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s TREASURE COAST HOMELESS SERVICES COUNCIL., INC. CONTINUUM OF CARE EXHIBIT THREE : PROJECT PRIORITY # TWO Section A. Project Narrative 1. Project Summary : The Indian River County Board of Commissioners as the statutory applicant in this consolidated application is requesting up to $400, 140. 00 in Tenant Based Rental Assistance to provide for permanent affordable rental housing for at least thirteen chronically homeless mentally ill and/or substance abusing adults in Indian River County. The Indian River County Department of Human Services will administer the tenant based rental assistance and will oversee the delivery of services to the assisted tenants to assure that the required services match is met and that tenants maximize the access to mainstream resources other affordable housing to which they are or may become entitled. Selected tenants will be expected to rent units in Indian River County which meet the threshold for housing quality standards under 24CFR982 . 401 . Indian River County Department of Human Services delivers a wide range of services to indigent and homeless individuals and families in Indian River County. As the Social Services arm of the Indian River County local government, it provides information and referral, access to entitlements, rental assistance, funds for emergency prescriptions, transportation vouchers, case management, referrals for medical assistance and funds for indigent burial . 2. Homeless Population to be served. Shelter Plus Care funds are being requested to develop and deliver a new tenant based rental assistance project over a period of five years to house and serve these chronically homeless individuals who are mentally ill, some of whom also exhibit chronic substance abuse. These clients are primarily the long term chronic population served by New Horizons of the Treasure Coast, The Mental Health Association and Family Preservation Services who have difficulty maintaining housing and continually end up on the streets due to the nature of their disabilities. Many of these clients are living in camps in the woods behind public buildings in the city of Vero Beach. Others are "living" in abandoned housing which is condemned but has not yet been torn down, just outside the city limits in Gifford. These buildings have no plumbing, no water and no electricity. These funds will meet the clients ' needs for clean, safe, affordable housing and should improve their ability to stay engaged in treatment. This population primarily exhibits severe mental illness, often with chronic substance abuse. Many also have serious physical health problems. The Shelter Plus Care Committee of the Treasure Coast Continuum of Care will select the tenants and coordinate the long term supportive services required to keep these individuals in the housing. The Shelter Plus Care Committee is chaired by the County, who is acting as applicant. Recipients of the rental assistance will be required to remain housed in Indian River County over the five year period of the rental assistance in order to assure access to their major service providers who monitor their medication and provide other outpatient services . Clients will come from New Horizons of the Treasure Coast, the Mental Health Association, The Source Ministerial Outreach Program and the Homeless Assistance Form MM 40076-CoC(2003) OMB Approval No.2506-0112 (exp.06/30/2003)