R98-158 AUTHORIZING THE APPROVAL OF AN APPLICATION

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a � I ATTACHMENT C � � � EMERGENCY SHELTER GRANTS PROGRAM CERTIFICATIONS , a not-for-profit organization which is applying to the State of Illinois for funding through the Emergency Shelter Grants Program from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, hereby assures and certifies that: It will conduct its emergency shelter grant activities in conformity with non-discrimination and equal opportunity requirements and with other applicable federal and state regulations in the event that this application is selected for funding; It shall agree to comply with all applicable federal and state regulations in regard to environmental impact of the project; It will minimize displacement as a result of activities assisted with HL1D Emergency Shelter Grants Program funds, and assist persons actually displaced as a result of such activities; It will provide,or demonstrate an attempt to provide,the required matching supplemental funds: It will ensure that any building for which emergency shelter grant amounts are used for shelter operations and essential services must be used as a shelter for as long as federal assistance in received: lt will ensure that any building for which emergency shelter grant amounts are used must be maintained as a shelter for the homeless for not less than a three-year period, or for not less than a ten-year period if the grant amounts are used for major rehabilitation or conversion of the building; It will ensure that any building for which emergency shelter grant amounts are used for renovation, conversion, or major rehabilitation must meet the (county or city) standard of being in safe and sanitary condition; It will ensure compliance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, which provides that no otherwise qaalified individual shall, solely by reason of his or her handicap, be excluded from participation (including employment); denied program benefits;or subjected to discnmination under any program or activity receiving federal funds. It will ensure that the conditions for using grant funds to assist families that have received eviction notices or notices of ternunaiion of utility services specified under Eligible Activities,D. Prevention will be met: It will ensure that procedures are in place to ensure the confidentiality of victims of family violence, if applicable; It will ensure that homeless individuals will be given assistance in obtaining appropriate supportive services and other federal, state, local and private assistance available for such individuals in the communiry; It will ensure that the shelter will administer, in good faith, a policy designed to ensure that the homeless facility is drug and alcohol-free and that a good faith effort exists to ensure a safe environment in the homeless shelter; It will ensure that no renovation, major rehabilitation, or conversion activity funded under the HUD Emergency Shelter Grants Program will: � Involve adverse alterations to a propert,y that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is located in a historic district or is immediately adjacent to a property that is listed on the Register, or is deemed by the State Historic Preservation Officer to be eligible for listing on the Register; � Take place in any 100-year flood plain designated by map by the Federal Emergency Management Agency; � Be inconsistent with FIUD enviromnental standards. Page 24