Plain English Breakdown
The exact performance metrics are not listed in this text and will be determined by future regulations.
Homelessness Accountability, Recovery, and Treatment Act
This law allows a state agency to use up to 40 percent of certain funds for recovery housing that does not follow standard Housing First rules and requires nonprofits receiving government funding to report yearly performance data.
What This Bill Does
- Authorizes a state agency to use up to 40 percent of existing noncontinuously appropriated homelessness program funds on recovery housing that does not meet the core components of Housing First.
- Requires nonprofits receiving state or local funding for homelessness programs to annually report specified standardized performance metrics to their funding source.
- Directs a state agency to create a standard reporting template and publish an annual summary of these performance metrics.
- Mandates that nonprofits keep records to support their reported numbers and make them available for audit or review upon request by officials.
- Requires a state agency, working with local governments, to establish procedures for checking the accuracy of the performance metrics.
Who It Names or Affects
- Nonprofit organizations that receive state or local funding for homelessness programs.
- State agencies responsible for managing homeless services and funds.
- Local government agencies involved in establishing reporting procedures.
Terms To Know
- Housing First
- A program approach that accepts applicants regardless of their sobriety, use of substances, completion of treatment, or participation in services.
- Recovery Housing
- Housing funded under this act that does not meet the core components of Housing First.
- Performance Metrics
- Standardized data points required to be reported by nonprofits receiving funding for homelessness programs.
Limits and Unknowns
- The specific performance metrics and reporting template will be defined in regulations adopted no later than January 1, 2027.
- Nonprofits must begin reporting only after the first full fiscal year following the adoption of these new regulations.