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projects that require households to pay a share of rent allow reasonable flexibility in payment' <br />Emergency shelters must not require households to pay a share of rent or program fees. <br />Households are not terminated from the project for the following reasons: <br />./ Failure to participate in supportive services or treatment programs <br />,/ Failure to make progress on a housing stability plan <br />,/ Alcohol and/or substance use in and of itself is not considered a reason for termination <br />,/ Households residing in emergency shelter must not be exited to homelessness due to reaching a <br />maximum stay limit. <br />lf a household is terminated from a low barrier project due to violating rules focused on maintaining a <br />safe environment, there must be a process in place for the household to be considered for re- <br />enrollment if the household demonstrates unsafe behavior is unlikely to re-occur (i.e. engaged in new <br />treatment plan, mental health services, medical care, etc.). <br />2.1.? Coordinated Entry System <br />Each county must maintain a Coordinated Entry (CE) process. CE is a coordinated system of intake, <br />assessment, and referral that gets households in a housing crisis connected to available resources in <br />the community. The goal of CE is to help communities prioritize assistance to ensure people who need <br />the assistance the most can receive it in a timely manner. Refer to the Washineton e Coordinated <br />Entrv Guidelines for requirements. lf the CHG lead grantee is a county government, projects funded by <br />local homeless hbusing surcharge revenue (local document recording fees) must also participate in the <br />CE process as described below. <br />Transitional Housing, Homelessness Prevention, Rapid Re-Housing, and Permanent Supportive Housing <br />projects funded by CHG must participate in the county or regional CE by accepting referrals and must <br />fill openings exclusively through the CE process. <br />Lead grantees may elect to opt out of the CE process for Homelessness Prevention projects if the <br />county has enough funding to serve all households at risk of homelessness in need of services or if the <br />project is operated by a By and For subgrantee as defined in these guidelines (Section 2.2.4).Lead <br />grantees must receive approval from Commerce and provide evidence that they are meeting the need <br />in their community and providing adequate outreach to their community if a mainstream housing <br />provider organization is opting out of the CE process. <br />lf the county or regional CE requires Emergency Shelters and Drop-in Shelters to participate in the <br />county or regional CE process, Emergency Shelters and Drop-in Shelters funded by CHG must <br />participate in the county or regional CE process by accepting referrals and must fill openings exclusively <br />through the CE process. <br />Street Outreach projects funded by CHG must be linked to the county or regional CE by either <br />performing mobile CE process services (e.g. assessment) or by providing referrals to CE. <br />projects operated by victim service providers are not required but may elect to participate in the <br />county or regional CE process. <br />eage I r0