“To allow amounts made available for the Continuum of Care program of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.”
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This section establishes requirements for the availability of Continuum of Care (CoC) funds under subtitle C of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. (As background, the CoC program awards competitive grants to public and private entities to provide housing—including permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, and transitional housing—and supportive services to homeless individuals and families.) Specifically, the section (1) prohibits the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) from limiting or restricting CoC grants to entities that require wraparound services (e.g., counseling, job training, addiction treatment), impose preconditions such as sobriety or lack of drug use for occupancy or assistance, or are faith-based organizations; (2) requires that at least 50% of CoC funds each fiscal year be awarded to entities that provide or offer wraparound services; and (3) directs HUD to submit to the House Committee on Financial Services and the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Development, within 180 days after each fiscal year, a certification of compliance with these provisions and a report detailing how the fiscal year's Notices of Funding Opportunity demonstrate such compliance.