Common use of Priority Population Clause in Contracts

Priority Population. Service Delivery ‌ Commerce promotes evidence-based program delivery models that align with best practices for providing permanent supportive housing and permanent housing subsidy. The following requirements apply to grantees and subgrantees that deliver PHS. Permanent Supportive Housing Core Elements ‌ Grantees should adhere to the core elements of Permanent Supportive Housing, as applicable, when administering Permanent Housing Subsidy. For more information, visit the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Permanent Supportive Housing Evidence- Based Practices Kit. Housing First ‌ Programs must be operated in accordance with Housing First principles. For detail on Housing First, see the National Alliance to End Homelessness’s webpage on the topic. Voluntary Services ‌ Grantees must not terminate or deny services to households based on a household’s refusal to participate in supportive services. Supportive services are intensive services aimed at helping a person obtain and maintain housing. Supportive Housing providers work in partnership with various community entities to provide wrap around support, such as mental health services, alcohol and substance abuse services, long term care services, life skills or independent living skills services and vocational services. These services are not billable to CBRA, but are allowable expenses under the FCS program or other supportive services programs. Ongoing Program and Staff Development ‌ Commerce highly encourages grantees/subgrantees to participate in ongoing program and staff development opportunities to improve person-centered, culturally competent practices designed to improve the experiences of those facing the greatest impacts of housing instability and homelessness. The following trainings/opportunities are recommended: 🗸 Crisis intervention 🗸 Racial Equity 🗸 Cultural competency 🗸 LGBTQ+ competency 🗸 Introduction to person-centered care 🗸 Trauma Informed Care 🗸 Mental health First Aid 🗸 Training on the SAMHSA Model of Permanent supportive housing 🗸 Motivational Interviewing 🗸 Supporting survivors of intimate partner violence and child abuse 🗸 Supporting special needs populations with co-occurring behavioral health conditions (including IDD, cognitive impairments, and TBIs) 🗸 Fair Housing 🗸 Housing First 🗸 Progressive Engagement and Problem-Solving (Diversion) 🗸 Professional boundaries 🗸 Trainings on handling secondary or vicarious trauma and professional burnout 🗸 Program evaluation and fidelity training In addition, lead/subgrantee staff are highly encouraged to attend the annual Washington State Conference on Ending Homelessness and other professional conferences on behavioral health and housing. Emergency Housing ‌ Emergency housing is a short-term housing situation (90 days or less) that offers immediate shelter when no suitable shelter bed is available. These emergency housing situations are typically in hotels, motels, transitional housing projects, or recovery residences but other situations may be approved on a case-by-case basis. Housing search support must be provided by the grantee while a participant is placed in an emergency housing situation. Emergency housing situations do not require a lease, habitability, or lead-based paint inspections. Participants are not required to pay rent while in emergency housing situations. HMIS data entry is required for participants served in emergency housing. * A suitable shelter bed is one that meets the emergency housing needs of the participant, is rooted in participant choice, and does not cause undue hardship to the participant. Lease or Rental Agreements ‌

Priority Population. Service Delivery ‌ Commerce promotes evidence-based program delivery models that align with best practices for providing permanent supportive housing and permanent housing subsidy. The following requirements apply to grantees and subgrantees that deliver PHS. Permanent Supportive Housing Core Elements ‌ Grantees should adhere to the core elements of Permanent Supportive Housing, as applicable, when administering Permanent Housing Subsidy. For more information, visit the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Permanent Supportive Housing Evidence- Evidence-Based Practices Kit. Housing First ‌ Programs must be operated in accordance with Housing First principles. For detail on Housing First, see the National Alliance to End Homelessness’s webpage on the topic. Voluntary Services ‌ Grantees must not terminate or deny services to households based on a household’s refusal to participate in supportive services. Supportive services are intensive services aimed at helping a person obtain and maintain housing. Supportive Housing providers work in partnership with various community entities to provide wrap around support, such as mental health services, alcohol and substance abuse services, long term care services, life skills or independent living skills services and vocational services. These services are not billable to CBRA, but are allowable expenses under the FCS program or other supportive services programs. Ongoing Program and Staff Development Approved Subsidies ‌ Commerce highly encourages grantees/subgrantees to participate in ongoing program and staff development opportunities to improve person-centered, culturally competent practices designed to improve the experiences of those facing the greatest impacts of housing instability and homelessness. The following trainings/opportunities are recommended: 🗸 Crisis intervention 🗸 Racial Equity 🗸 Cultural competency 🗸 LGBTQ+ competency 🗸 Introduction to person-centered care 🗸 Trauma Informed Care 🗸 Mental health First Aid 🗸 Training on the SAMHSA Model of Permanent supportive housing 🗸 Motivational Interviewing 🗸 Supporting survivors of intimate partner violence and child abuse 🗸 Supporting special needs populations with co-occurring behavioral health conditions (including IDD, cognitive impairments, and TBIs) 🗸 Fair Housing 🗸 Housing First 🗸 Progressive Engagement and Problem-Solving (Diversion) 🗸 Professional boundaries 🗸 Trainings on handling secondary or vicarious trauma and professional burnout 🗸 Program evaluation and fidelity training In addition, lead/subgrantee staff are highly encouraged to attend the annual Washington State Conference on Ending Homelessness and other professional conferences on behavioral health and housing. Emergency Housing ‌ Emergency housing is a short-term housing situation (90 days or less) that offers immediate shelter when no suitable shelter bed is available. These emergency housing situations are typically in hotels, motels, transitional housing projects, or recovery residences but other situations may be approved on a case-by-case basis. Housing search support must be provided by the grantee while a participant is placed in an emergency housing situation. Emergency housing situations do not require a lease, habitability, or lead-based paint inspections. Participants are not required to pay rent while in emergency housing situations. HMIS data entry is required for participants served in emergency housing. * A suitable shelter bed is one that meets the emergency housing needs of the participant, is rooted in participant choice, and does not cause undue hardship to the participant. Lease or Re‌ A lease or rental agreement between the eligible household and the landlord must be executed at the time of payment of rental assistance. Leases or rental agreements must contain standard lease provisions as shown in 5.3.2.1 Lease or Rental Agreement. The lease or rental agreement and any subsequent leases or rental agreements must be kept in the client file.ntal Agreements ‌