Are we going to be required to match salaries?

There is no match requirement. We are looking at budgets to be sure the organization has the financial capacity to sustain the program.

Universal Funding Application Cycle Fiscal Year 2016 – 2017

 Administrative Expenses – Administrative expenses mean costs for general management, oversight, coordination, evaluation, and reporting on eligible activities. Such costs do not include costs directly related to carrying out eligible activities, since those costs are eligible as part of the activity delivery costs of such activities.

 Annual Gross Income – Total income (earned, unearned, and asset income) anticipated to be received by all persons who currently reside or intend to reside in a program-assisted unit for the upcoming 12-month period.

 Annual Report – A yearly report of an organization’s or government’s financial statements and accomplishments.

 At Risk of Homelessness – individual or family income below 30% of family income for the area

o Does not have sufficient resources or support networks immediately available to prevent them from moving to an emergency shelter or another place

o Living in the home of another because of economic hardship

 Audit – An examination of the financial or administrative records of an organization or governmental entity to ensure that they are complete and accurate.

 Chronically Homeless – an individual or family with a disabling condition who has been continuously homeless for a year or more or has had at least four episodes of

homelessness in the past three years.

 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) – The Community Development Block Grant funds are used to provide decent housing, suitable living environment, and

opportunities to expand economic opportunities, principally for low- and moderate-income persons.

 Compliance – The act of meeting requirements and conditions specified in statues, rules and/or federal laws regarding state and federal housing programs.

 Income Eligible Household – An individual, family or group of individuals living together as a unit, determined to be income eligible for participation in a program.

 Environmental Justice - Environmental justice means ensuring that the environment and human health are protected fairly for all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income. Executive Order 12898, "Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-income Populations" (2/94) requires certain federal agencies, including HUD, to consider how federally assisted projects may have disproportionately high and adverse human health or environmental effects on minority and low-income populations.

 An Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) is a document prepared to describe the effects for proposed activities on the environment. "Environment," in this case, is defined as the

natural and physical environment and the relationship of people with that environment.

It describes the positive and negative environmental effects of a proposed action.

 Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) - The ESG program provides funding 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/individuals from becoming homeless.

 Housing Counseling: Counseling services provided by a HUD-approved agency with trained professional who can advise clients on preventing foreclosure, buying a home, protecting your credit, and other issues.

 Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) - The HOPWA program provides housing assistance and related supportive services for low-income persons living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) and their families who are homeless, at risk of homelessness, or unstably housed. The program provides housing and other support to help the most vulnerable households with multiple health and life challenges to achieve housing stability.

 Match – The commitment of funds to supplement program funds for an eligible activity.

 Median Income – A determination made through statistical methods establishing a middle point for determining income limits.

 Non-profit Corporation, 501(c)(3) – A corporation established under state law for purposes other than making profits that would be distributed to the owners, directors, members or officers.

 Project Objectives – The methods or the activities by which you plan to achieve your aims.

 Project Outcomes – The changes, benefits, learning or other effects that happen as a result of your work. They can be wanted or unwanted, expected or unexpected. They are often hard to count or prove, and normally rely on an understanding of the initial

situation or problem for comparison. *Please see example below.

 Project Outputs – The tangible products, services or facilities created by your work, and are usually quantifiable. They don’t rely on any knowledge of your “starting point” and instead focus on what happens once you have finished your work.*Please see example below.

*For example: Output – job training provided to 100 students

Outcome – 25% of students gained meaningful employment

 Public Facilities – Construction, reconstruction and rehabilitation of facilities that benefit

 Public Service – A public service must be either a new service or a quantifiable increase in the level of an existing service to low and moderate-income persons.

 Rapid Re-Housing – Housing relocation and stabilization services to help individuals or families who meet HUD’s definition of homeless.

 Removal of Architectural Barriers – Special projects directed to the removal of material and architectural barriers that restrict the mobility and accessibility of elderly or handicapped persons to buildings and facilities.

 Short-term rent, mortgage and utility assistance (STRMU) – an eligible activity under the HOPWA program. STRMU is time-limited housing assistance designed to prevent homelessness and increase housing stability. Grantees may provide assistance for a period of up to 21 weeks in any 52-week period. The amount of assistance varies per client depending on funds available, tenant need, and program guidelines.

 Support Services – program component that allows recipients and subrecipients to provide services to individuals and families such as; case management, mental health counseling and treatment and other support services for independent living.

 Supportive Housing – a combination of housing and services intended as a cost-effective way to help people live more stable and productive lives.

 Tenant Based Rental Assistance (TBRA) – Rental subsidy program to help to individual households acquire permanent affordable housing through rental and utility subsidies.