§11384 — Title 42 The Public Health and Welfare | U.S. Code

Summary

Each year, the Secretary must pick which collaborative applicants count as high-performing communities. For the first 2 years after the effective date under section 1503 of the Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act of 2009, no more than 10 may get that title. If more than 10 could qualify then, the Secretary will choose the 10 with the best performance. The title lasts one year and can be renewed each year. To apply, a collaborative applicant must send an application that includes a report on how prior funds were spent and evidence that it meets the performance tests. The Secretary will publish the application material in the area and ask the public for comments. A high-performing community must meet five tests using reliable data: short average homeless episode length (under 20 days or at least 10% better than the year before); very low returns to homelessness (under 5% within 2 years or a 20% drop); strong outreach and full inclusion of people who ask for help in the local data system; proof that certain past funded activities cut new homelessness; and, for families and youth served under other federal rules, effectiveness by standards set by the Secretary under section 11386a(b)(1)(F). Funds given under section 11382(a) to projects in a high-performing community may be used for activities listed in section 11383 or paragraphs (4) and (5) of section 11374(a). The community must also help the Secretary share information about what worked.

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(a)(1)The Secretary shall designate, on an annual basis, which collaborative applicants represent high-performing communities.

(2)In determining whether to designate a collaborative applicant as a high-performing community under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall establish criteria to ensure that the requirements described under paragraphs (1)(B) and (2)(B) of subsection (d) are measured by comparing homeless individuals and families under similar circumstances, in order to encourage projects in the geographic area to serve homeless individuals and families with more severe barriers to housing stability.

(3)In each of the first 2 years after the effective date under section 1503 of the Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act of 2009, the Secretary shall designate not more than 10 collaborative applicants as high-performing communities.

(4)If, during the 2-year period described under paragraph (2), more than 10 collaborative applicants could qualify to be designated as high-performing communities, the Secretary shall designate the 10 that have, in the discretion of the Secretary, the best performance based on the criteria described under subsection (d).

(5)The designation of any collaborative applicant as a high-performing community under this subsection shall be effective only for the year in which such designation is made. The Secretary, on an annual basis, may renew any such designation.

(b)(1)A collaborative applicant seeking designation as a high-performing community under subsection (a) shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, and in such manner as the Secretary may require.

(2)In any application submitted under paragraph (1), a collaborative applicant shall include in such application—

(A)a report showing how any money received under this part in the preceding year was expended; and

(B)information that such applicant can meet the requirements described under subsection (d).

(3)The Secretary shall—

(A)publish any report or information submitted in an application under this section in the geographic area represented by the collaborative applicant; and

(B)seek comments from the public as to whether the collaborative applicant seeking designation as a high-performing community meets the requirements described under subsection (d).

(c)Funds awarded under section 11382(a) of this title to a project sponsor who is located in a high-performing community may be used—

(1)for any of the eligible activities described in section 11383 of this title; or

(2)for any of the eligible activities described in paragraphs (4) and (5) of section 11374(a) of this title.

(d)For purposes of this section, the term “high-performing community” means a geographic area that demonstrates through reliable data that all five of the following requirements are met for that geographic area:

(1)The mean length of episodes of homelessness for that geographic area—

(A)is less than 20 days; or

(B)for individuals and families in similar circumstances in the preceding year was at least 10 percent less than in the year before.

(2)Of individuals and families—

(A)who leave homelessness, fewer than 5 percent of such individuals and families become homeless again at any time within the next 2 years; or

(B)in similar circumstances who leave homelessness, the percentage of such individuals and families who become homeless again within the next 2 years has decreased by at least 20 percent from the preceding year.

(3)The communities that compose the geographic area have—

(A)actively encouraged homeless individuals and families to participate in homeless assistance services available in that geographic area; and

(B)included each homeless individual or family who sought homeless assistance services in the data system used by that community for determining compliance with this subsection.

(4)If recipients in the geographic area have used funding awarded under section 11382(a) of this title for eligible activities described under section 11374(a) of this title in previous years based on the authority granted under subsection (c), that such activities were effective at reducing the number of individuals and families who became homeless in that community.

(5)With respect to collaborative applicants exercising the authority under section 11382(j) of this title to serve homeless families with children and youth defined as homeless under other Federal statutes, effectiveness in achieving the goals and outcomes identified in subsection 11 So in original. Probably should be “section”. 11386a(b)(1)(F) of this title according to such standards as the Secretary shall promulgate.

(e)A collaborative applicant designated as a high-performing community under this section shall cooperate with the Secretary in distributing information about successful efforts within the geographic area represented by the collaborative applicant to reduce homelessness.

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The

Effective Date

under section 1503 of the Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act of 2009, referred to in subsec. (a)(3), is the

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under section 1503 of title V of div. B of Pub. L. 111–22, set out as an

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of 2009 Amendment note under section 11302 of this title.

Prior Provisions

A prior section 11384, Pub. L. 100–77, title IV, § 424, as added Pub. L. 102–550, title XIV, § 1403(a), Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 4016, which related to supportive housing, was repealed by Pub. L. 111–22, div. B, title III, § 1303,

May 20, 2009, 123 Stat. 1687. Another prior section 11384, Pub. L. 100–77, title IV, § 424,

July 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 501; Pub. L. 100–628, title IV, §§ 442(b)(2), 448(b), 450(a)(1), (b), 451, Nov. 7, 1988, 102 Stat. 3233–3235; Pub. L. 101–625, title VIII, § 833(f), (h)–(j), (k)(2), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4363–4365, which provided for applications, selection criteria, and other program requirements for assistance under the supportive housing demonstration program, was repealed by Pub. L. 102–550, title XIV, § 1403(a), Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 4013.

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Section effective on the earlier of 18 months after May 20, 2009, or 3 months after publication of certain final

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by Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, see section 1503 of Pub. L. 111–22, set out as an

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of 2009 Amendment note under section 11302 of this title.

§11384 Incentives for High-performing Communities

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