38 U.S.C. § 2013 — Program to improve retention of housing by formerly homeless veterans and veterans at risk of becoming homeless
submitted 10 years ago by Pub. L. 114-315 to r/title-38-VETERANS-BENEFITS · 415 words · no verdicts yet
The Secretary must run a grant-funded program that helps formerly homeless veterans keep permanent housing and helps veterans at risk of homelessness. The program provides case management, including help finding government resources, and requires reports from grant recipients.
(a) Program required.—The Secretary* must run a program that provides case-management services. The services must help veterans who were homeless and are moving into permanent housing keep that housing, and help veterans who are at risk of becoming homeless.
(b) Services.—The services must include help for those veterans in subsection (a) to find and use resources from the Federal Government and State*, local, and Tribal governments.
(c) Staffing.—In an area where people with the required licenses and certifications are in high demand, as the Secretary determines, the services may be provided by one or more people with master’s degrees in social work who are training to meet those requirements. Those people must be supervised by someone who meets the requirements.
(d) Grants.—(1) The Secretary must run the program by awarding grants.
(2)(A) When awarding grants, the Secretary must give priority to organizations that show they can provide the case-management services described in subsection (a). This especially includes organizations that are successfully providing, or have successfully provided, transitional housing services with money from the Secretary under sections 2012 and 2061 of this title.
(B) Within that priority, the Secretary must give extra priority to an organization that—(i) voluntarily stops receiving money under sections 2012 and 2061 of this title; and (ii) changes a facility used for transitional housing into a facility used for permanent housing that meets the housing-quality standards established under section 8(o)(8)(B) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(8)(B)).
(C) If a facility for which a person received a construction, rehabilitation, or acquisition grant under section 2011 of this title is changed as described in subparagraph (B)(ii), the change is treated as having been made because of the Department’s needs. The person is not treated as violating the grant because of that change.
(3) The Secretary must require every grant recipient to submit a report describing the services provided or coordinated with the grant money.
The Secretary* shall carry out a program under which the Secretary shall provide case management services to improve the retention of housing by veterans who were previously homeless and are transitioning to permanent housing and veterans who are at risk of becoming homeless.
Services provided under the program shall include services to assist veterans described in subsection (a) with navigating resources provided by the Federal Government and State*, local, and Tribal governments.
In geographic areas where individuals who meet the licensure and certification requirements to provide services under the program are in high demand as determined by the Secretary, such services may be provided through one or more individuals with a master’s degree in social work who are undergoing training to meet such requirements, if such individuals are under the supervision of an individual who meets such requirements.
The Secretary shall carry out the program through the award of grants.
In awarding grants under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall give priority to organizations that demonstrate a capability to provide case management services as described in subsection (a), particularly organizations that are successfully providing or have successfully provided transitional housing services using amounts provided by the Secretary under sections 2012 and 2061 of this title.
In giving priority under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall give extra priority to an organization described in such subparagraph that—
voluntarily stops receiving amounts provided by the Secretary under sections 2012 and 2061 of this title; and
converts a facility that the organization used to provide transitional housing services into a facility that the organization uses to provide permanent housing that meets housing quality standards established under section 8(o)(8)(B) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(8)(B)).
In any case in which a facility, with respect to which a person received a grant for construction, rehabilitation, or acquisition under section 2011 of this title, is converted as described in subparagraph (B)(ii), such conversion shall be considered to have been carried out pursuant to the needs of the Department* and such person shall not be considered in noncompliance with the terms of such grant by reason of such conversion.
The Secretary shall require each recipient of a grant awarded under this subsection to submit to the Secretary a report that describes the services provided or coordinated with amounts under such grant.
Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 114–315, title VII, § 712(a)(1)(B), Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 1586; amended Pub. L. 117–328, div. U, title III, § 302, Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 5466.)
- 2016Enacted · Pub. L. 114-315 · 130 Stat. 1586
- 2022Amended · Pub. L. 117-328 · 136 Stat. 5466
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 114-315 on 2016-12-16.
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