| (a) ESG Applications for provision of Program Participant
services under emergency shelter, street outreach, homeless prevention
and/or rapid re-housing may include a request for funds for Homeless
Management Information Systems (HMIS) activities. Applications proposing
to provide only HMIS activities are not eligible for an award of funds.
(b) Subrecipient may not Subgrant funds, but may Subcontract
for the provision of services. Such Subcontracts are subject to applicable
procurement requirements.
(c) The Department's Governing Board of Directors,
Executive Director, or his/her designee may limit activities in a
NOFA, or by Contract.
(d) Program Participant services may be provided under
street outreach, emergency shelter, homeless prevention or rapid re-housing,
as described in this subsection or otherwise permitted in Federal
Regulations.
(e) The street outreach component may be provided to
unsheltered Homeless persons as defined in 24 CFR §576.101(a).
Eligible costs for Program Participants of street outreach include
the following services:
(1) Engagement costs to locate, identify, and build
relationships with unsheltered Homeless persons, including assessment
of needs, crisis counseling, addressing urgent physical needs, provision
of information and referrals;
(2) Case management costs to assess housing and service
needs and coordinate delivery of services;
(3) Emergency health services to the extent that other
health services are inaccessible or unavailable in the area;
(4) Emergency mental health services to the extent
that other mental health services are inaccessible or unavailable
in the area; and
(5) Transportation for outreach workers and Program
Participants, not including the purchase or lease of vehicles.
(f) The emergency shelter component may be provided
to Homeless persons per 24 CFR §576.102. Eligible emergency shelter
costs are for Program Participant services and costs related to the
shelter building, relocation, and operation.
(1) Eligible costs for Program Participants of emergency
shelter services include:
(A) Case management to coordinate individualized services;
(B) Child care for children under the age of 13, and
for disabled children under the age of 18;
(C) Education services providing instruction or training
to enhance their ability to obtain and maintain housing, including
but not limited to literacy, English literacy, General Educational
Requirement (GED) preparation, consumer education, health education,
and substance abuse prevention;
(D) Employment assistance and job training services;
(E) Outpatient health services to the extent that other
health services are inaccessible or unavailable in the area;
(F) Legal services, to the extent that legal services
are unavailable or inaccessible within the community, to assist with
housing needs, excluding immigration and citizenship matters, matters
related to mortgages, legal retainers and contingency fees;
(G) Life skills training including budgeting resources,
managing money, managing a household, resolving conflict, shopping
for food and need items, improving nutrition, using public transportation,
and parenting;
(H) Outpatient mental health services to the extent
that other mental health services are inaccessible or unavailable
in the area;
(I) Outpatient substance abuse treatment services up
to 30 days, excluding inpatient treatment; and
(J) Transportation for staff and Program Participants
related to the provision of essential services, not including the
purchase or lease of vehicles.
(2) Eligible emergency shelter costs related to the
shelter building, relocation, and operation include:
(A) Certain costs for operation of emergency shelters,
including provision of hotel or motel vouchers to Program Participants
when no appropriate emergency shelter is available and minor or routine
repairs to the shelter facility; and
(B) Assistance required under the Uniform Relocation
Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970.
(g) The homelessness prevention component may be provided
to Homeless persons and persons At-risk of Homelessness per 24 CFR §576.103,
and the rapid re-housing component may be provided to Homeless persons
per 24 CFR §576.104. Homelessness prevention and rapid re-housing
may be provided for up to 24 months of assistance in a 36-month period.
Eligible costs for homelessness prevention and rapid re-housing include
housing relocation and stabilization for financial assistance, housing
relocation and stabilization services, and rental assistance.
(1) Housing relocation and stabilization for financial
assistance include:
(A) Rental application fees;
(B) Security deposits (equal to not more than two month's
rent) and last month's rent;
(C) Utility deposits and/or utility payments;
(D) Moving costs, such as truck rental or hiring a
moving company. Payment of arrearages for temporary storage is not
an eligible cost; and
(E) Costs to break a lease to effect an emergency transfer
per 24 CFR §5.2005(e), if Program Participant is receiving rental
assistance under ESG.
(2) Housing relocation and stabilization services include:
(A) Housing search and placement costs to assist in
locating, obtaining, and retaining suitable permanent housing;
(B) Housing stability case management for assessing,
arranging, coordinating and monitoring the delivery of individual
services to facilitate housing stability;
(C) Mediation between the Program Participant and the
landlord/owner to prevent loss of current housing;
(D) Legal services for housing needs excluding immigration
and citizenship matters, matters related to mortgages, legal retainers
and contingency fees; and
(E) Credit repair and resolution, excluding payment
or modification of debts.
(3) Non-duplicative rental assistance may be provided
for up to 24 months within any 36-month period. Late payment penalties
during the term of assistance are not eligible ESG expenses. Rental
assistance includes:
(A) Short-term rental assistance which is up to three
months of rent, inclusive of arrearages, late fees accrued prior to
the term of assistance, and last month's rent; and
(B) Medium-term rental assistance which is more than
three months of rent but not more than 24 months of rent, inclusive
of up to six months of arrearages, late fees accrued prior to the
term of assistance, and last month's rent.
(h) Costs to participate in HMIS are eligible ESG costs.
Eligible costs related to HMIS include:
(1) Hardware, software, equipment, office space, utility
costs;
(2) Salary and staff costs for operation of HMIS, including
technical support;
(3) HMIS training and overhead costs, including travel
to HUD sponsored and approved HMIS training programs and travel costs
for staff to conduct intake;
(4) HMIS participation fees charged by the HMIS lead
agency; and
(5) HMIS-comparable databases for victim services providers
or legal services providers.
(i) Eligible administrative costs for ESG are:
(1) General management and oversight of the ESG award,
excluding cost to purchase office space;
(2) Provision of ESG training and costs to attend HUD-sponsored
ESG training; and
(3) Costs to carry out required environmental reviews.
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