needs, provided that the purpose of the services is to 
support the individuals in their choice to transition 
into housing that is responsive to their individual 
needs and preferences. 
‘‘(d) CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS.—A condition for the 
receipt of a grant under subsection (a) is that the appli-
cant involved demonstrate the following: 
‘‘(1) The applicant and all direct providers of 
services have the experience, infrastructure, and ex-
pertise needed to ensure the quality and effective-
ness of services, which may be demonstrated by any 
of the following: 
‘‘(A) Compliance with all local, city, coun-
ty, or State requirements for licensing, accredi-
tation, or certification (if any) which are appli-
cable to the proposed project. 
‘‘(B) A minimum of two years experience 
providing comparable services that do not re-
quire licensing, accreditation, or certification. 
‘‘(C) Certification as a Medicaid service 
provider, including health care for the homeless 
programs and community health centers. 
‘‘(D) An executed agreement with a rel-
evant State or local government agency that 
will provide oversight over the mental health,
substance abuse, or other services that will be 
delivered by the project. 
‘‘(2) There is a mechanism for determining 
whether residents are chronically homeless. Such a 
mechanism may rely on local data systems or 
records of shelter admission. If there are no sources 
of data regarding the duration or number of home-
less episodes, or if such data are unreliable for the 
purposes of this subsection, an applicant must dem-
onstrate that the project will implement appropriate 
procedures, taking into consideration the capacity of 
local homeless service providers to document epi-
sodes of homelessness and the challenges of engag-
ing persons who have been chronically homeless, to 
verify that an individual or family meets the defini-
tion for being chronically homeless under this sec-
tion. 
‘‘(3) The applicant participates in a local, re-
gional, or statewide homeless management informa-
tion system. 
‘‘(e) MATCHING FUNDS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A condition for the receipt 
of a grant under subsection (a) is that, with respect 
to the cost of the project to be carried out by an ap-
plicant pursuant to such subsection, the applicant 
agree as follows: 
‘‘(A) In the case of the initial grant pursu-
ant to subsection (i)(1)(A), the applicant will, 
in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3), 
make available contributions toward such costs 
in an amount that is not less than $1 for each 
$3 of Federal funds provided in the grant. 
‘‘(B) In the case of a renewal grant pursu-
ant to subsection (i)(1)(B), the applicant will, 
in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3), 
make available contributions toward such costs 
in an amount that is not less than $1 for each 
$1 of Federal funds provided in the grant. 
‘‘(2) SOURCE
OF
CONTRIBUTION.—For pur-
poses of paragraph (1), contributions made by an 
applicant are in accordance with this paragraph if 
made as follows: 
‘‘(A) The contribution is made from funds 
of the applicant or from donations from public 
or private entities. 
‘‘(B) Of the contribution—
‘‘(i) not less than 80 percent is from 
non-Federal funds; and