‘‘(17) TRANSITIONAL
HOUSING.—The term 
‘transitional housing’ means housing, the purpose of 
which is to facilitate the movement of individuals 
and families experiencing homelessness to permanent 
housing within 24 months or such longer period as 
the Secretary determines necessary. 
‘‘SEC. 402. CONTINUUM OF CARE BOARDS. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—A continuum of care board 
shall be established for a geographic area for one or more 
units of general local government as a private nonprofit 
organization, or an organization associated with state or 
local government or a consortium thereof, which consor-
tium is itself organized under authority of state law. 
‘‘(b) MISSION.—A continuum of care board will lead 
a collaborative planning process to design, implement and 
evaluate programs, policies and practices to prevent and 
help end homelessness. 
‘‘(c) APPOINTMENT OF AN AGENT.— 
‘‘(1) Subject to paragraph (2), a continuum of 
care board may designate an agent to— 
‘‘(A) apply for a grant under section 
422(b); and 
‘‘(B) receive and distribute grant funds 
awarded under subtitle C. 
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‘‘(2) Any continuum of care board that ap-
points an agent pursuant to paragraph (1) shall 
nonetheless retain all of its duties and responsibil-
ities under this title. 
‘‘(d) MEMBERSHIP
OF
CONTINUUM
OF
CARE 
BOARD.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A continuum of care board 
established under subsection (a) shall be composed 
of persons— 
‘‘(A) from a particular geographic area; 
‘‘(B) not less than 65 percent of whom 
are— 
‘‘(i) persons who are experiencing or 
have experienced homelessness (with not 
fewer than two persons being individuals 
who are experiencing or have experienced 
homelessness); 
‘‘(ii) persons who act as advocates for 
the diverse subpopulations of persons expe-
riencing homelessness; 
‘‘(iii) persons or representatives of or-
ganizations who provide assistance to the 
variety of individuals and families experi-
encing homelessness and those at risk of 
homelessness, including entities such as 
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law enforcement and health and mental 
health organizations; 
‘‘(iv) members of the business commu-
nity and local workforce investment boards 
established under the Workforce Invest-
ment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2801 et 
seq.); 
‘‘(v) members of neighborhood advo-
cacy organizations; and 
‘‘(vi) members of philanthropic orga-
nizations that contribute to preventing and 
ending homelessness in the geographic 
area of the continuum of care board; and 
‘‘(C) the remainder of whom, but not less 
than one individual, are selected from among 
government agency officials, particularly those 
officials responsible for administering funding 
under programs targeted for persons experi-
encing homelessness, and other programs for 
which persons experiencing homelessness are el-
igible. 
‘‘(2) WAIVER.—The Secretary may, for good 
cause and on a case-by-case basis, waive the require-
ments of section 402(d)(1) as he determines to be 
necessary or appropriate. 
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‘‘(e) COMPOSITION AND ROTATION OF MEMBERSHIP 
OF BOARD.— 
‘‘(1) COMPOSITION.—To the extent practicable, 
all of the individuals, organizations, agencies and 
businesses described in subsection (d)(1) shall be 
represented on the continuum of care board. 
‘‘(2) ROTATION
OF
MEMBERSHIP.—The con-
tinuum of care board shall rotate its membership, 
upon such terms as designated by the Secretary, to 
ensure that individuals and representatives of all 
agencies, businesses, and organizations who are de-
scribed in subsection (d)(1) and invested in devel-
oping and implementing strategies to prevent and 
help end homelessness are able to participate as de-
cisionmaking members of the continuum of care 
board. 
‘‘(f) REMEDIAL ACTION.—If the Secretary finds that 
a continuum of care board for a geographic area does not 
meet the requirements of this section, the Secretary may 
take remedial action to ensure fair distribution of grant 
amounts under subtitle C to project sponsors within that 
area. Such measures may include designating another 
body as a continuum of care board. 
‘‘(g) DUTIES.—A continuum of care board shall— 
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‘‘(1)(A) design a collaborative process, estab-
lished jointly and complied with by its members, for 
evaluating, reviewing, prioritizing, awarding, and 
monitoring projects and applications submitted by 
project sponsors for funding under subtitle C in such 
a manner as to ensure that the project sponsors in-
volved further the goal of preventing homelessness 
and helping to end chronic homelessness and pro-
moting self-sufficiency in the geographic area in-
volved; 
‘‘(B)(i) review relevant policies and practices (in 
place and planned) of public and private entities in 
the geographic area served by the continuum of care 
board to determine if the policies and practices fur-
ther or impede the goal described in subparagraph 
(A); 
‘‘(ii) in conducting the review, give priority to 
the review of— 
‘‘(I) the discharge planning and service 
termination policies and practices of publicly 
funded facilities or institutions (such as health 
care or treatment facilities or institutions, fos-
ter care or youth facilities, or correctional insti-
tutions), and entities carrying out publicly 
funded programs and systems of care (such as 
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health care or treatment programs, the pro-
grams of block grants to States for temporary 
assistance for needy families established under 
part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 601 et seq.), foster care or youth pro-
grams, or correctional programs); 
‘‘(II) the access to programs for which 
homeless persons would be eligible; and 
‘‘(III) local policies and practices relating 
to zoning and other land use controls, land de-
velopment standards, fees, codes, and their ad-
ministration and enforcement, to help to reduce 
regulatory barriers that prevent the reasonable 
inclusion and distribution in the geographic 
area of persons experiencing homelessness; and 
‘‘(iii) in conducting the review, determine the 
modifications and corrective actions that need to be 
taken, and by whom, so that the relevant policies 
and practices do not stimulate, or prolong, homeless-
ness in the geographic area; 
‘‘(2)(A) require, consistent with the Govern-
ment Performance and Results Act of 1993 (31 
U.S.C. 1101 et seq.) and amendments thereto, that 
project sponsors who are funded by grants received 
under subtitle C implement and maintain an out-
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come based evaluation of their projects that meas-
ures effective and timely delivery of housing or serv-
ices and whether provision of such housing or serv-
ices results in preventing or helping to end homeless-
ness for the persons that such project sponsors 
serve; 
‘‘(B) request that States and local governments 
who distribute funds under subtitle B submit infor-
mation and comments on the administration of ac-
tivities under subtitle B, to enable the continuum of 
care board to plan and design a full continuum of 
care for persons experiencing homelessness; 
‘‘(3) provide, consistent with the Government 
Performance and Results Act of 1993 and amend-
ments thereto, an independent outcome based eval-
uation of the homeless assistance planning process 
of the continuum of care board to measure the per-
formance of the continuum of care board in ending 
chronic homelessness and in preventing or helping to 
end the homelessness of persons in the geographic 
area of the continuum of care board; 
‘‘(4) participate in the Consolidated Plan, and 
coordinate with other jurisdictional plans related to 
homelessness, including 10-year plans to end chronic 
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homelessness for the geographic area served by the 
continuum of care board; and 
‘‘(5) arrange for an annual audit of the finan-
cial records of each project carried out by a project 
sponsor funded by a grant received under subtitle C. 
‘‘(h) CONFLICT OF INTEREST.— 
‘‘(1) No member of a continuum of care board 
may participate in decisions of the continuum of 
care board concerning a grant under subtitle C, or 
provision of other financial benefits, to such member 
or the organization that such member represents. 
‘‘(2) Nothing in this section shall be construed 
to displace conflict of interest or government fair 
practices laws, or their equivalent, that govern appli-
cants for grant amounts under subtitle C. 
‘‘(i) HOMELESS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYS-
TEM.—In accordance with standards established by the 
Secretary, each continuum of care board shall ensure con-
sistent participation by project sponsors in a community- 
wide homeless management information system. The con-
tinuum of care board shall ensure the participation for 
purposes of collecting unduplicated counts of individuals 
experiencing homelessness, analyzing patterns of use of 
assistance provided under subtitle C for the geographic 
area involved, implementing an effective information and 
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referral system, and providing information for the needs 
analyses and funding priorities of continuum of care 
boards.’’; 
(4) by inserting after section 403 (as redesig-
nated in paragraph (2)) the following: 
‘‘SEC. 404. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND SPECIAL INITIA-
TIVES. 
‘‘(a) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—To aid in effectively 
carrying out the provisions of this title, the Secretary shall 
make technical assistance available to continuum of care 
boards and project sponsors or potential project sponsors. 
‘‘(b) SPECIAL
INITIATIVES.—The Secretary may 
make funds available under this title for special initiatives 
and demonstration programs that would further the pur-
poses of this title. 
‘‘(c) RESERVATION.—The Secretary may reserve not 
more than one percent of the funds made available for 
any fiscal year for carrying out subtitles B and C, to pro-
vide technical assistance and funding for special initiatives 
under subsections (a) and (b). 
‘‘SEC. 405. PERFORMANCE REPORTS AND MONITORING. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A continuum of care board shall 
submit to the Secretary an annual performance report re-
garding the activities carried out with grant amounts re-
ceived under subtitles B and C in the geographic area 
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served by the continuum of care board, at such time and 
in such manner as the Secretary determines to be reason-
able. 
‘‘(b) CONTENT.—The performance report described 
in subsection (a) shall— 
‘‘(1) describe the number of persons provided 
homelessness prevention assistance and the number 
of individuals experiencing homelessness who were 
provided emergency shelter, transitional or perma-
nent housing, or supportive services, with the grant 
awarded in the fiscal year prior to the fiscal year in 
which the report was submitted; 
‘‘(2) estimate the number of persons experi-
encing homelessness in the geographic area served 
by the continuum of care board who are eligible for, 
but did not receive, services, housing, or other as-
sistance through the programs funded under sub-
titles B and C in the prior fiscal year; 
‘‘(3) indicate the accomplishments achieved 
within the geographic area including efforts to co-
ordinate services and programs; 
‘‘(4) assess the consistency and coordination be-
tween the programs funded under subtitles B and C 
in the prior fiscal year and the Consolidated Plan 
and other jurisdictional plans related to homeless-
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ness, including 10-year plans to end chronic home-
lessness; 
‘‘(5) for each project sponsor funded through a 
grant under subtitle c that is within the jurisdiction 
of the continuum of care board— 
‘‘(A) include a performance evaluation; 
‘‘(B) include a report, resulting from an 
audit conducted under section 402(g)(5), detail-
ing whether the project sponsor has carried out 
the record-keeping and reporting requirements 
of section 429(b)(8); and 
‘‘(6) provide such other information as the Sec-
retary finds relevant to assessing performance, in-
cluding performance on success measures that are 
risk adjusted to factors related to the circumstances 
of the population served. 
‘‘(c) MONITORING BY THE SECRETARY.— 
‘‘(1) CONTINUUM OF CARE BOARDS.—At time 
intervals determined by the Secretary, the Secretary 
shall— 
‘‘(A) ensure that continuum of care boards 
have complied with the requirements of sub-
section (b)(5) and section 402(g)(5); 
‘‘(B) require continuum of care boards re-
ceiving funds under subtitle C to establish such 
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