Texas Administrative Code › Title 10 - COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › Part 1 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 7 - HOMELESSNESS PROGRAMS › Subchapter C - EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANTS (ESG) › Section 7.34 - Continuing Awards

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) TDHCA will withhold a portion of funds
				  from the competition for funds to be used for continuing awards to prior
				  Subrecipients of its ESG allocation, not including ESG CARES or Contracts for
				  reallocated funds from prior years only, in accordance with §
										7.33 of this subchapter (related
				  to Apportionment of ESG Funds).
(b)
				  ESG funds withheld for continuing awards by the Department will be allocated in
				  accordance with the Allocation Formula, and are not subject to the award
				  process and requirements outlined in §
										7.38 of this subchapter (relating
				  to Competitive Award and Funding Process).
(c) The subsequent years of allocation of ESG
				  funds received by the Department will be offered to eligible Subrecipients of
				  ESG funds (not including ESG CARES) that were awarded funds from at least three
				  of the prior four allocations of ESG. An ESG Subrecipient is eligible for an
				  offer of a continuing award of funds if the Subrecipient meets the following
				  requirements:
(1) Submits an abbreviated
				  Application for funding within 21 days of the request from the Department as
				  promulgated by the Department;
(2)
				  Resolves administrative deficiencies within the timeframe and in the manner
				  outlined in §
											7.37 of this subchapter (relating
				  to Application Review and Administrative Deficiency Process for Department
				  NOFAs);
(3) Submitted four or fewer
				  delinquent monthly reports for each of their active ESG Contracts or for the
				  most recently closed ESG Contract if there are no active ESG Contracts, (not
				  including ESG CARES) for reports due in the six month period preceding the
				  application submission deadline;
(4) Satisfies the requirements of the
				  Previous Participation Review as provided for in §
											1.302 of this title (relating to
				  Previous Participation Reviews for Department Program Awards Not Covered by
				  §
											1.301 of this
				  Subchapter);
(5) Does not have
				  unresolved monitoring findings in any TDHCA funded program after the corrective
				  action period;
(6) Does not have
				  monitoring findings in any TDHCA funded program which resulted in disallowed
				  costs in excess of $5,000;
(7) Does
				  not apply for funds within the same COC Region under the competitive
				  Application process for Program Participant service(s) in which they are
				  already funded for a Continuing Award;
(8) Expended a minimum of 95% of their
				  contracted award amount, as amended in their most recently closed ESG Contract
				  (not including ESG CARES);
(9) Did
				  not voluntarily deobligate an amount that exceeds 5% of their contracted award
				  amount, as amended for increases due to reallocated funds, on their most
				  recently closed ESG Contract (not including ESG CARES); and
(10) Is approved by the Department's
				  Governing Board.