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[CITE: 42USC12899c]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                CHAPTER 130--NATIONAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING
 
 SUBCHAPTER IV--HOPE FOR HOMEOWNERSHIP OF MULTIFAMILY AND SINGLE FAMILY 
                                  HOMES
 
                   Part C--HOPE for Youth: Youthbuild
 
Sec. 12899c. Implementation grants


(a) Grants

    The Secretary is authorized to make implementation grants to 
applicants for the purpose of carrying out Youthbuild programs approved 
under this part.

(b) Eligible activities

    Implementation grants may be used to carry out Youthbuild programs, 
including the following activities:
        (1) Architectural and engineering work.
        (2) Acquisition, rehabilitation, acquisition and rehabilitation, 
    or construction of housing and related facilities to be used for the 
    purposes of providing homeownership under part A and part B of this 
    subchapter, residential housing for homeless individuals, and low- 
    and very low-income families, or transitional housing for persons 
    who are homeless, have disabilities, are ill, are 
    deinstitutionalized, or have other special needs.
        (3) Administrative costs of the applicant, which may not exceed 
    15 percent of the amount of assistance provided under this section, 
    or such higher percentage as the Secretary determines is necessary 
    to support capacity development by a private nonprofit organization.
        (4) Education and job training services and activities 
    including--
            (A) work experience and skills training, coordinated, to the 
        maximum extent feasible, with preapprenticeship and 
        apprenticeship programs, in the construction and rehabilitation 
        activities described in subsection (b)(2) of this section;
            (B) services and activities designed to meet the educational 
        needs of participants, including--
                (i) basic skills instruction and remedial education;
                (ii) bilingual education for individuals with limited-
            English proficiency;
                (iii) secondary education services and activities 
            designed to lead to the attainment of a high school diploma 
            or its equivalent; and
                (iv) counseling and assistance in attaining post-
            secondary education and required financial aid;

            (C) counseling services and related activities;
            (D) activities designed to develop employment and leadership 
        skills, including support for youth councils; and
            (E) support services and need-based stipends necessary to 
        enable individuals to participate in the program and, for a 
        period not to exceed 12 months after completion of training, to 
        assist participants through support services in retaining 
        employment.

        (5) Wage stipends and benefits provided to participants.
        (6) Funding of operating expenses and replacement reserves of 
    the property covered by the Youthbuild program.
        (7) Legal fees.
        (8) Defraying costs for the ongoing training and technical 
    assistance needs of the recipient that are related to developing and 
    carrying out the Youthbuild program.

(c) Application

                       (1) Form and procedure

        An application for an implementation grant shall be submitted by 
    an applicant in such form and in accordance with such procedures as 
    the Secretary shall establish.

                      (2) Minimum requirements

        The Secretary shall require that an application contain at a 
    minimum--
            (A) a request for an implementation grant, specifying the 
        amount of the grant requested and its proposed uses;
            (B) a description of the applicant and a statement of its 
        qualifications, including a description of the applicant's past 
        experience with housing rehabilitation or construction and with 
        youth and youth education and employment training programs, and 
        its relationship with local unions and apprenticeship programs, 
        and other community groups;
            (C) a description of the proposed site for the program;
            (D) a description of the educational and job training 
        activities, work opportunities, and other services that will be 
        provided to participants;
            (E) a description of the proposed construction or 
        rehabilitation activities to be undertaken and the anticipated 
        schedule for carrying out such activities;
            (F) a description of the manner in which eligible youths 
        will be recruited and selected, including a description of 
        arrangements which will be made with community-based 
        organizations, State and local educational agencies, including 
        agencies of Indian tribes, public assistance agencies, the 
        courts of jurisdiction for status and youth offenders, shelters 
        for homeless individuals and other agencies that serve homeless 
        youth, foster care agencies, and other appropriate public and 
        private agencies;
            (G) a description of the special outreach efforts that will 
        be undertaken to recruit eligible young women (including young 
        women with dependent children);
            (H) a description of how the proposed program will be 
        coordinated with other Federal, State, and local activities and 
        activities conducted by Indian tribes, including vocational, 
        adult and bilingual education programs, job training provided 
        with funds available under the Job Training Partnership Act [29 
        U.S.C. 1501 et seq.] and title I of the Workforce Investment Act 
        of 1998 [29 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.] and the Family Support Act of 
        1988, and housing and community development programs, including 
        programs that receive assistance under section 5306 of this 
        title;
            (I) assurances that there will be a sufficient number of 
        adequately trained supervisory personnel in the program who have 
        attained the level of journeyman or its equivalent;
            (J) a description of the applicant's relationship with local 
        building trade unions regarding their involvement in training, 
        and the relationship of the Youthbuild program with established 
        apprenticeship programs;
            (K) a description of activities that will be undertaken to 
        develop the leadership skills of participants;
            (L) a detailed budget and a description of the system of 
        fiscal controls and auditing and accountability procedures that 
        will be used to ensure fiscal soundness;
            (M) a description of the commitments for any additional 
        resources to be made available to the program from the 
        applicant, from recipients of other Federal, State or local 
        housing and community development assistance who will sponsor 
        any part of the construction, rehabilitation, operation and 
        maintenance, or other housing and community development 
        activities undertaken as part of the program, or from other 
        Federal, State or local activities and activities conducted by 
        Indian tribes, including, but not limited to, vocational, adult 
        and bilingual education programs, and job training provided with 
        funds available under the Job Training Partnership Act [29 
        U.S.C. 1501 et seq.] and title I of the Workforce Investment Act 
        of 1998 [29 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.] and the Family Support Act of 
        1988;
            (N) identification and description of the financing proposed 
        for any--
                (i) rehabilitation;
                (ii) acquisition of the property; or
                (iii) construction;

            (O) identification and description of the entity that will 
        operate and manage the property;
            (P) a certification by the public official responsible for 
        submitting the comprehensive housing affordability strategy 
        under section 12705 of this title that the proposed activities 
        are consistent with the approved housing strategy of the State 
        or unit of general local government within which the project is 
        located; and
            (Q) a certification that the applicant will comply with the 
        requirements of the Fair Housing Act [42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.], 
        title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 [42 U.S.C. 2000d et 
        seq.], section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 [29 U.S.C. 
        794], and the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 [42 U.S.C. 6101 et 
        seq.], and will affirmatively further fair housing.

(d) Selection criteria

    The Secretary shall establish selection criteria for assistance 
under this section, which shall include--
        (1) the qualifications or potential capabilities of the 
    applicant;
        (2) the feasibility of the Youthbuild program;
        (3) the potential for developing a successful Youthbuild 
    program;
        (4) the need for the prospective project, as determined by the 
    degree of economic distress of the community from which participants 
    would be recruited (such as poverty, youth unemployment, number of 
    individuals who have dropped out of high school) and of the 
    community in which the housing proposed to be constructed or 
    rehabilitated would be located (such as incidence of homelessness, 
    shortage of affordable housing, poverty);
        (5) the apparent commitment of the applicant to leadership 
    development, education, and training of participants;
        (6) the inclusion of previously homeless tenants in the housing 
    provided;
        (7) the commitment of other resources to the program by the 
    applicant and by recipients of other Federal, State or local housing 
    and community development assistance who will sponsor any part of 
    the construction, rehabilitation, operation and maintenance, or 
    other housing and community development activities undertaken as 
    part of the program, or by other Federal, State or local activities 
    and activities conducted by Indian tribes, including, but not 
    limited to, vocational, adult and bilingual education programs, and 
    job training provided with funds available under the Job Training 
    Partnership Act [29 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.] and title I of the 
    Workforce Investment Act of 1998 [29 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.] and the 
    Family Support Act of 1988; and
        (8) such other factors as the Secretary determines to be 
    appropriate for purposes of carrying out the program established by 
    this part in an effective and efficient manner.

(e) Priority for applicants who obtain housing money from other sources

    The Secretary shall give priority in the award of grants under this 
section to applicants to the extent that they propose to finance 
activities described in paragraphs (1), (2), and (6) of subsection (b) 
of this section from funds provided from Federal, State, local, or 
private sources other than assistance under this part.

(f) Approval

    The Secretary shall notify each applicant, not later than 4 months 
after the date of the submission of the application, whether the 
application is approved or not approved.

(g) Combined planning and implementation grant application procedure

    The Secretary shall develop a procedure under which an applicant may 
apply at the same time and in a single application for a planning grant 
and an implementation grant, with receipt of the implementation grant 
conditioned on successful completion of the activities funded by the 
planning grant.

(Pub. L. 101-625, title IV, Sec. 454, as added Pub. L. 102-550, title I, 
Sec. 164, Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 3725; amended Pub. L. 105-277, div. 
A, Sec. 101(f) [title VIII, Sec. 405(d)(43)(A), (f)(34)], Oct. 21, 1998, 
112 Stat. 2681-337, 2681-428, 2681-434.)

           Amendment of Subsections (c)(2)(H), (M) and (d)(7)

        Pub. L. 105-277, div. A, Sec. 101(f) [title VIII, 
    Sec. 405(f)(34), (g)(2)(B)], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681-337, 
    2681-434, 2681-435, provided that, effective July 1, 2000, 
    subsections (c)(2)(H), (M) and (d)(7) of this section are amended by 
    striking ``the Job Training Partnership Act and''.

                       References in Text

    The Job Training Partnership Act, referred to in subsecs. (c)(2)(H), 
(M) and (d)(7), is Pub. L. 97-300, Oct. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1322, as 
amended, which is classified generally to chapter 19 (Sec. 1501 et seq.) 
of Title 29, Labor. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, 
see Short Title note set out under section 1501 of Title 29 and Tables.
    The Workforce Investment Act of 1998, referred to in subsecs. 
(c)(2)(H), (M) and (d)(7), is Pub. L. 105-220, Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 
936, as amended. Title I of the Act is classified principally to chapter 
30 (Sec. 2801 et seq.) of Title 29, Labor. For complete classification 
of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 9201 
of Title 20, Education, and Tables.
    The Family Support Act of 1988, referred to in subsecs. (c)(2)(H), 
(M) and (d)(7), is Pub. L. 100-485, Oct. 13, 1988, 102 Stat. 2343, as 
amended. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short 
Title of 1988 Amendment note under section 1305 of this title and 
Tables.
    The Fair Housing Act, referred to in subsec. (c)(2)(Q), is title 
VIII of Pub. L. 90-284, Apr. 11, 1968, 82 Stat. 81, as amended, which is 
classified principally to subchapter I (Sec. 3601 et seq.) of chapter 45 
of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see 
Short Title note set out under section 3601 of this title and Tables.
    The Civil Rights Act of 1964, referred to in subsec. (c)(2)(Q), is 
Pub. L. 88-352, July 2, 1964, 78 Stat. 241, as amended. Title VI of the 
Act is classified generally to subchapter V (Sec. 2000d et seq.) of 
chapter 21 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the 
Code, see Short Title note set out under section 2000a of this title and 
Tables.
    The Age Discrimination Act of 1975, referred to in subsec. 
(c)(2)(Q), is title III of Pub. L. 94-135, Nov. 28, 1975, 89 Stat. 728, 
as amended, which is classified generally to chapter 76 (Sec. 6101 et 
seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the 
Code, see Short Title note set out under section 6101 of this title and 
Tables.


                               Amendments

    1998--Subsecs. (c)(2)(H), (M), (d)(7). Pub. L. 105-277, Sec. 101(f) 
[title VIII, Sec. 405(d)(43)(A)], substituted ``the Job Training 
Partnership Act and title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998'' 
for ``the Job Training Partnership Act''.


                    Effective Date of 1998 Amendment

    Amendment by section 101(f) [title VIII, Sec. 405(d)(43)(A)] of Pub. 
L. 105-277 effective Oct. 21, 1998, and amendment by section 101(f) 
[title VIII, Sec. 405(f)(34)] of Pub. L. 105-277 effective July 1, 2000, 
see section 101(f) [title VIII, Sec. 405(g)(1), (2)(B)] of Pub. L. 105-
277, set out as a note under section 3502 of Title 5, Government 
Organization and Employees.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 12899e of this title.
