Specifications include, but are not limited to: St. Louis County Department of Human Services, Homeless Services Program will be responsible for administration and oversight of the contract. The sub-recipient must have the management capacity to administer a grant program and will be responsible for intake, eligibility determination, and follow-up services. The agency or organization providing the service activities will be subject to an extensive set of reporting and monitoring requirements as developed by St. Louis County Department of Human Services, Homeless Services Program. These reports will be required as necessary to carry out monitoring and evaluation of activities as mandated by HUD HEARTH Final Rule regulations. St. Louis County Department of Human Services, Homeless Services Program will be responsible for administration and oversight of the contract. The sub-recipient must have the management capacity to administer a grant program and will be responsible for intake, eligibility determination, and follow-up services. The agency or organization providing the service activities will be subject to an extensive set of reporting and monitoring requirements as developed by St. Louis County Department of Human Services, Homeless Services Program. These reports will be required as necessary to carry out monitoring and evaluation of activities as mandated by HUD HEARTH Final Rule regulations. Emergency Shelter: Allowable expenses include: renovation, including major rehabilitation or conversion, of a building to serve as an emergency shelter. The emergency shelter must be owned by a government entity or private nonprofit organization. The shelter must serve homeless persons for at least 3 or 10 years, depending on the type of renovation and the value of the building. Note: Property acquisition and new construction are ineligible ESG activities. Essential Services, including case management, child care, education services, employment assistance and job training, outpatient health services, legal services, life skills training, mental health services, substance abuse treatment services, transportation, and services for special populations. Allowable Shelter Operations, including maintenance, rent, repair, security, fuel, equipment, insurance, utilities, food, furnishings, and supplies necessary for the operation of the emergency shelter. Where no appropriate emergency shelter is available for a homeless family or individual, eligible costs may also include a hotel or motel voucher for that family or individual. See 24 CFR 576.102. Rapid Re-housing: Housing relocation and stabilization services and/or short-and/or medium-term rental assistance as necessary to help individuals or families living in shelters or in places not meant for human habitation move as quickly as possible into permanent housing and achieve stability in that housing. Eligible costs include: Rental Assistance: rental assistance and rental arrears Financial Assistance: rental application fees, security and utility deposits, utility payments, last month's rent, moving costs Services: housing search and placement, housing stability case management, landlord-tenant mediation, tenant legal services, credit repair. See 24 CFR 576.104 Homelessness Prevention: Housing relocation and stabilization services and short-and/or medium-term rental assistance as necessary to prevent the individual or family from moving to an emergency shelter, a place not meant for human habitation, or another place described in paragraph (1) of the homeless definition. Persons receiving this type of assistance must be at imminent risk of homelessness at the time of application for assistance. Persons receiving this type of assistance must present adequate documentation showing imminent risk of homelessness. The costs of homelessness prevention are only eligible to the extent that the assistance is necessary to help the program participant regain stability in their current housing or move into other permanent housing and achieve stability in that housing. Eligible costs include: Rental Assistance: rental assistance and rental arrears Financial assistance: rental application fees, security and utility deposits, utility payments, last month's rent, moving costs Services: housing search and placement, housing stability case management, landlord-tenant mediation, tenant legal services, credit repair See 24 CFR 576.103
