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7 of 45 <br />old and not more than 24 years of age (has not reached their 25th birthday) who left foster care, <br />or will leave foster care within 90 days, in accordance with a transition plan described in section <br />475(5)(H) of the Social Security Act, and is homeless or is At Risk of Becoming Homeless at <br />age 16 or older. <br />Homeless refers to the population included in the definition of this term at 24 CFR 578.3. <br />Lack of Adequate Housing means: <br /> A family or youth is living in dilapidated housing <br /> A family or youth is homeless; <br /> A family or youth is living in an overcrowded unit; <br /> A family or youth is living in a unit where the presence of a household member with <br />certain characteristics (i.e., conviction for certain criminal activities) would result in the <br />imminent placement of the family's child, or children, in out-of-home care; or the delay <br />in the discharge of the child, or children, to the family from out-of-home care; or <br /> A family or youth is living in housing not accessible to the family’s disabled child or <br />children, or to the youth, due to the nature of the disability. <br />Living in Overcrowded Housing. A family or youth is considered to be living in an <br />overcrowded unit if it meets the following separate criteria for a family or youth as follows: <br /> The family is separated from its child (or children) and the parent(s) are living in an <br />otherwise standard housing unit, but, after the family is re-united, the parents’ housing <br />unit would be overcrowded for the entire family and would be considered substandard; <br />or <br /> The family is living with its child (or children) in a unit that is overcrowded for the <br />entire family and this overcrowded condition may result in the imminent placement of <br />its child (or children) in out-of-home care; or <br /> The youth is living in a unit that is overcrowded. <br />For purposes of the above paragraph, the PHA may determine whether the unit is <br />“overcrowded” in accordance with PHA subsidy standards. <br />Public Child Welfare Agency (PCWA) means the public agency that is responsible under <br />applicable State law for determining that a child is at imminent risk of placement in out-of- <br />home care or that a child in out-of-home care under the supervision of the public agency may be <br />returned to his or her family, or that a youth is at least 18 years and not more than 24 years of <br />age and left foster care, or will leave foster care within 90 days, in accordance with a transition <br />plan described in section 475(5)(H) of the Social Security Act, and is homeless or is At Risk of <br />Becoming Homeless at age 16 or older. <br />Substandard Housing. A family or youth is living in substandard housing if the unit where the <br />family or youth lives: <br /> Does not have operable indoor plumbing; <br /> Does not have a usable flush toilet inside the unit for the exclusive use of a family or <br />youth; <br /> Does not have a usable bathtub or shower inside the unit for the exclusive use of a <br />EXHIBIT 2 <br />3-19