RFI - Project DC Homeless Response Action Plan (HRAP)

Close to Home•San Antonio, TX

1d•$100 - $150•Hybrid

About The Position

Close to Home is seeking an experienced Implementation Project Manager to support the implementation of the Project DC Homeless Response Action Plan (HRAP). The HRAP is a community-driven plan developed by homeless service providers and system partners to end street sleeping in the Cattleman District of San Antonio. The primary goal is to permanently house individuals experiencing unsheltered homelessness in the area within seven months. Close to Home serves as the Coordinating Body for the local Continuum of Care and the HRAP, responsible for governance, coordinating partners, monitoring progress, and problem-solving. The HRAP aims to accelerate housing placements through a coordinated framework and will serve as a demonstration initiative within the broader San Antonio and Bexar County Homeless Response System. The Implementation Project Manager will work collaboratively with various stakeholders to maintain project momentum, organize activities, manage partner relationships, track milestones, support communications, identify barriers, and ensure successful execution of the HRAP. This role will also connect HRAP implementation to the existing Homeless Response System by reporting progress, preparing partners for monitoring, informing communications, and integrating new projects. The selected individual will be engaged as an independent contractor.

Requirements

Experience supporting street-to-home, housing-focused, or coordinated homelessness response initiatives.
Experience supporting community-wide implementation initiatives.
Experience with multi-organization and cross-sector collaboration.
Project and implementation management experience.
Facilitation of collaborative and executive-level meetings.
Experience with strategic planning implementation and change management.
Experience with housing, homelessness, or other complex human service systems.
Experience with government, nonprofit, or cross-sector partnerships.
Experience with performance monitoring, continuous improvement, and implementation reporting.
Experience with governance implementation and translating operational learning into system recommendations.
Resume, including relevant experience and qualifications.
Two work samples demonstrating similar work, such as implementation plans, meeting agendas or summaries, project schedules, executive briefing materials, facilitation summaries, dashboards, or implementation reports.
Three professional references for similar projects.
Hourly rate, estimated availability of 20-25 hours per week, and any anticipated reimbursable expenses.

Responsibilities

Coordinate implementation of the Project DC HRAP and maintain the master implementation work plan.
Track milestones, action items, risks, dependencies, decisions, and implementation barriers.
Develop and nurture relevant community relationships and facilitate collaboration among implementation partners.
Support coordination across outreach, housing, healthcare, behavioral health, and other implementation partners to advance people experiencing unsheltered homelessness in Cattleman Square through the housing pathways and individualized strategies outlined in the HRAP, identifying and elevating barriers that delay or prevent progress toward permanent housing.
Provide regular verbal reports for relevant Committees and Work Groups, including the Cattleman Square Advisory Board.
Maintain visibility into progress toward permanent housing outcomes and work with implementation partners to identify operational, resource, policy, or capacity barriers requiring resolution through the appropriate implementation or Alliance governance structure.
Coordinate implementation meetings and follow-up activities, including agendas, meeting materials, summaries, and accountability tracking.
Work closely with the Close to Home Communications Director and ACAC to support the HRAP communications strategy by providing project updates, coordinating timelines, documenting successes and lessons learned, and supporting audience-specific communications.
Work with SAHT, Close to Home, and Communications to maintain the HRAP funding/fundraising tracker and connect funding progress to implementation sequencing.
Support onboarding of newly funded HRAP projects and service providers into implementation, governance, Homelink, communications, HMIS and performance reporting expectations.
Develop HRAP implementation processes, flow charts, and coordination structures.
As appropriate, participate in RFP, procurement, or service-provider selection processes associated with HRAP implementation.
Support identification of HRAP implementation and outcome measures and integration of those measures into existing Alliance monitoring and reporting structures.
Support integration of HRAP activities, newly funded projects, performance measures, lessons learned, and recommended system improvements into existing Alliance governance, Homeless Response System operations, and performance monitoring structures.
Prepare implementation updates, executive briefing materials, facilitation summaries, and other documentation necessary to maintain momentum and accountability.
Respondents are encouraged to recommend additional approaches they believe would strengthen Implementation of the HRAP.