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I.C.1.a.1YHDP housing projects may have leases for a minimum term of 1 month under rental assistance budget line items.PH, TH, JointRental Assistance
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I.C.1.a.2YHDP recipients may use leasing, sponsor-based rental assistance, and project-based rental assistance in Rapid Rehousing projects.PH, JointLeasing, Rental Assistance
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I.C.1.a.3Up to 10 percent of the total YHDP funding made available to the community may be used for planning grants. As outlined in I.C.9 of this Appendix, planning grants are nonrenewable.Planning
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I.C.1.a.4YHDP planning grants and administrative funds may be used for capacity building activities for Youth Action Board members or recipient staff who are also youth with lived experience.Planning, or Admin BLIAdmin
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I.C.1.a.5In addition to the eligible costs listed in 24 CFR 578.59(a), YHDP recipients may use project administrative funds to support costs associated with involving youth with lived experience in project implementation, execution, and improvement.Any w/ Admin BLIAdmin
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I.C.1.a.6Recipients of YHDP funds can use project administrative funds to attend conferences and trainings that are not HUD-sponsored or HUD-approved, provided that the subject matter is relevant to youth homelessness.Any w/ Admin BLIAdmin
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I.C.1.a.7YHDP recipients may employ youth who are receiving services, including housing, from the recipient organization. Recipients that utilize this special YHDP activity must maintain documentation that discloses the nature of work that the youth does, and that the youth is not in a position that creates a conflict of interest.PH, TH, Joint, SSO
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I.C.1.a.8YHDP recipients may use habitability standards in 24 CFR 576.403(c) rather than Housing Quality Standards in 24 CFR 578.75 for short or medium term (up to 24 months) housing assistance. Recipients implementing this special YHDP activity must keep documentation of which standards are applied to the units and proof that the units complied with the standards before assistance is provided for every unit funded by YHDP.PH, TH, Joint
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I.C.1.a.9YHDP recipients may provide moving expenses more than one time to a program participant.PH, TH, Joint, SSOSupportive ServicesAssistance w/ Moving Costs
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I.C.1.a.10YHDP recipients may provide payments of up to $500 per month for families that provide housing under a host home and kinship care model in order to offset the increased costs associated with having youth housed in the unit.Host Homes and Kinship CareSupportive ServicesOperating Costs
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I.C.1.a.11YHDP recipients may continue providing supportive services to program participants for up to 12 months after the program participant exits homelessness, transitional housing or after the end of housing assistance.AllSupportive Services
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I.C.1.a.12Projects using grant leasing funds may pay above the Fair Market Rent (FMR) for individual units as long as the amount paid is consistent with the reasonable rent standards at 24 CFR 578.51(g)PH, TH, JointLeasing
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I.C.1.a.13aSecurity deposits for units in an amount not to exceed 2 months of rent;Rental Assistance BLI if included in the project, not under Supportive Services.Assistance w/ Moving Costs
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I.C.1.a.13bThe costs to pay for any damage to housing due to the action of a program participant, which may be paid while the youth continues to reside in the unit. The total costs paid for damage per program participant may not exceed the cost of two-months’ rent.Supportive ServicesAssistance w/ Moving Costs
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I.C.1.a.13cThe costs of providing household cleaning supplies to clients.Supportive ServicesLife Skills
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I.C.1.a.13dHousing start-up expenses for program participants, including furniture, pots and pans, linens, toiletries, and other household goods, not to exceed $300 in value per program participant.Supportive ServicesAssistance w/ Moving Costs
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I.C.1.a.13eThe one-time cost of purchasing a cellular phone and service for program participant use, if necessary for the participant to obtain or maintain housingSupportive ServicesHousing & Counseling Services
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I.C.1.a.13fThe cost of internet in a program participant’s unit.Supportive ServicesAssistance w/ Moving Costs
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I.C.1.a.13gPayment of rental arrears consisting of a one-time payment for up to 6 months of rent in arrears, including any late fees on those arrears.Supportive ServicesAssistance w/ Moving Costs
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I.C.1.a.13hPayment of utility arrears of up to 6 months per service.Supportive ServicesAssistance w/ Moving Costs
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I.C.1.a.13iUp to three months of utilities for a program participant, based on the utility costs schedule for the unit size and location.Supportive ServicesAssistance w/ Moving Costs
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I.C.1.a.13jIn addition to transportation costs eligible in 24 CFR 578.53(e)(15), a recipient may pay gas and mileage costs for a program participant’s personal vehicle for trips to and from medical care, employment, childcare, or other services eligible under 24 CFR 578.53(e).Supportive ServicesTransportation
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I.C.1.a.13kLegal fees, including court fees, bail bonds, and required courses and equipment.Supportive ServicesLegal
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I.C.1.a.13lProgram participant’s past driving fines and fees that are blocking a young person from being able to obtain or renew a driver’s license and impacting their ability to obtain or maintain housing. Additionally, recipients may pay for program participants’ costs for insurance and registration for personal vehicles if the personal vehicle is necessary to reach medical care, employment, childcare, or other services eligible under this section.AllRental AssistanceTransportation
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I.C.1.a.14Recipients may use YHDP funds to pay for owner incentive and retention payments for RRH, TH, TH-RRH, and PSH projects before occupancy of the unit, or at any point thereafter, provided that the overall amount paid with program funds per unit does not exceed three times the monthly rent charged for the unit and the incentive and/or retention payment results in the unit being occupied by a program participant. Recipients that utilize this special YHDP activity must maintain documentation that the incentive and/or retention payment resulted in the unit being occupied by a program
participant and that incentive and/or retention payment did not create a conflict of interest. These payments may include signing bonuses (a payment offered to an owner as an incentive for leasing a unit to be occupied by a program participant), repairs to bring a unit that failed inspection into compliance with program requirements., or holding fees to reserve a unit for an individual or family experiencing homelessness.		PH, TH, and JointSupportive ServicesTBD - Stay tuned for Round 8 Project App Detailed Instructions
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I.C.1.b.1A recipient may provide up to 36 months of Rapid Rehousing rental assistance to a program participant if the recipient describes (1) the method it will use to determine which youth need rental assistance beyond 24 months and (2) the services and resources that will be offered to ensure youth are able to sustain their housing at the end of the 36 months of assistance.PH-RRHRental Assistance
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I.C.1.b.2Recipients may continue providing supportive services to program participants for up to 24 months after the program participant exits homelessness, transitional housing or after the end of housing assistance if the recipient describes: 1) the proposed length of extended services to be provided; 2) the method it will use to determine whether services are still necessary; and 3) how those services will result in self-sufficiency and ensure stable housing for the YHDP program participant.Alln/a
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Recipients may continue providing supportive services to program participants for up to 36 months after the program participant exits homelessness, if the services are in connection with housing assistance, such as the Foster Youth to Independence initiative, or if the recipient can demonstrate that extended supportive services ensures continuity of case workers for program participants.Supportive Services
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I.C.1.b.3Recipients will not be required to meet the 25% match requirement provided for in III.C of the YHDP NOFO and 24 CFR 578.73 if the recipient is able to identify multiple non-YHDP resources in the community that assist youth experiencing homelessness and can provide a narrative description of 1) how the resources will assist youth who are clients under the YHDP project and 2) how the recipient will facilitate connections to these resources to ensure that youth are aware of them and able to access the resources.
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I.C.1.b.4Recipients will not be required to meet the 25% match requirement provided for in III.C of the YHDP NOFO and 24 CFR 578.73 if the recipient does not have other currently active CoC or YHDP grants. If permitted by future Appropriations Acts, HUD will continue the match exemption for the YHDP grant funded under this NOFO under the first and second renewal or replacement of the project under the Continuum of Care competition.
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I.C.1.b.5Rental assistance may be combined with leasing or operating funds in the same unit, provided that the recipient submits a project plan that includes safeguards to ensure that no unit receives a double-subsidy, defined as rent in excess of the pro-rata reasonable rent for the unit.Joint
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I.C.1.b.6YHDP recipients may provide payments of up to $1000 per month for families that provide housing under a host home and kinship care model, provided that the recipient can show that the additional cost is necessary to recruit hosts to the program.Host Homes and Kinship CareSupportive ServicesOperating Costs
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I.C.1.b.7YHDP recipients may pay for short-term (up to three months) emergency lodging in motels or shelters as the transitional housing component in a Joint transitional housing-rapid rehousing (TH-RRH) project, provided that the recipient can demonstrate that use of the hotel or motel room is accessible to supportive services.JointLeasing, Rental Assistance
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