HOUSING

Support for Katrina Disaster Housing Assistance Program
Office of Public and Indian Housing

Econometrica is assisting HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) with support services related to the flood victims of Hurricane Katrina. HUD received a mission assignment and funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide urgently needed short-term housing to flood victims under the Katrina Disaster Housing Assistance Program (KDHAP). Econometrica is providing support services that will facilitate HUD’s ability to implement and sustain an effective response to this need, including process development and documentation, funds control, quality assurance, and operational implementation support.

Econometrica’s specific responsibilities under this contract include the following:

• Document all aspects of the KDHAP program.

• Assist with reconciliations of advances versus actuals.

• Review data for trending, analysis, and identification of potentially eligible households.

• Transmit and process the Consolidated Katrina Disaster Contributions Contract and conduct other outreach to Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) on the KDHAP process.

• Assist with the FEMA/HUD database validation to include missing families such as PRACS, 202, 811, missing 50058s for PHAs, etc.

• Develop a process for eligible families not in the HUD/FEMA database.

• Develop a process for eliminating ineligible families (i.e., in affected areas however units not affected).

• Develop a process for identifying double or triple payments (FEMA cash to family, KDHAP benefits, and benefits provided through states, non-profits, etc.).

• Follow up on KDHAP forms for completeness and accuracy.
• Update funds control plan as necessary.

• Assist in the final development of the Front End Risk Assessment (FERA).

• Support the development of business requirements, processes, and quality assurance support to implement and improve KDHAP processes and systems.

• Provide administrative support as needed for Headquarters.

• Support marketing efforts, such as directing postcard mailings or automated telephone calling, to inform potentially eligible households about the KDHAP program.