| (34) Land Use Restriction Agreement (LURA)--An agreement,
regardless of its title, between the Department and a property owner,
including an emergency shelter, which is a binding covenant upon the
property owner and successors in interest, that, when recorded, encumbers
the property with respect to the requirements of the programs for
which it receives funds.
(35) Match--A contribution to the ESG Program from
a non-ESG source governed by 24 CFR §576.201.
(36) Monthly Expenditure Report--Information on Expenditures
from Subrecipient to the Department.
(37) Monthly Performance Report--Information on Program
Participants and program activities from Subrecipient to the Department.
(38) Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA)--Notice
of Funding Availability or announcement of funding published by the
Department notifying the public of available funds for a Program with
certain requirements.
(39) Outcome--A benefit or change achieved by a Program
Participant served by the Department's Homeless Programs.
(40) Performance Target--Number of persons/Households
to be served, outcomes to be reached, or construction/rehabilitation/conversion
to be performed that the Subrecipient commits to accomplish during
the Contract Term.
(41) Private Nonprofit Organization--An organization
described in §501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code (the "Code")
of 1986 and which is exempt from taxation under subtitle A of the
Code, has an accounting system and a voluntary board, and practices
nondiscrimination in the provision of assistance. This does not include
a governmental organization such as a public housing authority or
a housing finance agency.
(42) Program Participant--An individual or Household
that is assisted by a Homeless Program.
(43) Program Year--Contracts with funds from a specific
federal allocation (ESG and ESG CARES) or year of a state biennium
(HHSP).
(44) Project--A group of eligible activities identified
in an Application or Contract to the Department, and designated in
HMIS or HMIS-comparable database.
(45) Recertification--Required review of a Program
Participant's eligibility determination for continuation of assistance.
(46) Service Area--The city(ies), county(ies) and/or
place(s) identified in the Application (as applicable), and Contract
that the Subrecipient will serve.
(47) State--The State of Texas or the Department, as
indicated by context.
(48) Subcontract--A contract made between the Subrecipient
and a purveyor of goods or services through a procurement relationship.
(49) Subcontractor--A person or an organization with
whom the Subrecipient contracts to provide services.
(50) Subgrant--An award of financial assistance in
the form of money made under a grant by a Subrecipient to an eligible
Subgrantee. The term includes financial assistance when provided by
contractual legal agreement, but does not include procurement purchases.
(51) Subgrantee--The legal entity to which a Subgrant
is awarded and which is accountable to the Subrecipient for the use
of the funds provided.
(52) Subrecipient--An organization that receives federal
or states funds passed through the Department to operate ESG and/or
state funded Homeless Programs.
(53) Texas Administrative Code (TAC)--A compilation
of all state agency rules in Texas.
(54) Unit of General Purpose Local Government--A unit
of government which has, among other responsibilities, the authority
to assess and collect local taxes and to provide general governmental
services.
(55) United States Code (U.S.C.)--A consolidation and
codification by subject matter of the general and permanent laws of
the United States.
(56) United States Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD)--Federal department that provides funding for ESG.
(57) Youth Headed Household--Household that includes
unaccompanied youth 24 years of age and younger, parenting youth 24
years of age and younger and children of parenting youth 24 years
of age and younger.
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