Before expending HOPWA funds on a community residence the grantee must obtain and keep on file three certifications: a services agreement, adequacy of funding, and capability

hopwa.property_standards.community_residence_certifications_on_file_before_funds_are_expended · v1.0.0

A community residence is a multiunit residence designed for eligible persons to provide a lower-cost residential alternative to institutional care, to prevent or delay the need for such care, to provide a permanent or transitional residential setting with appropriate services, and to enable residents to participate as fully as possible in community life. Where grant funds are used to provide one, the grantee must -- PRIOR TO THE EXPENDITURE OF SUCH FUNDS -- OBTAIN AND KEEP ON FILE three certifications, and the timing is the obligation as much as the content is. (1) A SERVICES AGREEMENT: a certification that the grantee will itself provide the services required by 574.310(a), or that it has entered into a WRITTEN AGREEMENT with a project sponsor or contracted service provider to do so. (2) ADEQUACY OF FUNDING: a certification that sufficient funding has been acquired for those services, or that the grantee holds on file an analysis of the service level needed for each community residence, a statement of which agency, sponsor or provider will supply them, and a statement of how they will be funded. (3) CAPABILITY: a certification that the grantee, or the sponsor or provider, is QUALIFIED to provide the services. The requirement does not apply to planning and other expenses preliminary to construction or other physical improvement.

Confidence

high

Effective from

1992-12-28

Consequence model

agency finding with cure

Last reviewed

2026-08-31