[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 24, Volume 3] [Revised as of April 1, 2005] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 24CFR574.340] [Page 207-208] TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER V--OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT PART 574_HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS--Table of Contents Subpart D_Uses of Grant Funds Sec. 574.340 Additional standards for community residences. (a) A community residence is a multiunit residence designed for eligible persons to provide a lower cost residential alternative to institutional care; to prevent or delay the need for such care; to provide a permanent or transitional residential setting with appropriate services to enhance the quality of life for those who are unable to live independently; and to enable such persons to participate as fully as possible in community life. (b) If grant funds are used to provide a community residence, except for planning and other expenses preliminary to construction or other physical improvement for a community residence, the grantee must, prior to the expenditure of such funds, obtain and keep on file the following certifications: [[Page 208]] (1) A services agreement. (i) A certification that the grantee will itself provide services as required by Sec. 574.310(a) to eligible persons assisted by the community residence; or (ii) A certification that the grantee has entered into a written agreement with a project sponsor or contracted service provider to provide services as required by Sec. 574.310(a) to eligible persons assisted by the community residence; (2) The adequacy of funding. (i) A certification that the grantee has acquired sufficient funding for these services; or (ii) A certification that the grantee has on file an analysis of the service level needed for each community residence, a statement of which grantee agency, project sponsor, or service provider will provide the needed services, and a statement of how the services will be funded; and (3) Capability. (i) A certification that the grantee is qualified to provide the services; or (ii) A certification that the project sponsor or the service provider is qualified to provide the services. [57 FR 61740, Dec. 28, 1992, as amended at 59 FR 17200, Apr. 11, 1994]