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3/10/2021 Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (eCFR) housing assistance; (viii) Standards for determining how long a particular program participant will be provided with rental assistance and whether and how the amount of that assistance will be adjusted overtime; and (ix) Standards for determining the type, amount, and duration of housing stabilization and/or relocation services to provide to a program participant, including the limits, if any, on the homelessness prevention or rapid re -housing assistance that each program participant may receive, such as the maximum amount of assistance, maximum number of months the program participant receive assistance; or the maximum number of times the program participant may receive assistance. (f) Participation in HMIS. The recipient must ensure that data on all persons served and all activities assisted under ESG are entered into the applicable community -wide HMIS in the area in which those persons and activities are located, or a comparable database, in accordance with HUD's standards on participation, data collection, and reporting under a local HMIS. If the subrecipient is a victim service provider or a legal services provider, it may use a comparable database that collects client -level data over time (i.e., longitudinal data) and generates unduplicated aggregate reports based on the data. Information entered into a comparable database must not be entered directly into or provided to an HMIS. [76 FIR 75974, Dec. 5, 2011, as amended at 81 FR 80808, Nov. 16, 2016] t. Back to Top §576.401 Evaluation of program participant eligibility and needs. (a) Evaluations. The recipient or its subrecipient must conduct an initial evaluation to determine the eligibility of each individual or family's eligibility for ESG assistance and the amount and types of assistance the individual or family needs to regain stability in permanent housing. These evaluations must be conducted in accordance with the centralized or coordinated assessment requirements set forth under §576.400(d) and the written standards established under §576.400(e). (b) Re-evaluations for homelessness prevention and rapid re -housing assistance. (1) The recipient or subrecipient must re-evaluate the program participant's eligibility and the types and amounts of assistance the program participant needs not less than once every 3 months for program participants receiving homelessness prevention assistance, and not less than once annually for program participants receiving rapid re -housing assistance. At a minimum, each re-evaluation of eligibility must establish that: (i) The program participant does not have an annual income that exceeds 30 percent of median family income for the area, as determined by HUD; and (ii) The program participant lacks sufficient resources and support networks necessary to retain housing without ESG assistance. https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?node=pt24.3.576&rgn=div5 34158