3 - MOU w/ OCSSA for Family Unification Program NOFA_2018-07-17 (2)

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EXHIBIT 2 be in the form of an excerpt from meeting minutes indicating attendance, an email from the CoC identifying the meetings that the PHA or PCWA attended, or a signed certification from the PHA or PCWA as to the dates of the meetings that were attended. Post -move counseling Maximum Points: 10 Scoring. Assign 10 points if the PHA, PCWA, and/or CoC has committed to providing, funding, or otherwise making available post -move counseling to FUP-eligible families and FUP-eligible youth or, in the case of CoC Program assistance, to FUP-eligible families and youth who are also CoC Program -eligible. Post -move counseling must include at least one of the following: budget counseling, credit counseling (including credit restoration counseling), periodic check -ins, subsequent -move counseling if the family or youth decides to move a second time, or landlord -tenant mediation. Documentation. To receive points, the MOU must list the post -move counseling the PHA, PCWA, and/or CoC will provide, fund, or otherwise makes available to FUP-eligible families and FUP-eligible youth. Case management to FUP families Maximum Points: 15 Scoring. Assign 10 or 15 points if the PCWA has committed to providing, funding, or otherwise making available case management to FUP families after they have been issued a voucher. To receive points under this category, the case management must include, at a minimum, a needs assessment to identify all the family's needs, including housing -related needs and non -housing -related needs (such as behavioral health, physical health, employment, child care, and other services needed), referrals to services to address the family's needs, and regular contact (based on need) with the family to follow up on these referrals and provide new referrals as necessary. To receive points under this category, all FUP families should receive services unless they decline to participate or receive the services. (a) To receive 10 points, the PCWA must commit to provide, fund, or otherwise make available case management for a minimum of 6 months after the family is issued a voucher. (b) To receive 15 points, the PCWA must commit to provide, fund, or otherwise make available case management for a minimum of 12 months after the family is issued a voucher. A maximum of 15 points will be awarded under this category. Documentation. To receive the points, the MOU must describe the case management to be provided, funded, or otherwise made available by the PCWA, including a list of organizations to which the PCWA routinely refers families for service, and the length of time case management will be made available. Self-sufficiency programs Maximum Points: 20 Scoring. Assign 10 or 20 points if the PHA administers the HUD Family Self - Sufficiency program, or similar program promoting self-sufficiency, that is active at the time of application. A similar program promoting self-sufficiency refers to a self-sufficiency program that promotes the development of local strategies to coordinate the use of assistance under the HCV program with public and private resources to enable participating families to increase earned income and financial literacy, reduce or eliminate the need for welfare assistance, and 32 of 45 3-44