2021-180-E Housing-NC DHHS Emergency Solutions Grant contract amendment

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DocuSign Envelope ID:6BA9D3D1-719B-42F7-A645-83C9267F2082 Contract Number 00041435, Amendment Number 1 / Page 4 of 22 SCOPE OF WORK BACKGROUND The NC ESG program is a reimbursable grant program established by the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act(Public Law 100-77, Public Law 100-628) as amended by the Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act of 2009 (HEARTH Act). The HEARTH Act authorized the Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) Program for providing assistance to persons and families who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. These programs and services are carried out by community organizations that apply for, and are awarded, NC ESG funds on an annual basis. These funds are a formula grant appropriated by Congress to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development with the intention to: (1)engage homeless individuals and families living on the street; (2) improve the number and quality of emergency shelters for homeless individuals and families; (3) help operate these shelters; (4) provide essential services to shelter residents, (5) rapidly re-house homeless individuals and families, and (6) prevent families and individuals from becoming homeless. NC ESG funds are intended to be used as part of a crisis response system using a low barrier, housing-focused approach to ensure that homelessness is rare, brief, and non-recurring. PURPOSE The purpose of this is: • ESG funds are intended to be used as part of a crisis response system using a low barrier, housing-focused approach to ensure that homelessness is "rare, brief, and one time"; • Engage homeless individuals and families living on the street; • Improve the number and quality of emergency shelters for homeless individuals and families; • Help operate emergency shelters; • Provide essential services to emergency shelter residents; • Rapidly re-house homeless individuals and families; • Prevent families and individuals from becoming homeless. Services to be provided: • RRH Financial Assistance: Rapid Re-housing financial services are used to assist individuals with rental assistance along with the payment of allowable financial assistance to avoid homelessness. • RRH Services: Rapid Re-housing is a service provided to rapidly re-house individuals who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. Funds can be used both for financial services and case management. PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS Reimbursement submission must be accurate to ensure both timely service provision and reimbursement. Incorrect submissions delay and effect spending. All requisitions incorrect or incomplete will be returned for correction and will not be submitted for payment until corrects are received. Requisitions must be submitted monthly and within 45 days of the expenditure disbursing ESG funds per HUD regulation. Program compliance with both HUD Scope of Work (Rev. 06/11)