[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 24, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 24CFR585.305]

[Page 266-267]
 
                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
  CHAPTER V--OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR COMMUNITY PLANNING AND 
        DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
PART 585_YOUTHBUILD PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
               Subpart D_Youthbuild Implementation Grants
 
Sec. 585.305  Eligible activities.

    Implementation grant activities to conduct a Youthbuild program may 
include:
    (a) Acquisition of housing and related facilities to be used for the 
purposes of providing homeownership, residential rental housing, or 
transitional housing for the homeless and low- and very low-income 
persons and families;
    (b) Architectural and engineering work associated with Youthbuild 
housing;
    (c) Construction of housing and related facilities to be used for 
the purposes of providing homeownership, residential rental housing, or 
transitional housing for the homeless and low- and very low-income 
persons and families;
    (d) Rehabilitation of housing and related facilities to be used for 
the purposes of providing homeownership, residential rental housing, or 
transitional housing for the homeless and low- and very low-income 
persons and families, including lead-based paint activities; in 
accordance with part 35 of this title;
    (e) Operating expenses and replacement reserves for the housing 
assisted in the Youthbuild program;
    (f) Relocation payments and other assistance required to comply with 
Sec. 585.308, legal fees, and construction management;
    (g) Outreach and recruitment activities, emphasizing special 
outreach efforts to be undertaken to recruit eligible young women 
(including young women with dependent children);
    (h) Education and job training services and activities including 
work experience, basic skills instruction and remedial education, 
bilingual education; secondary education leading to the attainment of a 
high school diploma or its equivalent; counseling and assistance in 
attaining post-secondary education and required financial aid;
    (i) Wages, benefits and need-based stipends provided to 
participants;
    (j) Leadership development, counseling, support services, and 
development of employment skills;
    (k) Defraying costs for the ongoing training and technical 
assistance needs of the recipient that are related to developing and 
carrying out a Youthbuild program;

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    (l) Job placement (including entrepreneurial training and business 
development), counseling, and support services for a period not to 
exceed 12 months after completion of training to assist participants; 
and
    (m) Administration. Youthbuild funds for administrative costs may 
not exceed 15 percent of the total amount of Youthbuild program and 
project costs or such higher percentage as HUD determines is necessary 
to support capacity development by a private nonprofit organization.

[60 FR 9737, Feb. 21, 1995, as amended at 64 FR 50226, Sept. 15, 1999]