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1 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Community Planning and Development Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program FR-6100-N-35 Application Due Date: 04/17/2018

2 Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program FR-6100-N-35 TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Funding Opportunity Description. II. Award Information. III. Eligibility Information. A. Eligible Applicants. B. Cost Sharing or Matching. C. Other. IV. Application and Submission Information. A. Obtaining an Application Package. B. Content and Form of Application Submission. C. System for Award Management (SAM) and Dun and Bradstreet Universal Numbering System (DUNS) Number. D. Application Submission Dates and Times. E. Intergovernmental Review. F. Funding Restrictions. G. Other Submission Requirements. V. Application Review Information. A. Criteria. B. Review and Selection Process. C. Anticipated Announcement and Award Dates. VI. Award Administration Information. A. Award Notices. B. Administrative, National and Departmental Policy R equirements. C. Reporting. VII. Agency Contact(s). VIII. Other Information. IX. Appendix.

3 Program Office: Funding Opportunity Title: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Announcement Type: Funding Opportunity Number: Primary CFDA Number: Due Date for Applications: 04/17/2018 Community Planning and Development Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program Modification FR-6100-N-35 Overview For Further Information Contact: Please direct questions regarding the specific program requirements of this Program Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) to the agency contact identified in Section VII. Please direct general questions regarding the FY2017 NOFAs to the Office of Strategic Planning and Management, Grants Management and Oversight Division, at Additional Overview Information Incorporation of the General Section. HUD publishes a General Section each fiscal year that contains requirements for all applicants to HUD s various competitive grant programs, including this NOFA. Applications must meet all of the requirements of the General Section in addition to the requirements of this NOFA to be considered and potentially receive funding. The full title of the General Section is the General Section to HUD's Fiscal Year 2017 Notices of Funding Availability for Discretionary Programs. Copies are available at Grants.gov and HUD's Funds Available page. 1. Participative Planning and Implementation. HUD encourages applicants to ensure, where applicable, public decision making and meaningful participation throughout the visioning, development, and implementation of funded projects. HUD encourages applicants to work with all residents of affected areas, especially communities traditionally marginalized from planning processes. In seeking public participation, applicants and grantees must ensure that all communications are provided in a manner that is effective for persons with hearing, visual, and other communications-related disabilities consistent with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and, as applicable, the Americans with Disabilities Act. In addition, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. 2000d and Executive Order require that grantees take responsible steps to ensure meaningful access to services, programs, and activities by persons with Limited English Proficiency (LEP persons). 2. OMB Approval Number(s): I. Funding Opportunity Description. 1 of 46

4 A. Program Description. 1. Purpose and Summary. The goal of the YHDP is to support up to 11 communities, at least 5 of which will be rural, in the development and implementation of a coordinated community approach to preventing and ending youth homelessness, and sharing that experience with and mobilizing communities around the country toward the same end. The population to be served by this demonstration program is youth experiencing homelessness, including unaccompanied and pregnant or parenting youth, where no member of the household is older than 24. The demonstration has five primary objectives: Build national momentum. Motivate state and local homelessness stakeholders across the country to prevent and end youth homelessness by forming new partnerships, addressing system barriers, conducting needs assessments, testing promising strategies, and evaluating their outcomes; Evaluate the coordinated community approach. Evaluate coordinated community approaches to preventing and ending youth homelessness, including local and state partnerships across sectors and other planning operations Expand capacity. Demonstration communities will expand their capacity to serve homeless unaccompanied youth, pilot new models of assistance, and determine what array of interventions is necessary to serve the target population in their community Evaluate performance measures. Evaluate the use of performance measurement strategies designed to better measure youth outcomes and the connection between youth program outcomes and youth performance measures on overall system performance for the Continuum of Care (CoC); Establish a framework for federal program and TA collaboration. Determine the most effective way for federal resources to interact within a state or local system to support a coordinated community approach to preventing and ending youth homelessness. To meet these objectives, the YHDP uses the funding made available on May 5, 2017 through the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 (Public Law ). This act appropriated up to $43 million to HUD to implement projects to demonstrate how a comprehensive approach to serving homeless youth, age 24 and under, in up to 11 communities, including at least five rural communities, can dramatically reduce youth homelessness. This NOFA is for the selection of the communities and to alert each community of the amount of money available to them through the YHDP. The CoC's Collaborative Applicant is responsible for submitting the application for this NOFA. This NOFA establishes the process and requirements for the selection of the communities and alerts each community of the maximum amount of funding available to them through the YHDP. The CoC's Collaborative Applicant is responsible for submitting the application for this NOFA, and if selected, the selected communities will then be able to apply for project funding 2 of 46

5 via the project applicant. Projects will be expected to follow CoC Program requirements, unless a waiver is approved to a specific CoC Program requirement (see Appendices A and B for project application and waiver information). HUD plans to support the community process described by this NOFA, including the community application process, with publicly available technical assistance resources. HUD will publish technical assistance material for the benefit of all communities in the form of online guidebooks, case studies, templates, and other technical assistance delivery vehicles throughout the duration of the demonstration, and will also reserve significant resources for direct technical assistance to the selected communities at the conclusion of this competition according to the process described in this NOFA. HUD will assign dedicated teams of technical assistance providers to assist selected communities in analyzing community strengths and needs, developing a coordinated community plan, implementing the plan, and then engaging in a process of continuous quality improvement. HUD will share outcomes and make resources publicly available as quickly as possible to accelerate efforts to prevent and end youth homelessness nationally. In addition, HUD, and to the extent possible, its federal partners, will work to accelerate HUD's learning related to youth and the concepts of: Housing First, assessment and prioritization; Coordinated entry; Risk and protective factors for youth homelessness; Diversion from child welfare and systems of justice; Success in education and employment; Serving victims of violence including trafficking; LGBTQ youth, youth under the age of 18, and pregnant and parenting teens; and System performance measures HUD recognizes that there are promising strategies concerning these concepts but limited evidence to support replication of best practices. Given the importance of advancing our understanding in this topic area, HUD is very interested in communities that will commit to focusing attention on these issues. After the application submission deadline in April 2018, HUD will take several months to assess the applications and select communities (at which point selected applicants become selected communities ). HUD will also allocate to each selected community an amount which may be awarded for projects selected through the process described in Appendix A. The amount allocated for each selected community will be equal to a minimum of $1,000,000 plus a percentage of the remaining $32,000,000 based on the percentage of all youth among all selected communities that reside in each selected community and the poverty rate of each community, as described in section IV.C. It is important to note that the selected community may or may not be the entire geographical area of the CoC (see Section III.E.a. for target area selection information). Once HUD announces the selected communities, the following timeline will apply: CoCs will have 4 months to submit a coordinated community plan, and up to 4 additional months to address comments from HUD. 3 of 46

6 During plan development, applicants can apply for projects on a rolling basis equivalent to the value of 30 percent of the total allocated to the community. The remaining 70 percent will become available once a coordinated community plan is approved by HUD See Section III.E.b for more information. Finally, communities will be expected to fully participate in national evaluation activities conducted by HUD beginning no earlier than the announcement of community selection. 2. Changes from Previous NOFA. The FY 2017 YHDP NOFA has been updated from the FY 2016 NOFA in a limited number of ways to reflect the FY 2017 appropriations language and to clarify important NOFA details. To meet the new appropriations requirements, the number of selected communities has been increased from 10 to 11, with the number of rural communities increased from 4 to 5, and the total available funds increased from $33 to $43 million. The definition of a rural community has also been changed to match the U.S. Census Bureau s definition of mostly-rural and to limit the eligibility of large cities in mostly rural states. The term Youth Advisory Board used in the FY 2016 NOFA has been changed to Youth Action Board to better represent their active and integral role in YHDP 3. Definitions. a. Standard Definitions Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice (AI) is a review of impediments or barriers that affect the rights related to fair housing choice, and pertains to program participants in jurisdictions operating under a current Consolidated Plan and public housing agencies operating under a PHA Plan. Assessment of Fair Housing (AFH) is the analysis undertaken pursuant to 24 CFR AFH includes an analysis of fair housing data, an assessment of fair housing issues and contributing factors, the prioritization of contributing factors, and the identification of fair housing goals. It is conducted and submitted to HUD using the Assessment Tool. Entities obligated to prepare and submit an AFH are: (1) Jurisdictions and Insular Areas that are required to submit Consolidated Plans for the following programs: (i) The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program (see 24 CFR part 570, subparts D and I); (ii) The Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) program (see 24 CFR part 576); (iii) The HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) program (see 24 CFR part 92); and (iv) The Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA) program (see 24 CFR part 574); and (2) Public housing agencies (PHAs) receiving assistance under sections 8 or 9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f or 42 U.S.C.1437g). Authorized Organization Representative (AOR) is the person authorized by the E-Biz point of contact in the System for Award Management to submit applications on behalf of the organization. The AOR is listed in item 21 on the SF-424. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) is a directory of the various Federal programs, projects, services and activities that offer financial and non financial assistance and benefits to the American public. CFDA Number is the unique number assigned to each program, project, 4 of 46

7 service or activity listed in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA). Consolidated Plan is a document developed by states and local jurisdictions, which they complete by engaging in a participatory process to assess their affordable housing and community development needs and market conditions, and to make data-driven, place-based investment decisions with funding from formula grant programs. (See 24 CFR 91 for more information about the Consolidated Plan and related Annual Action Plan.) Contract means a legal instrument by which a non-federal entity purchases property or services needed to carry out the project or program under a Federal award. The term as used with respect to awards, subawards, and cooperative agreements subject to 2 CFR part 200 does not include a legal instrument, even if the non-federal entity considers it a contract, when the substance of the transaction meets the definition of a Federal award or subaward. (See 2 CFR and ) Contractor means an entity that receives a contract. Deficiency Deficiency is information missing or omitted within a submitted application. Deficiencies typically involve missing documents, information on a form, or some other type of unsatisfied information requirement (e.g., an unsigned form, unchecked box, etc.). Depending on specific criteria, deficiencies may be either curable or non-curable. Curable Deficiency Applicants may correct a curable deficiency with timely action. To be curable the deficiency must: - Not be a threshold requirement; - Not influence how an applicant is ranked or scored versus other applicants; and - Be remedied within the time frame specified in the notice of deficiency. Non-Curable Deficiency An applicant cannot correct a non-curable deficiency after the submission deadline. Non-curable deficiencies are deficiencies that if corrected would change an applicant s score or rank versus other applicants. Non-curable deficiencies may result in an application being marked ineligible, or otherwise adversely affect an application s score and final determination DUNS Number is the nine-digit identification number assigned to a business or organization by Dun & Bradstreet and provides a means of identifying business entities on a location-specific basis. Requests for a DUNS number can be made by visiting the Online DUNS Request Portal. Eligibility Requirements Eligibility requirements are those requirements that must be met for an application to be eligible for funding. Deficiencies in meeting an eligibility requirement may be categorized as either curable or non-curable. Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System (FAPIIS) is a database that has been established to track contractor misconduct and performance. Grants.gov is the website that serves as the Federal government s central portal for searching for and applying for grants throughout the Federal government. 5 of 46

8 Non-Federal Entity means a state, local government, Indian tribe, institution of higher education (IHE), or non-profit organization that carries out a Federal award as a recipient or subrecipient. Pass-through Entity means a non-federal entity that provides a subaward to a subrecipient to carry out part of a Federal program. Personally identifiable information (PII), as defined in Office of Management and Budget M , is any information which can be used to distinguish or trace an individual s identity, such as their name, social security number, biometric records, etc. alone, or when combined with other personal or identifying information which is linked or linkable to a specific individual, such as date and place of birth, mother s maiden name, etc. Point of Contact (POC) is the person who may be contacted with questions about the application submitted by the AOR. The point of contact is listed in item 8F on the SF-424. Preferred Sustainability Status Communities (PSS) for the purposes of HUD s FY2017 funding competitions, are communities that have received PSS under HUD's FY2011 Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant Program and/or HUD's FY2011 Community Challenge Planning Grant Program. Click here for list. Promise Zones are federally-designated, highpoverty urban, rural and tribal communities where the Federal government will partner with and invest in communities to accomplish these goals: create jobs, leverage private investment, increase economic activity, expand educational opportunities, and reduce violent crime. Promotores/Promotoras are Spanish-speaking Community Health Workers who work in their communities to reduce barriers to health services and make health care systems more responsive. Recipient means a non-federal entity that receives an award directly from HUD to carry out an activity under a HUD program. Section 3 Business Concern means a business concern (1) that is 51 percent or more owned by Section 3 residents; or (2) of which at least 30 percent of permanent, full-time employees are currently Section 3 residents, or were Section 3 Residents within three years of the date of first employment with the business concern; or (3) that provides evidence of a commitment to subcontract over 25 percent of the dollar award of all subcontracts to be awarded to business concerns that meet the qualifications in this definition. Section 3 Residents means: 1) Public housing residents; or 2) Low and very-low income persons, as defined in 24 CFR 135.5, who live in the metropolitan area or non-metropolitan county where a HUD-assisted project for housing or community development is located. Standard Form 424 (SF-424) is the Application for Federal Assistance Programs required by discretionary grant programs. Subaward means an award provided by a pass-through entity to a subrecipient for the 6 of 46

9 subrecipient to carry out part of a Federal award received by the pass-through entity. It does not include payments to a contractor or payments to an individual that is a beneficiary of a Federal program. A subaward may be provided through any form of legal agreement, including an agreement that the pass-through entity considers a contract. Subrecipient means a non-federal entity that receives a subaward from a pass-through entity to carry out part of a HUD program; but does not include an individual that is a beneficiary of such program. A subrecipient may also receive other Federal awards directly from a Federal awarding agency (including HUD). System for Award Management (SAM), located at the website sam.gov, is the official U.S. Government system that consolidated the capabilities of Central Contractor Registry (CCR), Excluded Parties List System (EPLS) and the Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA). Registration with Sam.gov is required for submission of applications via grants.gov. Threshold Requirement Threshold requirements are a type of eligibility requirement. Threshold requirements must be met in order for an application to be reviewed. Threshold requirements are not curable. Threshold requirements are listed in Section III.C.1. Threshold Requirements of this Program NOFA. Applicants must ensure their application package addresses all threshold requirements. Please check your application carefully! b. Program Definitions a. Eligibility Requirements Eligibility requirements are those requirements that must be met for an application to be eligible for funding. Deficiencies in meeting an eligibility requirement may be categorized as either curable or non-curable. b. Threshold Requirement Threshold requirements are a category of eligibility requirements. A threshold requirement is a requirement that must be met for an application to be reviewed. Threshold requirements are not curable. Threshold requirements are listed in Section III.C of this Program NOFA. Applicants must ensure their application package addresses all threshold requirements. Please check your application carefully. c. Deficiency Deficiencies are not the same as errors. Errors are never curable except as permitted under Section IV.D.2. Deficiencies are items of missing or omitted information within a submitted application. Deficiencies typically involve missing documents, information on a form, or some other type of unsatisfied information requirement (e.g., an unsigned form, unchecked box, etc.). Depending on specific criteria, deficiencies may be either curable or noncurable. d. Curable Deficiency A curable deficiency is a specific type of deficiency that applicants may correct with timely action. To be curable the deficiency must: Not be a threshold requirement; Not influence how an applicant is ranked or scored versus other applicants; and 7 of 46

10 Be remedied within the time frame specified in the notice of deficiency. e. Non-Curable Deficiency An applicant cannot correct a non-curable deficiency after the submission deadline. Non-curable deficiencies are deficiencies that if corrected would change an applicant s score or rank versus other applicants. Non-curable deficiencies may result in an application being marked ineligible, or otherwise adversely affect an application s score and final determination. f. Collaborative Applicant - The eligible entity that has been designated by the CoC during the FY 2017 CoC Program Registration Process to apply for a grant on behalf of the CoC. The Collaborative Applicant must be the Applicant for each community applying for participation in the demonstration. In cases where the CoC needed to change the Collaborative Applicant and that change was approved after this NOFA was published but before the deadline for submissions, that approved replacement Collaborative Applicant is the eligible applicant for this NOFA. g. Community - Self-organized network of people in a defined geographic area with common agenda, cause, or interest, who collaborate by sharing ideas, information, and other resources. The community must be within a geographic boundary of a single CoC. h. Continuum of Care (CoC) the group organized to carry out the responsibilities required under 24 CFR Part 578 and that is composed of representatives of organizations, including nonprofit homeless providers, victim service providers, faith-based organizations, governments, businesses, advocates, public housing agencies, school districts, social service providers, mental health agencies, hospitals, universities, affordable housing developers, law enforcement, organizations that serve homeless and formerly homeless veterans, and homeless and formerly homeless persons to the extent these groups are represented within the geographic area and are available to participate. i. Geographic Area - a State, metropolitan city, urban county, town, village, or other nonentitlement area, or a combination or consortia of such, in the United States, as described in section 102 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302). j. Housing First - a model of assistance that prioritizes rapid placement and stabilization in permanent housing that does not have service participation requirements or preconditions (such as sobriety or a minimum income threshold). Transitional housing and supportive service only projects are considered to be using a housing first model for the purposes of this NOFA if they operate with low-barriers, work to quickly move people into permanent housing, do not require participation in supportive services, and, for transitional housing projects, do not require any preconditions for moving into the transitional housing (e.g., sobriety or minimum income threshold). k. Project Applicant an eligible applicant, as defined in section 24 CFR of the CoC Program interim rule, that is designated by the CoC to apply for assistance under the YHDP and is a private non-profit organization, State, local government, or instrumentality of State and local government. l. Recipient - Recipient means an applicant that has signed a grant agreement with HUD. m. Rural community a county or group of counties designated by the applicant that: 8 of 46

11 has no part of it within an area designated as a standard metropolitan statistical area (MSA) by the Office of Management and Budget; or is within an area designated as a metropolitan statistical area or considered as part of a metropolitan statistical area and at least 50 percent of its population is located on U.S. Census blocks classified as non-urban; or is located in a state that has a population density of less than 30 persons per square mile (as reported in the most recent decennial census), and of which at least 1.25 percent of the total acreage of such State is under Federal jurisdiction, provided that no metropolitan city in such State is the sole beneficiary of the grant amounts awarded under this NOFA. n. Youth - Persons aged 24 and younger (has not reached his/her 25 th birthday). Unaccompanied Youth - persons who are age 24 or younger, who are not part of a family with children, and who are not accompanied by their parent or guardian during their episode of homelessness. This also includes two or more youth age 24 or younger who are presenting together as a family without children. Pregnant or Parenting Youth- persons who are 24 and younger who are the parents or legal guardians of one or more children who are present with or sleeping in the same place as that youth parent, or who are pregnant. Transition Age Youth -- persons between age 18 and 24 who are transitioning from adolescence to adulthood.. Youth Action Board. A group of youth, age 24 and younger (of at least 3 members), at least two-thirds of whom are homeless or formerly homeless, that has full membership in the CoC and are included in policymaking decisions of the CoC, particularly on policies that relate to preventing and ending youth homelessness. 4. Resources. Grants.gov HUD Funds available Code of Conduct list SAM Dun & Bradstreet Do Not Pay FAPIIS B. Authority. The FY 2017 funds for the YHDP were authorized by the Consolidated and Further Continuing 9 of 46

12 Appropriations Act, 2017 (Public Law , approved May 5, 2017) ( the FY 2017 Appropriations Act ). Projects awarded under the YHDP may be eligible for renewal under the CoC Program when the initial grant term expires. The CoC Program is authorized by subtitle C of title IV of the McKinney- Vento Homeless Assistance Act, (42 U.S.C ) (the Act), and the CoC Program regulations are found in 24 CFR part 578 (the CoC Program interim rule). II. Award Information. A. Available Funds. $43,000,000 is available through this NOFA. Additional funds may become available for award under this NOFA as a result of HUD's efforts to recapture unused funds, use carryover funds, or because of the availability of additional appropriated funds. Use of these funds is subject to statutory constraints. All awards are subject to the applicable funding restrictions described in the General Section and to those contained in this NOFA. B. Number of Awards. HUD expects to make approximately 11 awards from the funds available under this NOFA. A Collaborative Applicant can apply on behalf of more than one community - however, HUD will not select more than one community within the entire CoC s geographic area. Additionally, HUD will not consider applications from geographic areas within CoCs that HUD selected to participate in the FY 2016 YHDP competition C. Minimum/Maximum Award Information. Each selected community will be eligible to apply to receive a minimum of $1 million. There is no limit to the number of projects for which a community can apply. For example, a selected community could apply for $1 million for one project or $100,000 each for 10 projects. The remaining appropriated funds will be made available to the selected communities based on a formula that accounts for the number of youth in each community ages 10 to 24. Each selected community will be able to apply for and be selected by HUD to receive awards for projects for up to 30 percent of their potential funding immediately after the announcement of the selected communities and the remaining balance will be available after HUD has approved a community s coordinated community plan (See Developing a Coordinated Community Plan in Section III.C.3.b.). The maximum possible award is determined based on the communities that are selected according to the following formula: Community Award = $1,000,000 + [(Community Population Age 10 to 24 * Community Poverty Rate Age 12 to 24) (Sum of (Community Population Age 10 to 24 x Community Poverty Rate Age 12 to 24) for all 11 Communities) x $32,000, of 46

13 (US Census data uses different age ranges for population and poverty rate.) Estimated Total Funding: $43,000,000 Minimum Award Amount: $1,000,000 Per Budget Period Maximum Award Amount: $15,000,000 Per Budget Period D. Period of Performance. Selected communities may apply on a rolling basis for project grants designed to implement the coordinated community plan to prevent and end youth homelessness immediately following the community selection announcement and up until September 1, 2019 or until the community ceases to participate or the available funds have been depleted (whichever is earlier). Public Law No: requires HUD to obligate YHDP funds by September 30, Obligated funds remain available for expenditure until September 30, Grant terms, and associated grant operations, may not extend beyond the availability of funds. Applicants must plan accordingly and only submit applications that can start operations in a timely manner with sufficient time to complete the post award process and the awarded grant term. All grants for projects will be for a 2-year grant term, except for CoC planning projects which will be for a 1-year grant term and are non-renewable. Projects may be eligible for 1-year renewal terms after the initial grant term expires beginning with the next CoC Program Competition. If a community cannot successfully complete the development of a coordinated community plan or must otherwise withdraw from the demonstration, HUD will reallocate the remaining balance to the other selected communities or to alternative communities if appropriate communities can be identified and sufficient funds are available. Estimated Project Start Date: 08/16/2018 Estimated Project End Date: 08/15/2022 Length of Project Periods: Other Length of Project Periods Explanation of Other: HUD will award projects for 2 year grant terms. These grants may then be eligible for renewal under the CoC Program Competition subject to the conditions of the Fiscal Year (FY) NOFA under which they apply for renewal. Planning projects are an exception; HUD will award them for a 1 year non-renewable grant term. E. Type of Funding Instrument. Funding Instrument Type: Grant III. Eligibility Information. 11 of 46

14 A. Eligible Applicants. State governments County governments City or township governments Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification) Additional Information on Eligibility: Community Selection application: Available to Collaborative Applicants designated by CoCs registered through the FY 2017 CoC Program Registration process. The Collaborative Applicant can apply for any community located within its CoC s geographic area. The Collaborative Applicant can also apply for multiple communities located within its CoC s geographic area. Project application: Project applicants that are designated during the application process by the Collaborative Applicant are eligible to apply for grant funds as well as be subrecipients of grant funds. The Collaborative Applicant may apply for projects under this Demonstration as well. The Collaborative Applicants that are not UFAs may also designate an eligible applicant to be the recipient of the planning grant. For-profit entities are not eligible to apply for grants or to be subrecipients of grant funds. To be considered for funding, project applicants must complete the information required by HUD, and receive the approval of the CoC to apply for funding, as signed off on by the Collaborative Applicant or its designee. This NOFA application is for community selection only. Project application will occur after communities have been selected. Requirements for applying for projects are detailed in Appendix A. HUD does not award grants to individuals. For-profit entities, Indian Tribes and Indian Housing Authorities are ineligible applicants. HUD will not evaluate applications from ineligible applicants. As required in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at 2 CFR and 24 CFR Part 5 Subpart K, all applicants for financial assistance must have an active Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number ( and have an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) ( before submitting an application. Getting a DUNS number and completing SAM registration can take up to four weeks. Therefore, applicants should start this process or check their status early. See also Section IV.B for necessary form and content information. HUD does not award grants to individuals. HUD will not evaluate applications from ineligible applicants. 12 of 46

15 B. Cost Sharing or Matching. This Program requires an applicant to leverage resources through cost sharing or matching as described below. This Program requires an applicant to leverage resources through cost sharing or matching as described in the regulation at 24 CFR , this provides the information regarding match requirements C. Threshold Requirements. Applicants who fail to meet any of the following threshold eligibility requirements will be deemed ineligible. Applications from ineligible applicants will not be evaluated. See also Section I.A.3. Definitions. 1. Timely Submission of Applications Applications submitted after the deadline stated within this NOFA and that do not meet the requirements of the grace period policy will be marked late. Late applications are deemed ineligible and will not be considered for funding. See also Section IV Application and Submission Information, part D. Application Submission Dates and Times. 2. Resolution of Civil Rights Matters. Outstanding civil rights matters must be resolved before the application deadline. Applicants who after review are confirmed to have civil rights matters unresolved at the application deadline will be deemed ineligible; the application will receive no further review, will not be rated and ranked, and will not receive funding. a. Applicants having any of the charges, cause determinations, lawsuits, or letters of findings referenced in subparagraphs (1) (5) that have not been resolved to HUD s satisfaction before or on the application deadline date are ineligible for funding. Such matters include: (1) Charges from HUD concerning a systemic violation of the Fair Housing Act or receipt of a cause determination from a substantially equivalent state or local fair housing agency concerning a systemic violation of a substantially equivalent state or local fair housing law proscribing discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or familial status; (2) Status as a defendant in a Fair Housing Act lawsuit filed by the Department of Justice alleging a pattern or practice of discrimination or denial of rights to a group of persons raising an issue of general public importance under 42 U.S.C. 3614(a); (3) Status as a defendant in any other lawsuit filed or joined by the Department of Justice, or in which the Department of Justice has intervened, or filed an amicus brief or statement of interest, alleging a pattern or practice or systemic violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Section 109 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, the Americans with Disabilities Act or a claim under the False Claims Act related to fair housing, non-discrimination, or civil rights generally including an alleged failure to affirmatively further fair housing; (4) Receipt of a letter of findings identifying systemic non-compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Section 109 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974; or the Americans with Disabilities Act; or (5) Receipt of a cause determination from a substantially equivalent state or local fair 13 of 46

16 housing agency concerning a systemic violation of provisions of a state or local law prohibiting discrimination in housing based on sexual orientation, gender identity, or lawful source of income. b. HUD will determine if actions to resolve the charge, cause determination, lawsuit, or letter of findings taken before the application deadline date will resolve the matter. Examples of actions that may be sufficient to resolve the matter include, but are not limited to: Current compliance with a voluntary compliance agreement signed by all the parties; Current compliance with a HUD-approved conciliation agreement signed by all the parties; Current compliance with a conciliation agreement signed by all the parties and approved by the state governmental or local administrative agency with jurisdiction over the matter; Current compliance with a consent order or consent decree; Current compliance with a final judicial ruling or administrative ruling or decision; or Dismissal of charges. c. Ineligible Applicants. HUD will not consider an application from an ineligible applicant. HUD will only score applications for community selection that are completed by a CoC s Collaborative Applicant. d. Youth Action Board (YAB). The CoC must confer with a YAB concerning the development of the community s application for the YHDP and the details therein. The YAB members must be youth age 24 and under. The YAB must have full membership or be a formal committee within the CoC, and the CoC must commit to including the YAB s members in the review of the CoC s coordinated community plan to prevent and end youth homelessness. The Collaborative Applicant must attach a letter signed by an authorized representative from the YAB confirming compliance with the requirements listed in this paragraph. If the CoC does not currently have a YAB, it can create a YAB for the purposes of this NOFA. e. Public Child Welfare Agency (PCWA). The CoC must include the state or local PCWA as a CoC member and must confer with the PCWA concerning the development of the community s application for the YHDP and the details herein. The PCWA is the governmental entity that has care, custody and responsibility for children in foster care and is responsible for the provision of services and support to youth who have left foster care after age 18 to age 21. The CoC must attach verification of the applicable state or local PCWA s membership in the CoC via either 1) a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the agency and the CoC or 2) a letter of support from the CoC that verifies the PCWA s membership in the CoC. As applicable, the MOU or letter of support should include a list of the child welfare service providers under contract with the PCWA and their commitment and participation in the YHDP. D. Statutory and Regulatory Requirements Affecting Eligibility. 1. Compliance with Non-discrimination and Related Requirements. Unless otherwise specified, these non-discrimination and equal opportunity authorities and other requirements apply to all Program NOFAs. Please read the following requirements carefully as 14 of 46

17 the requirements are different among HUD s programs. Compliance with Fair Housing and Civil Rights Laws. With some exceptions for federally recognized Indian tribes, recipients and their prospective subrecipients must comply with all applicable fair housing and civil rights requirements in 24 CFR 5.105(a), including, but not limited to, the Fair Housing Act; Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act; Title II and Title III of the ADA of Recipients of HUD funds, and their prospective sub-recipients, who are conducting programs or activities in a state or local jurisdiction that has passed a law prohibiting discrimination in housing based upon sexual orientation or gender identity, or a law prohibiting discrimination in housing based on lawful source of income, must comply with the law(s) of the state or locality in which the program activities are conducted. Applicants and their prospective subrecipients must comply with all applicable fair housing and civil rights requirements in 24 CFR 5.105(a), including, but not limited to, the Fair Housing Act; Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; Title II and Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; and Section 109 of the Housing and Community Development Act of Applicants, and their prospective subrecipients, who are conducting programs or activities within a state or local jurisdiction that has passed a law prohibiting discrimination in housing based upon sexual orientation or gender identity, or a law prohibiting discrimination in housing based on lawful source of income, must comply with the law(s) of the state or locality in which the program activities are conducted. HUD notes that pregnant or parenting youth may not be excluded from service, because excluding families with children would violate the Fair Housing Act. Thus, any pregnant or parenting youth who otherwise meets the definition of youth must be served by the grantee without regard to the subpopulation it chooses to serve. See Section V.C of the FY 2017 General Section. Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing. Section 808(e)(5) of the Fair Housing Act requires HUD to affirmatively further the purposes of the Fair Housing Act in its housing and urban development programs. HUD requires recipients of funds, including those awarded and announced under HUD's FY 2017 Program NOFAs not specifically exempted, to take meaningful actions that affirmatively further fair housing. Unless otherwise specified elsewhere in this Program NOFA, an applicant must discuss how it will carry out the proposed activities in a manner that affirmatively furthers fair housing in compliance with Section 808(e)(5) of the Fair Housing Act. If the applicant operates in a jurisdiction with an accepted Assessment of Fair Housing, the proposed activities should be consistent with the AFH's fair housing goals and with fair housing strategies specified in any applicable Consolidated Plan or Public Housing Agency Plan. Federally recognized Indian tribes are not subject to the requirement to affirmatively further fair housing in their use of certain HUD funds. Other tribal entities may also be exempt. If a tribal entity's use of HUD funds is subject to the Fair Housing Act, then its proposed activities under a particular program NOFA should be consistent with the AFH's fair housing goals and with fair 15 of 46

18 housing strategies specified in any applicable Consolidated Plan. In addition, 24 CFR (c) requires recipients to implement its programs in a manner that affirmatively furthers fair housing, which means that the recipient must: (1) Affirmatively market their housing and supportive services to eligible persons regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, familial status, or handicap who are least likely to apply in the absence of special outreach, and maintain records of those marketing activities; (2) Where a recipient encounters a condition or action that impedes fair housing choice for current or prospective program participants, provide such information to the jurisdiction that provided the certification of consistency with the Consolidated Plan; and (3) Provide program participants with information on rights and remedies available under applicable federal, State and local fair housing and civil rights laws. 2. HUD- or Federal government-wide Requirements. a. Outstanding Delinquent Federal Debts It is HUD policy, consistent with the purposes and intent of 31 U.S.C. 3720B and 28 U.S.C. 3201(e), that applicants with outstanding delinquent federal debt will not be eligible to receive an award of funds, unless: A negotiated repayment schedule is established and the repayment schedule is not delinquent, or Other arrangements satisfactory to HUD are made prior to the award of funds by HUD. If satisfactory arrangements cannot be completed within 90 days of notification of selection, HUD will not make an award of funds to the applicant, and instead offer the award to the next eligible applicant. HUD may act earlier than the above stated 90 days to ensure, in HUD s determination, that the funds can be obligated in a timely manner. Applicants selected for funding, or awarded funds, must report any changes in status of current agreements covering federal debt. HUD may withhold funding, terminate an award, or seek other remedies from a grantee if a previously agreed-upon payment schedule has not been followed or a new agreement with the federal agency to which the debt is owed has not been signed. b. Sufficiency of Financial Management System. HUD will not award or disburse funds to applicants that do not have a financial management system that meets Federal standards as described at 2 CFR HUD may arrange for a survey of financial management systems for applicants selected for award who have not previously received Federal financial assistance, where HUD Program officials have reason to question whether a financial management system meets Federal standards, or for applicants considered high risk based on past performance or financial management findings. c. Debarments and/or Suspensions Under 2 CFR 2424, no award of Federal funds may be made to debarred or suspended applicants, or those proposed to be debarred or suspended from doing business with the Federal government. d. False Statements A false statement in an application is grounds for denial or termination of an award and possible punishment, as provided in 18 U.S.C e. Pre-selection Review of Performance. If your organization has delinquent federal debt or is 16 of 46

19 excluded from doing business with the Federal government, the organization may be ineligible for an award. In addition, before making a Federal award, HUD reviews information available through any OMB-designated repositories of government-wide eligibility qualification or financial integrity information, such as Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System (FAPIIS), and the Do Not Pay website. HUD may consider other public sources such as newspapers, Inspector General or Government Accountability Office reports or findings, or other complaints that have been proven to have merit. Applicants may review and comment on any information in FAPIIS through SAM. HUD reserves the right to: Deny funding, or with a renewal or continuing award, consider suspension or termination of an award immediately for cause, Require the removal of any key individual from association with management or implementation of the award, and Make provisions or revisions regarding the method of payment or financial reporting requirements. f. Mandatory Disclosure Requirement. Recipients or applicants must disclose in writing to the awarding program office at HUD, all violations of Federal criminal law involving fraud, bribery, or gratuity violations potentially affecting the Federal award within ten days after learning of the violation. Recipients that have received a Federal award including the term and condition outlined in Appendix XII to Part 200 Award Term and Condition for Recipient Integrity and Performance Matters are required to report certain civil, criminal, or administrative proceedings to SAM. Failure to make required disclosures can result in any of the remedies described in Remedies for noncompliance, including suspension or debarment. (See also 2 CFR part 180, 31 U.S.C. 3321, and 41 U.S.C ) g. Conducting Business in Accordance with Ethical Standards/Code of Conduct Before entering into an agreement with HUD, applicants selected for award must ensure an up-todate copy of the organization s code of conduct, dated and signed by the Executive Director, Chair, or equivalent official, of the governing body of the organization has been submitted to HUD. Codes of conduct must prohibit real and apparent conflicts of interest that may arise among officers, employees, or agents; prohibit the solicitation and acceptance of gifts or gratuities over minimal value by officers, employees, or agents for their personal benefit; and outline administrative and disciplinary actions available to remedy violations of such standards. (See 2 CFR and 2 CFR ) If the recipient has a parent, affiliate, or subsidiary organization, whether non-profit or for-profit, the recipient must also maintain written standards of conduct covering organizational conflicts of interest. Organizational conflicts of interest means that because of relationships with a parent, affiliate, or subsidiary organization, the recipient is unable, or appears to be unable, to be impartial in administering the award or serving as a pass-through-entity. 17 of 46