ARCH serves as the Collaborative Applicant for the Alabama Balance of State Continuum of Care — but that's only one part of what we do. We're also the region's HUD-designated lead for HMIS and Coordinated Entry, its primary training pipeline through ARCH Academy™, and an agency with a long track record directly administering federal and state homelessness and disaster recovery programs.
Webinars, workshops, and certificate training — including our flagship ALAMP™ program — plus technical assistance.
ARCH is the HUD-designated lead for the Homeless Management Information System and Coordinated Entry for the Balance of State CoC.
ARCH is the HUD-designated Collaborative Applicant for the 37-county Alabama Balance of State CoC (AL-507) — see what that role means.
ARCH is the HUD-designated lead for both HMIS and Coordinated Entry for the Alabama Balance of State Continuum of Care — managing the Homeless Management Information System that agencies across all 37 counties rely on to coordinate client data and track outcomes, and leading the Coordinated Entry process that connects people experiencing homelessness to available housing and services.
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Over the years, ARCH has directly administered a range of federal and state programs addressing homelessness, housing instability, and disaster recovery across Alabama.
HUD program that prevented homelessness and quickly rehoused individuals and families who did become homeless.
HUD's core homelessness assistance program — street outreach, emergency shelter, rapid re-housing, and prevention. Need a CoC certification letter? See ESG Coordination →
CARES Act supplemental ESG funding to prevent, prepare for, and respond to COVID-19 among people experiencing homelessness. See the HOUSE 507 project below ↓
U.S. Treasury funding that helped renters and landlords cover rent and utility costs during the COVID-19 pandemic.
One-on-one case management connecting disaster survivors to the resources they need to recover after a federally declared disaster.
HUD funding to help communities recover from presidentially declared disasters through housing, infrastructure, and economic revitalization.
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When ARCH was awarded $10 million in ESG-CV funding, we didn't just distribute it — we used it to grow the field. HOUSE 507 is what we called the effort to bring new organizations into federal homelessness work and help them succeed at it.
Most of the 27+ agencies ARCH brought on as subrecipients through HOUSE 507 had never worked on a federal project or managed a federal grant of any kind. Rather than limit ESG-CV funding to a handful of already-experienced agencies, ARCH built out the training, monitoring, and hands-on technical assistance needed to bring an entirely new set of organizations into the field — expanding Alabama's homeless services capacity well beyond what existed before the award.
That meant walking first-time subrecipients through everything from grant compliance and HMIS data entry to procurement rules and reporting — the same kind of capacity-building support ARCH now offers more broadly through ARCH Academy™, including our technical assistance line.
Reach our team at arch@archconnection.org.