Note Contracts that take effect after June 30, 2018, between the department of human services and a provider agency for the operation or management of an emergency or transitional shelter to comply with L 2016, c 234. L 2016, c 234, §6; L 2017, c 100, §3. Homeless assistance working group (repealed June 30, 2016). […]
§346-362 Duties. (a) The department of human services shall administer and operate homeless facilities and any other program for the homeless authorized by this part; establish programs for the homeless; and take any other actions necessary to effectuate the purposes of this part. (b) The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91 for the […]
§346-363 Exception to liability for donors. (a) Any donor who gives money to a provider agency, to a homeless facility to or through the department, or for any other program for the homeless authorized by this part shall not be liable for any civil damages resulting from the donation. (b) Any donor who gives land […]
§346-364 Contract or conveyance to the department. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the board of land and natural resources or other state agency holding lands and improvements may contract or otherwise convey at a nominal consideration, by direct negotiation and without recourse to public auction, the land and improvements, or the management, operation, […]
§346-365 Program administration. To the extent that appropriations are made available, the department may contract with a provider agency to administer homeless facilities or any other program for the homeless created by this part. The selection of provider agencies to administer homeless facilities or any other program for the homeless authorized by this part shall […]
§346-366 Time limits. To the extent that appropriations are made available, a provider agency shall provide shelter or any other program assistance authorized by this part to eligible homeless families and homeless individuals not later than three days after a vacancy occurs, or such time as is set by rule, which shall not be later […]
§346-367 Determination of eligibility and need. (a) The provider agency operating and managing a homeless facility or any other program for the homeless authorized by this part, or the department operating and managing its own homeless facility, shall be responsible for determining if an applicant is eligible for shelter or other services at the homeless […]
§346-368 Abuse of assistance. (a) The provider agency operating and managing a homeless facility or any other program for the homeless authorized by this part, or the department operating and managing its own homeless facility, shall be responsible for determining whether a participant is no longer eligible for shelter or other services at the homeless […]
§346-369 Exemptions. (a) Any compensation received by a provider agency for services rendered to homeless families or individuals, or in operating or managing a homeless facility authorized by this part, is exempt from taxation under chapter 237. (b) Any county mayor may exempt, by executive order, donors and provider agencies from real property taxes, water […]
§346-370 Emergency or transitional shelter volunteers. (a) For the purposes of this section, “emergency or transitional shelter volunteer” means an individual who: (1) Is a tenant at an emergency or transitional shelter administered pursuant to this part; (2) Is not an employee of the provider agency operating or managing the shelter; (3) Is under the […]
§346-371 Annual financial audit. (a) The department shall require any provider agency that dispensed shelter or assistance for any homeless facility or any other program for the homeless authorized by this part to submit to the department a financial audit when requested, but at least annually. The audit shall be conducted by a certified public […]
§346-372 Provider agency and donor cooperation are not in restraint of trade. No provider agency or any other agency, or donor or donors, or method or act thereof that complies with this part shall be deemed a conspiracy or combination in restraint of trade or an illegal monopoly, or an attempt to lessen competition or […]
§346-373 Construction of part. If there is any conflict between this part and any other law, this part shall control. [L 2010, c 89, pt of §2]
§346-374 Homeless shelter stipends. (a) The department may make or may contract to make homeless shelter stipend payments to a provider agency operating or managing an emergency or transitional shelter. Under each contract, the department shall pay homeless shelter stipends only for performance measures actually achieved by the provider agency, such as the number of […]
§346-374.5 Emergency shelter; minimum requirements. (a) This section shall apply to every emergency shelter operated by a provider agency that is under contract with the department to receive homeless shelter stipends for providing shelter and services to homeless families or individuals at the emergency shelter. (b) The department shall require an emergency shelter to comply […]
§346-375 Temporary emergency shelter. (a) In addition to any other duties prescribed by law, the department shall develop, in consultation with the four counties, a procedure for identifying locations that shall be used for temporary emergency shelters for homeless individuals and families. The department shall actively partner with and monitor the efforts of the counties. […]
§346-376 Additional powers. The powers conferred upon the department by this part shall be in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law, and nothing in this part shall be construed as limiting any powers, rights, privileges, or immunities conferred. [L 2010, c 89, pt of §2]
§346-377 REPEALED. L 2016, c 42, §7.
§346-378 Housing first programs. (a) The department of human services, in consultation with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, as necessary, shall implement housing first programs and services, as the department deems appropriate for clientele who would most likely benefit from and succeed with the implementation of housing first programs and services, […]
