[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: 24CFR984.201]

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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 B_Program Development and Approval Procedures
 
Sec. 984.201  Action Plan.


    (a) Requirement for Action Plan. A PHA must have a HUD-approved 
Action Plan that complies with the requirements of this section before 
the PHA implements an FSS program, whether the FSS program is a 
mandatory or voluntary program.
    (b) Development of Action Plan. The Action Plan shall be developed 
by the PHA in consultation with the chief executive officer of the 
applicable unit of general local government, and the Program 
Coordinating Committee.
    (c) Plan submission--(1) Initial submission--(i) Mandatory program. 
Unless the dates stated in paragraph (c) of this section are extended by 
HUD for good cause, a PHA that is establishing its first FSS program 
must submit an Action Plan to HUD for approval within 90 days after the 
PHA receives notice from HUD of:
    (A) Approval of the PHA's application for incentive award units; or
    (B) Approval of other funding that establishes the obligation to 
operate an FSS program, if the PHA did not receive FSS incentive award 
units.
    (ii) Voluntary program. The PHA must submit its Action Plan and 
obtain HUD approval of the plan before the PHA implements a voluntary 
FSS program, including a program that exceeds the minimum size for a 
mandatory program.
    (2) Revision. Following HUD's initial approval of the Action Plan, 
no further approval of the Action Plan is required unless the PHA 
proposes to make policy changes to the Action Plan or increase the size 
of a voluntary program; or HUD requires other changes. The PHA must 
submit any changes to the Action Plan to HUD for approval.
    (d) Contents of Plan. The Action Plan shall describe the policies 
and procedures of the PHA for operation of a local FSS program, and 
shall contain, at a minimum, the following information:
    (1) Family demographics. A description of the number, size, 
characteristics, and other demographics (including racial and ethnic 
data), and the supportive service needs of the families expected to 
participate in the FSS program;
    (2) Estimate of participating families. A description of the number 
of eligible FSS families who can reasonably be expected to receive 
supportive services under the FSS program, based on available and 
anticipated Federal, tribal, State, local, and private resources;
    (3) Eligible families from other self-sufficiency program. If 
applicable, the number of families, by program type, who are 
participating in Operation Bootstrap, Project Self-Sufficiency, or any 
other local self-sufficiency program who are expected to agree to 
execute an FSS contract of participation.
    (4) FSS family selection procedures. A statement indicating the 
procedures to be utilized to select families for participation in the 
FSS program, subject to the requirements governing the selection of FSS 
families, set forth in Sec. 984.203. This statement must include a 
description of how the PHA's selection procedures ensure that families 
will be selected without regard to race, color, religion, sex, handicap, 
familial status, or national origin.
    (5) Incentives to encourage participation--a description of the 
incentives that the PHA intends to offer eligible families to encourage 
their participation in the FSS program (incentives plan). The incentives 
plan shall provide for the establishment of the FSS account in 
accordance with the requirements set forth in Sec. 984.305, and other 
incentives, if any, designed by the PHA. The incentives plan shall be 
part of the Action Plan.
    (6) Outreach efforts. A description of:
    (i) The PHA's efforts, including notification and outreach efforts, 
to recruit FSS participants from among eligible families; and
    (ii) The PHA's actions to be taken to assure that both minority and 
non-minority groups are informed about the FSS program, and how the PHA 
will make this information known.
    (7) FSS activities and supportive services. A description of the 
activities and supportive services to be provided by both public and 
private resources to FSS families, and identification of the public and 
private resources which are expected to provide the supportive services.

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    (8) Method for identification of family support needs. A description 
of how the FSS program will identify the needs and deliver the services 
and activities according to the needs of the FSS families;
    (9) Program termination; withholding of services; and available 
grievance procedures. A description of the PHA's policies concerning: 
terminating participation in the FSS program, withholding of supportive 
services, or terminating or withholding Section 8 assistance, on the 
basis of a family's failure to comply with the requirements of the 
contract of participation; and the grievance and hearing procedures 
available for FSS families.
    (10) Assurances of non-interference with rights of non-participating 
families. An assurance that a family's election not to participate in 
the FSS program will not affect the family's admission to public housing 
or to the Section 8 program or the family's right to occupancy in 
accordance with its lease.
    (11) Timetable for program implementation. A timetable for 
implementation of the FSS program, as provided in Sec. 984.301(a)(1), 
including the schedule for filling FSS slots with eligible FSS families, 
as provided in Sec. 984.301;
    (12) Certification of coordination. A certification that development 
of the services and activities under the FSS program has been 
coordinated with the JOBS Program; the programs provided under the JTPA; 
and any other relevant employment, child care, transportation, training, 
and education programs (e.g., Job Training for the Homeless 
Demonstration program) in the applicable area, and that implementation 
will continue to be coordinated, in order to avoid duplication of 
services and activities; and
    (13) Optional additional information. Such other information that 
would help HUD determine the soundness of the PHA's proposed FSS 
program.
    (e) Eligibility of a combined program. a PHA that wishes to operate 
a joint FSS program with other PHAs may combine its resources with one 
or more PHAs to deliver supportive services under a joint Action Plan 
that will provide for the establishment and operation of a combined FSS 
program that meets the requirements of this part.
    (f) Single action plan. PHAs implementing both a Section 8 FSS 
program and a public or Indian housing FSS program may submit one Action 
Plan.

[61 FR 8815, Mar. 5, 1996, as amended at 65 FR 16732, Mar. 29, 2000]