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1. Partnering service providers will support individuals and families in completing <br />applications and obtaining necessary supporting documentation to support referrals <br />and applications for assistance; while aiding households in addressing housing <br />barriers. <br />2. Partnering service providers will support PHAs in ensuring appointment notifications to <br />eligible individuals and families and will assist eligible households in getting to <br />meetings with the PHA. <br />3. PHAs will establish windows of time for EHV applicants to complete intake interviews <br />for EHV. <br />4. Partnering service providers will provide culturally relevant housing search assistance <br />for eligible individuals and families <br />5. Partnering service providers will provide counseling on compliance with rental lease <br />requirements. <br />6. Partnering service providers will ensure people who need assistance with security <br />deposits, utility hook-up fees, utility deposits, etc. are connected to relevant resources. <br />7. Partnering service providers will assess and refer individuals and families to bene fits <br />and supportive services, where applicable. <br />8. Partnering service providers will ensure services are culturally relevant and tailored to <br />individual needs, language needs are accommodated, preferences are taken into <br />account, and people are in the driver’s seat of their own housing and services plan. <br /> <br /> <br />IV. PHA Roles and Responsibilities <br />1. Coordinate and consult with the CoC in developing the services and assistance to <br />be offered under the EHV services fee. <br />2. Accept direct referrals for eligible individuals and families through the CoC <br />Coordinated Entry System, the HOME Committee. <br />3. Commit a sufficient number of staff and necessary resources to ensure that the <br />application, certification, and voucher issuance processes are completed in a <br />timely manner. <br />4. Commit a sufficient number of staff and resources to ensure that inspections of units <br />are completed in a timely manner. <br />5. Designate a staff to serve as the lead EHV liaison. The PHA has designated Blake <br />Rosser, Housing Choice Voucher Program Manager, to serve as its lead EHV liaison. <br />6. Identify a process to ensure equity is a primary focus of EHV efforts and continuous <br />improvement processes are built in that ensure frequent monitoring of data and <br />outcomes against local equity priorities. <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: BBC6C7DC-B013-4978-9F76-89D788E0AA25