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Title 42
Title 42
HOMELESS ASSISTANCE
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Findings and purpose
General definition of homeless individual
Funding availability and limitations
Evaluation by Comptroller General
Establishment
Membership
Functions
Director and staff
Powers
Transfer of functions
Definitions
Authorization of appropriations
Termination
Encouragement of State involvement
Emergency Food and Shelter Program National Board
Local boards
Role of Federal Emergency Management Agency
Records and audit of National Board and recipients of assistance
Annual report
Grants by Director
Retention of interest earned
Purposes of grants
Limitation on certain costs
Disbursement of funds
Program guidelines
Definitions
Authorization of appropriations
Definitions
Collaborative applicants
Housing affordability strategy
Preventing involuntary family separation
Technical assistance
Discharge coordination policy
Protection of personally identifying information by victim service providers
Authorization of appropriations
Availability of amounts recaptured from appropriated funds
Definitions
Grant assistance
Amount and allocation of assistance
Allocation and distribution of assistance
Eligible activities
Responsibilities of recipients
Administrative provisions
Administrative costs
Purposes
Continuum of care applications and grants
Eligible activities
Incentives for high-performing communities
Supportive services
Program requirements
Selection criteria
Allocation of amounts and incentives for specific eligible activities
Renewal funding and terms of assistance for permanent housing
Matching funding
Appeal procedure
Geographic areas
Regulations
Reports to Congress
Indian tribes and tribally designated housing entities
Rural housing stability grant program
Use of FMHA inventory for transitional housing for homeless persons and for turnkey housing
Use of unutilized and underutilized public buildings and real property to assist the homeless
Making surplus personal property available to nonprofit agencies
Statement of policy
Grants for State and local activities for the education of homeless children and youths
Local educational agency subgrants for the education of homeless children and youths
Secretarial responsibilities
Definitions
Authorization of appropriations