submission of responses to this application is 2:00 p.m. EST on Thursday, July 10, 2025. Please refer to the Homeless Trust website for instructions on compiling and submitting your response(s) to this solicitation.
Miami-Dade County, through the Miami-Dade County Homeless Trust (Homeless Trust), is requesting proposals to select providers for Street Outreach, Emergency Shelter, Permanent Supportive Housing and Homeless Prevention activities funded through the Food and Beverage tax (F&B) or the State Office on Homelessness (State).
Interested renewal and new project respondents must review the RFA and the Neighborly User Guide, and apply through Neighborly portal. To create an account, or log-in click here.
Funding being sought as part of this solicitation is contingent on respondents being selected by the Selection Committee appointed by the Miami-Dade County Mayor.
A Virtual Pre-Application Workshop will be held via Microsoft Teams at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, May 12, 2025. To join the meeting click here or dial 1 (786) 628-2782 and enter Passcode: 338 420 292#. For a calendar invitation to the meeting please email mannys@miamidade.gov. We recommend downloading the Microsoft Teams application at least 1 hour before attending.
Attendance at the Pre-Application Workshop is strongly recommended. We invite tribes, non-profit and for-profit providers, and government agencies to review the Requests for Applications (RFA) and apply to renew existing projects or submit an application for a new project(s). THE RFA IS SUBJECT TO THE CONE OF SILENCE, COUNTY ORDINANCE 98-106. The County can only answer questions at the Pre-Application Workshop to maintain a fair and impartial competitive process. It must avoid private communications with prospective applicants during the application preparation and evaluation. Please contact the Homeless Trust if the Request for Application documents are required in an alternative format or language. The deadline for submission of responses to this application is 1:00 p.m. EST on Monday, June 16, 2025. Please refer to the Homeless Trust website for instructions on compiling and submitting your response(s) to this solicitation.
Miami-Dade County is not liable for any cost incurred by the applicant in responding to the Request for Applications, and we reserve the right to modify or amend the application deadline schedule if it is deemed necessary or in the interest of Miami-Dade County. Miami-Dade County also reserves the right to accept or reject all applications, to waive technicalities or irregularities, and to accept applications that are in the best interest of Miami-Dade County. Miami-Dade County provides equal access and opportunity in employment and services and does not discriminate based on age, gender, race, or disability.
Questions regarding this RFA must be emailed to Mr. Manuel Sarria, Assistant Executive Director of The Homeless Trust, at mannys@miamidade.gov.
Continuum of Care (CoC) Policies and Procedures
The Homeless Trust, in partnership with its network of partners and providers, has developed standards of care, policies and procedures that guide the operations of the CoC’s housing and service delivery for persons at risk of or experiencing homelessness. Below are links to our standards, policies and forms, which can help prospective providers familiarize themselves with our CoC.
The CoC aims to offer individuals and families experiencing homelessness access to housing regardless of the complexity or severity of their needs and without preconditions or service participation requirements. Determine if your proposed project is Housing First oriented by reviewing both this checklist and this locally adopted Housing First Framework.
- Street Outreach
- Project Based Rental Assistance
- People with Lived Experience Payment and Stipend Reimbursement Policy
- Coordinated Entry
- Youth Coordinated Entry
- Grievance Standards for SSO & PH
- Grievance Standards for ES, SH, TH
- Orders of Priority for Referral
- Homeless Management Information System Data Quality Standards
- Emergency Shelter
- Homeless Prevention
- Permanent Supportive Housing
- Rapid Re-Housing
- Diversion Standards
- Helpline
- Participation of Homeless Persons Policy
- Maintstream Benefits Policy
- Hotel/Motel
- HMIS Adding Anonymous Clients
- Incident Reporting
- Equal Access
- Sample Provider Equal Access Policy
- CoC Review, Score, Ranking, and Reallocation
- Client Satisfaction Survey
- Homeless Management Information System Manual
- VAWA
- Rent Connect and Landlord Mitigation Fund
- Permanent Supportive Housing Tenant Based Rental Assistance
- Permanent Supportive Housing Leasing Policy
- Compliance Monitoring
- Extreme Heat Activation Response and Recovery
- Cold Weather
- Moving Up Strategy
- Miami-Dade HUD ESG Waivers 2021
- CoC Provider Training Process
- Coordinated Entry Grievance Process
- Third Party Homeless Observation
General Forms
- Grievance Request
- Grievance Request Spanish
- Grievance Request Creole
- Required Documentation Checklist for Permanent Housing
- Homeless Prevention Common Assessment
- Disability Verification
- Moving Up Withdrawal
- Moving Up Assessment
- Waiver for permanent housing/Third Party Verification of Homelessness
- Affordable Housing Homeless Referral Assessment
- Homeless Verification
- HMIS Provider Agreement
- HMIS End user Utilization Survey
- HMIS End User Acknowledgement
- HMIS Privacy Notice and Release of Information English
- HMIS Privacy Notice and Release of Information Spanish
- HMIS Privacy Notice and Release of Information Creole
- Incident Report
- Incident Report Root Cause Analysis
- Customer Satisfaction Survey
- Agency Housing/ Service Referral Form for Employees of Homeless Trust Funded Programs
- VAWA Form 5383 Emergency Transfer Request
- VAWA Form 5380 Notice of Occupancy Rights
- VAWA Form 5382 DV, sexual assault or stalking certification
- VAWA Form 91067 lease amendment
- Notification of Owners VAWA Rights and Obligations
- Stability Voucher Homeless Verification Form
- Self Certification of Homelessness
Permanent Supportive Housing Forms
- HUD Form 1411
- Affidavit of No Income
- Apartment Comparison Checklist
- Application
- Authorization to Release HUD Form 9886
- Certification Appointment Letter
- Certification Checklist
- CoC-Tenant-Based-CENST-Format
- Declaration of Immigrant Section 214 Status
- Denial of Assistance
- Employment Verification Form
- Homeless Trust New Owner Vendor Payee Packet
- Housing Search Period Extension
- Housing Search Worksheet
- Income & Rent Calculation Worksheet
- Landlord Excess Payment Notice
- Landlord-Tenant-Case Manager Communication Agreement
- Lease Addendum
- Landlord Participation Agreement for Legacy Shelter Plus Care
- Missed Certification Appointment Notice
- Missing Documents Letter
- Move In Authorization
- Mutual Early Lease Termination Agreement
- Notice of Class II Violation
- Notice or Request to Move
- Owner HUD Lead Disclosure Form
- Participant Handbook
- Program Termination Notice
- Randon Notice
- Request for Reasonable Accommodation
- Request for Accommodation Hospitalization or Treatment
- Request for Live In Aide
- Request to Add Roommate
- Supplicant to Application HUD 92006
- Survivorship Rights Letter (Death)
- Survivorship Rights Letter (Incarceration or Institutionalization)
- Third Party Contribution Certification
- What Does My Lease Say
- Landlord Participation Agreement for PSH
- HUD Fair Housing brochure
- HUD Lead Based Paint brochure
- Housing Quality Standards (HQS) Checklist
- Housing Quality Standards (HQS) Long Form
- TBRA mixed households rent calculation examples
Rapid Rehousing Forms
- Assistance Denial Letter
- Landlord Participation Agreement
- Landlord-Tenant-Case Mgr Communication Agreement
- Application
- Rent Reasonable Checklist
- Habitability Standards Checklist
- Housing Quality Standards (HQS) Checklist
- Housing Quality Standards (HQS) Long Form
- Financial Assessment of Need
- Subsidy Calculation Worksheet
- Referral Screening
- Housing Stability Plan