is in such form, is made in such manner, and contains 
such agreements, assurances, and information as the Sec-
retary determines to be necessary to carry out this section. 
‘‘(i) 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. 
‘‘(j) DURATION OF INITIAL AND RENEWAL GRANTS; 
ADDITIONAL
PROVISIONS
REGARDING
RENEWAL 
GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraphs (2) 
and (3), the period during which payments are made
to a grantee under subsection (a) shall be in accord-
ance with the following: 
‘‘(A) In the case of the initial grant, the 
period of payments shall be not less than three 
years and not more than five years. 
‘‘(B) In the case of a subsequent grant (re-
ferred to in this subsection as a ‘renewal 
grant’), the period of payments shall be not 
more than five years. 
‘‘(2) ANNUAL APPROVAL; AVAILABILITY OF AP-
PROPRIATIONS; NUMBER OF GRANTS.—The provision 
of payments under an initial or renewal grant is sub-
ject to annual approval by the Secretary of the pay-
ments and to the availability of appropriations for 
the fiscal year involved to make the payments. This 
subsection may not be construed as establishing a 
limitation on the number of grants under subsection 
(a) that may be made to an entity. 
‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS REGARDING RE-
NEWAL GRANTS.— 
‘‘(A) COMPLIANCE WITH MINIMUM STAND-
ARDS.—A renewal grant may be made by the 
Secretary only if the Secretary determines that 
the applicant involved has, in the project car-
ried out with the grant, maintained compliance
with minimum standards for quality and suc-
cessful outcomes for housing retention, as de-
termined by the Secretary. 
‘‘(B) AMOUNT.—The maximum amount of 
a renewal grant under this subsection shall not 
exceed an amount equal to— 
‘‘(i) 75 percent of the amount of Fed-
eral funds provided in the final year of the 
initial grant period; or 
‘‘(ii) 50 percent of the total costs of 
sustaining the program funded under the 
grant at the level provided for in the year 
preceding the year for which the renewal 
grant is being awarded; 
as determined by the Secretary. 
‘‘(k) STRATEGIC PERFORMANCE OUTCOMES AND RE-
PORTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall, as a 
condition of the receipt of grants under subsection 
(a), require grantees to provide data regarding the 
performance outcomes of the projects carried out 
under the grants. Consistent with the requirements 
and procedures established by the Secretary, each 
grantee shall measure and report specific perform-
ance outcomes related to the long-term goals of in-
creasing stability within the community for people 
who have been chronically homeless, and decreasing 
the recurrence of periods of homelessness. 
‘‘(2) PERFORMANCE OUTCOMES.—The perform-
ance outcomes described under paragraph (1) shall 
include, with respect to individuals who have been 
chronically homeless— 
‘‘(A) improvements in housing stability; 
‘‘(B) improvements in employment and 
education; 
‘‘(C) reductions in problems related to sub-
stance abuse; 
‘‘(D) reductions in problems related to 
mental health disorders; and 
‘‘(E) other areas as the Secretary deter-
mines appropriate. 
‘‘(3) COORDINATION AND CONSISTENCY WITH 
OTHER HOMELESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.— 
‘‘(A) PROCEDURES.—In establishing stra-
tegic performance outcomes and reporting re-
quirements under paragraph (1), the Secretary 
shall develop and implement procedures that 
minimize the costs and burdens to grantees and 
program participants, and that are practical, 
streamlined, and designed for consistency with
the requirements of the homeless assistance 
programs administered by the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development. 
‘‘(B) APPLICANT
COORDINATION.—Appli-
cants under this section shall coordinate with 
community stakeholders, including participants 
in the local homeless management information 
system, concerning the development of systems 
to measure performance outcomes and with the 
Secretary for assistance with data collection 
and measurements activities. 
‘‘(4) REPORT.—A grantee shall submit an an-
nual report to the Secretary that— 
‘‘(A) identifies the grantee’s progress to-
wards achieving its strategic performance out-
comes; and 
‘‘(B) describes other activities conducted 
by the grantee to increase the participation, 
housing stability, and other improvements in 
outcomes for individuals who have been chron-
ically homeless. 
‘‘(l) TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The 
Secretary, directly or through awards of grants or con-
tracts to public or nonprofit private entities, shall provide 
training and technical assistance regarding the planning,
development, and provision of services in projects under 
subsection (a). 
‘‘(m) BIENNIAL REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Not later 
than two years after the date of the enactment of the Serv-
ices for Ending Long-Term Homelessness Act, and bienni-
ally thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Congress 
a report on projects under subsection (a) that includes a 
summary of information received by the Secretary under 
subsection (k), and that describes the impact of the pro-
gram under subsection (a) as part of a comprehensive 
strategy for ending long term homelessness and improving 
outcomes for individuals with mental illness and substance 
abuse problems. 
‘‘(n) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘chronically homeless’ means an 
individual or family who— 
‘‘(A) is currently homeless; 
‘‘(B) has been homeless continuously for at 
least one year or has been homeless on at least 
four separate occasions in the last three years; 
and 
‘‘(C) has an adult head of household with 
a disabling condition, defined as a diagnosable 
substance use disorder, serious mental illness, 
developmental disability, or chronic physical ill-
ness or disability, including the co-occurrence of 
two or more of these conditions. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘disabling condition’ means a 
condition that limits an individual’s ability to work 
or perform one or more activities of daily living. 
‘‘(3) The term ‘homeless’ means sleeping in a 
place not meant for human habitation or in an emer-
gency homeless shelter. 
‘‘(4)(A) The term ‘permanent supportive hous-
ing’ means permanent, affordable housing with flexi-
ble support services that are available and designed 
to help the tenants stay housed and build the nec-
essary skills to live as independently as possible. 
Such term does not include housing that is time-lim-
ited. Supportive housing offers residents assistance 
in reaching their full potential, which may include 
opportunities to secure other housing that meets 
their needs and preferences, based on individual 
choice instead of the requirements of time-limited 
transitional programs. Under this section, perma-
nent affordable housing includes but is not limited 
to permanent housing funded or assisted through 
title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance 
Act and section (8) of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937.
‘‘(B) For purposes of subparagraph (A), the 
term ‘affordable’ means within the financial means 
of individuals who are extremely low income, as de-
fined by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment. 
‘‘(o) FUNDING.— 
‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
For the purpose of carrying out this section, there 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may 
be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2006 
through 2010. 
‘‘(2) ALLOCATION FOR TRAINING AND TECH-
NICAL
ASSISTANCE.—Of the amount appropriated 
under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year, the Secretary 
may reserve not more than 3 percent for carrying 
out subsection (l).’’. 
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