applicant shall not exceed an amount equal to 
75 percent of the amount of Federal funds pro-
vided to the applicant in the final year of the 
initial grant period. 
‘‘(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 individ-
uals and families who have been chronically home-
less, 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 and families who 
have been chronically homeless— 
‘‘(A) improvements in housing stability; 
‘‘(B) improvements in employment and 
education; 
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‘‘(C) reductions in problems related to sub-
stance use disorders; 
‘‘(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 
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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-
ward 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 and families who have 
been chronically 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 2 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 appro-
priate committees of Congress a report on projects under 
subsection (a) that— 
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‘‘(1) includes a summary of information re-
ceived by the Secretary under subsection (k); 
‘‘(2) describes how the services provided under 
each such project are coordinated with State and 
local social service programs and homelessness as-
sistance programs, and services provided by the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs and other relevant 
Federal agencies; and 
‘‘(3) includes an evaluation of the manner in 
which funds are used under such projects, and the 
effectiveness of such projects in ending long-term 
homelessness and improving outcomes for individuals 
with mental illness or substance use disorder prob-
lems. 
‘‘(n) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 
‘‘(1) CHRONICALLY HOMELESS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘chronically 
homeless’, used with respect to an individual or 
family, means an individual or family who— 
‘‘(i) is homeless; 
‘‘(ii) has been homeless continuously 
for at least 1 year or has been homeless on 
at least 4 separate occasions in the last 3 
years; and 
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‘‘(iii) has an adult head of household 
(or a minor head of household if no adult 
is present in the household) with a 
diagnosable substance use disorder, a seri-
ous mental illness, a developmental dis-
ability (as defined in section 102 of the 
Developmental Disabilities Assistance and 
Bill of Rights Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 
15002)), post traumatic stress disorder, a 
cognitive impairment resulting from a 
brain injury, or a chronic physical illness 
or disability or the co-occurrence of 2 or 
more chronic physical illnesses or disabil-
ities. 
‘‘(B) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—An indi-
vidual shall be considered to be chronically 
homeless if such individual— 
‘‘(i) resides in an institutional care fa-
cility, including a jail, substance use dis-
order or mental health treatment facility, 
hospital, or other similar facility; 
‘‘(ii) has resided in a facility described 
in clause (i) for fewer than 90 days; and 
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