[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 24, Volume 4]
[Revised as of April 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 24CFR984.102]

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                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
CHAPTER IX--OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING, 
               DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
PART 984_SECTION 8 AND PUBLIC HOUSING FAMILY SELF-SUFFICIENCY PROGRAM
--Table of Contents
 
                            Subpart A_General
 
Sec. 984.102  Program objectives.

    The objective of the FSS program is to reduce the dependency of low-
income families on welfare assistance and on Section 8, public, or any 
Federal, State, or local rent or homeownership subsidies. Under the FSS 
program, low-income families are provided opportunities for education, 
job training, counseling, and other forms of social service assistance, 
while living in assisted housing, so that they may obtain the education, 
employment, and business and social skills necessary to achieve self-
sufficiency, as defined in Sec. 984.103 of this subpart A. The 
Department will measure the success of a local FSS program not only by 
the number of families who achieve self-sufficiency, but also by the 
number of FSS families who, as a result of participation in the program, 
have family members who obtain their first job, or who obtain higher 
paying jobs; no longer need benefits received under one or more welfare 
programs; obtain a high school diploma or higher education degree; or 
accomplish similar goals that will assist the family in obtaining 
economic independence.

[61 FR 8815, Mar. 5, 1966, as amended at 65 FR 16731, Mar. 29, 2000]