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§ 11384. Incentives for high-performing communities
(a) Designation as a high-performing community
(1) In general
(2) Consideration
(3) 2-year phase in
(4) Excess of qualified applicants
(5) Time limit on designation
(b) Application
(1) In general
(2) Content of application
In any application submitted under paragraph (1), a collaborative applicant shall include in such application—
(A) a report showing how any money received under this part in the preceding year was expended; and
(B) information that such applicant can meet the requirements described under subsection (d).
(3) Publication of application
The Secretary shall—
(A) publish any report or information submitted in an application under this section in the geographic area represented by the collaborative applicant; and
(B) seek comments from the public as to whether the collaborative applicant seeking designation as a high-performing community meets the requirements described under subsection (d).
(c) Use of funds
Funds awarded under section 11382(a) of this title to a project sponsor who is located in a high-performing community may be used—
(1) for any of the eligible activities described in section 11383 of this title; or
(2) for any of the eligible activities described in paragraphs (4) and (5) of section 11374(a) of this title.
(d) Definition of high-performing community
For purposes of this section, the term “high-performing community” means a geographic area that demonstrates through reliable data that all five of the following requirements are met for that geographic area:
(1) Term of homelessness
The mean length of episodes of homelessness for that geographic area—
(A) is less than 20 days; or
(B) for individuals and families in similar circumstances in the preceding year was at least 10 percent less than in the year before.
(2) Families leaving homelessness
Of individuals and families—
(A) who leave homelessness, fewer than 5 percent of such individuals and families become homeless again at any time within the next 2 years; or
(B) in similar circumstances who leave homelessness, the percentage of such individuals and families who become homeless again within the next 2 years has decreased by at least 20 percent from the preceding year.
(3) Community action
The communities that compose the geographic area have—
(A) actively encouraged homeless individuals and families to participate in homeless assistance services available in that geographic area; and
(B) included each homeless individual or family who sought homeless assistance services in the data system used by that community for determining compliance with this subsection.
(4) Effectiveness of previous activities
(5) Flexibility to serve persons defined as homeless under other Federal laws
(e) Cooperation among entities
(Pub. L. 100–77, title IV, § 424, as added Pub. L. 111–22, div. B, title III, § 1303, May 20, 2009, 123 Stat. 1687.)