Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
(a) Contract Award
Funding Limits. The funding will be established by Allocation Formula as
described in this section.
(b) HHSP
funds will be awarded upon appropriation from the legislature, and will be made
available to any of those municipalities subject to the requirements of this
rule and be distributed in accordance with the formula set forth in subsection
(c) of this section relating to Formula.
(c) General Population Formula. Funds made
available under HHSP for the general population shall be distributed in
accordance with an Allocation Formula that is calculated each year that takes
into account the proportion of the following factors:
(1) population of the municipality, as
determined by the most recent available 1 Year American Community Survey (ACS)
data;
(2) poverty, defined as
persons in the municipality's population with incomes at or below the poverty
threshold, as determined by the most recent available 1 Year ACS
data;
(3) population of Homeless
persons, as determined by the most recent publicly available Point-In-Time
Counts submitted to HUD by the CoCs in Texas or by the Texas Homeless
Network;
(4) population of Homeless
veterans, as determined by the most recent publicly available Point-In-Time
Counts submitted to HUD by the CoCs in Texas or by the Texas Homeless
Network;
(5) population of Homeless
Unaccompanied Youth, Parenting Youth, and Children of Parenting Youth, as
determined by the most recent publicly available Point-In-Time Counts submitted
to HUD by the CoCs in Texas or by the Texas Homeless Network;
(6) population of persons with disabilities,
defined as that percentage of the municipality's population composed of persons
with disabilities, as determined by the most recent available 1 Year ACS data;
and
(7) incidents of family
violence, as determined by reports from local police departments.
(d) The factors enumerated shall
be used to calculate distribution percentages for each municipal area based on
the following formula:
(1) thirty percent
weight for population;
(2) thirty
percent weight for poverty populations;
(3) twenty percent weight for the Homeless
population;
(4) five percent weight
for population of Homeless Veterans;
(5) five percent weight for population of
Homeless Unaccompanied Youth, Parenting Youth, and Children of Parenting
Youth;
(6) five percent weight for
population of persons with disabilities; and
(7) five percent weight for instances of
family violence.
(e)
Youth Population Formula. Funds made available to HHSP for youth shall be
distributed in accordance with an Allocation Formula that is calculated each
year that takes into account the proportion of the following factors:
(1) population of the municipality, as
determined by the most recent available 1 Year American Community Survey (ACS)
data;
(2) poverty, defined as
persons in the municipality's population with incomes at or below the poverty
threshold, as determined by the most recent available 1 Year ACS
data;
(3) population of Homeless
Unaccompanied Youth, Parenting Youth, and Children of Parenting Youth, as
determined by the most recent publicly available Point-In-Time Counts submitted
to HUD by the CoCs in Texas;
(4)
population of persons with disabilities, defined as that percentage of the
municipality's population composed of persons with disabilities, as determined
by the most recent available 1 Year ACS data; and
(5) incidents of family violence, as
determined by reports from local police departments.
(f) The factors enumerated shall be used to
calculate distribution percentages for each municipal area based on the
following formula:
(1) thirty percent weight
for population;
(2) thirty percent
weight for poverty populations;
(3)
thirty percent weight for population of Homeless Unaccompanied Youth, Parenting
Youth, and Children of Parenting Youth;
(4) five percent weight for population of
persons with disabilities; and
(5)
five percent weight for instances of family violence.
(g) Prior to month nine of the Contract, the
HHSP Subrecipient may choose to voluntarily deobligate up to 15% of the total
amount of funds in the Contract if the HHSP Subrecipient anticipates that it
will not expend all the funds. The Department reserves the right to refuse any
returned funds prior to the end of the Contract Term. The Department may
reallocate the voluntary deobligated funds to existing HHSP Subrecipients with
the highest expenditure rates based on percent of funds expended. The eligible
HHSP Subrecipients may be required to complete a Previous Participation Review,
as outlined in §
1.302 of this title (relating to
Previous Participation Reviews for Department Program Awards Not Covered by
§
1.301 of this Subchapter), and any
reallocated funds in excess of 25% of the original Contract award will require
a complete Previous Participation Review.
