2016-512 Housing - Homelessness Partnership Continuum of Care Agreement

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TAx ID: RECIPIENT: �OTAL AWARD: JNS: COC PROGRAM GRANT NUMBER: EFFECTIVE DATE: 56- 6000327 Orange e County Partnership to End Homelessness $17,000 044041796 NC03401-4FF1p31500 y J0 FY 2015 CONTINUUM OF CARE PROGRAM GRANT AGREEMENT l NW,, EP 13 COMMUNITY PLANNING AND IDEVEi .)PMEN F This Grant Agreement ( "this Agreement ") is made by and between the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development ( "HUD ") and Orange County Partnership to End Homelessness (the "Recipient "). This Agreement is governed by Title IV of the McKinney -Vento Homeless Assistance Act 42 U.S.0 11301 et. seq. (the "Act ") and the Continuum of Care Program rule (the "Rule "). The terms "Grant" or "Grant Funds" mean the funds that are provided under this Agreement. The term "Application" means the application submissions on the basis of which the Grant was approved by HUD, including the certifications, assurances and any information or documentation required to meet any grant award condition. All other terms shall have the meanings given in the Rule. The Application is incorporated herein as part of this Agreement, except that only the projects listed, and only in the amounts listed on the Scope of Work exhibit, are funded by this Agreement. In the event of any conflict between any application provision and any provision contained in this Agreement, this Agreement shall control. Exhibit 1: The FY 2015 Scope of Work is attached hereto and made a part hereof. If in the future, appropriations are made available for Continuum of Care grants; if Recipient applies under a Notice of Funds Availability published by HUD; and, if pursuant to the selection criteria in the Notice of Funds Availability, HUD selects Recipient and one or more of the projects listed on Exhibit 1 for renewal, then additional Scope of Work exhibits may be attached to this Agreement. Those additional exhibits, when attached, will also become a part hereof. The effective date of the Agreement shall be the date of execution by HUD and it is the date use of funds under this Agreement may begin. `nch project will have a performance period that will be listed on the Scope of Work exhibit(s) to this Agreement. For renewal projects, the period of dormance shall begin at the end of the Recipient's final operating year for the project being renewed and eligible costs incurred for a project petween the end of the Recipient's final operating year under the grant being renewed, and the execution of this Agreement may be paid with funds from the first operating year of this Agreement. For each new project funded under this Agreement, Recipient and HUD will set an operating start date in eLOCCS, which will be used to track expenditures, to establish the project performance period and to determine when a project is eligible for renewal. Recipient hereby authorizes HUD to insert the project performance period for new projects into the exhibit without Recipient signature, after the operating start date is established in eLOCCS. This Agreement shall remain in effect until termination either: 1) by agreement of the parties; 2) by HUD alone, acting under the authority of 24 CFR 578.107; 3) upon the expiration of the final performance period for all projects funded under this Agreement; or 4) upon the expiration of the period of availability of funds for all projects funded under this Agreement. Recipient agrees: 1) To ensure the operation of the project(s) listed on the Scope of Work in accordance with the provisions of the Act and all requirements of the Rule; 2) To monitor and report the progress of the project(s) to the Continuum of Care and HUD; 3) To ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, that individuals and families experiencing homelessness are involved, through employment, provision of volunteer services, or otherwise, in constructing, rehabilitating, maintaining, and operating facilities for the project and in providing supportive services for the project; 4) To require certification from any subrecipients that: a) Subrecipient will maintain the confidentiality of records pertaining to any individual or family that was provided family violence prevention or treatment services through the project; b) The address or location of any family violence project assisted with grant funds will not be made public, except with written authorization of the person responsible for the operation of such project; c) Subrecipient will establish policies and practices that are consistent with, and do not restrict, the exercise of rights provided by subtitle B or title VII of the Act and other laws relating to the provision of educational and related services to individuals and families experiencing homelessness; d) In the case of a projects that provide housing or services to families, that subrecipient will designate a staff person to be responsible for ensuring that children being served in the program are enrolled in school and connected to appropriate services in the community, including early childhood programs such as Head Start, Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and programs authorized under subtitle B of title VI I of the Act;