[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 24, Volume 4]

[Revised as of April 1, 2006]

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]