R2009-179 AUTHORIZING SUBRECIPIENT AGREEMENT

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Exhibit A Policy and Procedures and Other Guidelines As required by the regulations set for the by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-housing Program (HPRP), the City of Decatur will regularly monitor pove, Inc. and all sub-grantees to ensure compliance with the conditions of the HPRP regulations. Dove, Inc. and its sub-grantees must permit the City of Decatur access to any books, documents, papers, or records that are directly related to this HPRP, and any resulting contract and contractual activities, for audits, examinations, excerpts, and transcriptions. The City of Decatur was awarded funds through the Homelessness Prevention Fund created under title XII of Division A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 ("Recovery Act"), referred to as the "Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-housing Program (HPRP)," Congress enacted the Recovery Act to help person affected by the economic crisis. The purpose of the Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP) is to provide homelessness prevention assistance to households who would otherwise become homeless-many due to the economic crisis-and to provide assistance to rapidly re-house persons who are homeless as defined by section 103 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11302). HPRP is focused on housing for homeless and at-risk households. It will provide temporary financial assistance and housing relocation and stabilization services to individuals and families who are homeless or would be homeless but for this assistance. The funds under this program are intended to target two populations of person facing housing instability: 1) individuals and families who are currently in housing but are at risk of becoming homeless or assistance to move to another unit (prevention), and 2) individuals and families who are experiencing homelessness (residing in emergency or transitional shelters or on the street) and need temporary assistance in order to obtain housing and retain it (rapid re-housing). The HPRP is not a mortgage assistance program. Other programs have been established by the federal government to assist with the current mortgage crisis. HPRP funds are only eligible to help program participants-whether they are renters or homeowners about to become homeless- pay for utilities, moving costs, security deposits and rent in a new unit, storage fees, and other financial costs or services. HPRP will not pay for any mortgage costs or legal or other fees associated with retaining homeowners' housing. Dove, Inc. is not required to match the HPRP funds with any other funding source but is strongly encouraged. There are four categories of eligible activities for the HPRP: 1) financial assistance, 2) housing relocation and stabilization services, 3) data collection and evaluation, and 4) administrative costs. These eligible activities are intentionally focused on housing-either financial assistance to help pay for housing, or services designed to keep people in housing or to find housing. The intent of the assistance is to rapidly transition program participants to stability, either through ,,,•R�s.�,,x..�,,,,.,�„h�„ Page 19 of 28