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Emergency Solutions Grants Certifications <br />The Emergency Solutions Grants Program recipient certifies that: <br />Major rehabilitation/conversion/renovation – If an emergency shelter’s rehabilitation costs exceed <br />75 percent of the value of the building before rehabilitation, the recipient will maintain the building as a <br />shelter for homeless individuals and families for a minimum of 10 years after the date the building is first <br />occupied by a homeless individual or family after the completed rehabilitation. <br />If the cost to convert a building into an emergency shelter exceeds 75 percent of the value of the building <br />after conversion, the recipient will maintain the building as a shelter for homeless individuals and <br />families for a minimum of 10 years after the date the building is first occupied by a homeless individual <br />or family after the completed conversion. <br />In all other cases where ESG funds are used for renovation, the recipient will maintain the building as a <br />shelter for homeless individuals and families for a minimum of 3 years after the date the building is first <br />occupied by a homeless individual or family after the completed renovation. <br />Essential Services and Operating Costs – In the case of assistance involving shelter operations or <br />essential services related to street outreach or emergency shelter, the recipient will provide services or <br />shelter to homeless individuals and families for the period during which the ESG assistance is provided, <br />without regard to a particular site or structure, so long the recipient serves the same type of persons (e.g., <br />families with children, unaccompanied youth, disabled individuals, or victims of domestic violence) or <br />persons in the same geographic area. <br />Renovation – Any renovation carried out with ESG assistance shall be sufficient to ensure that the <br />building involved is safe and sanitary. <br />Supportive Services – The recipient will assist homeless individuals in obtaining permanent housing, <br />appropriate supportive services (including medical and mental health treatment, victim services, <br />counseling, supervision, and other services essential for achieving independent living), and other Federal <br />State, local, and private assistance available for these individuals. <br />Matching Funds – The recipient will obtain matching amounts required under 24 CFR 576.201. <br />Confidentiality – The recipient has established and is implementing procedures to ensure the <br />confidentiality of records pertaining to any individual provided family violence prevention or treatment <br />services under any project assisted under the ESG program, including protection against the release of the <br />address or location of any family violence shelter project, except with the written authorization of the <br />person responsible for the operation of that shelter. <br />Homeless Persons Involvement – To the maximum extent practicable, the recipient will involve, <br />through employment, volunteer services, or otherwise, homeless individuals and families in constructing, <br />renovating, maintaining, and operating facilities assisted under the ESG program, in providing services <br />assisted under the ESG program, and in providing services for occupants of facilities assisted under the <br />program. <br />Consolidated Plan – All activities the recipient undertakes with assistance under ESG are consistent <br />with its consolidated plan. <br />Page 255 of 908