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<br />Page | 38 <br />approval. <br />• Authorization for written approval is as follows: <br />o The Commerce contract manager may approve lodging rates up to 150% of the per <br />diem for grantees. <br />o The lead grantee may approve lodging rates up to 150% of the per diem for <br />subgrantees. <br />o The Commerce contract manager must approve ALL lodging rates that exceed 150% <br />of the per diem, regardless of whether the request is from a lead grantee or <br />subgrantee. <br />✓ Outreach or community event supplies. Food purchases are limited to supplies like bottled <br />water and packaged snacks that are provided directly to individuals experiencing homelessness <br />to facilitate engagement with services. <br />✓ One-time equipment purchases up to $5,000 unless approved in advance by Commerce. <br /> Homeless Crisis Response System Expenses <br />✓ Point-in-Time counts <br />✓ Annual report/housing inventory <br />✓ Local homeless plans <br />✓ Coordinated entry planning, implementation and operations <br />✓ State data warehouse and Homeless Management Information System <br />✓ Interested landlord list and landlord outreach activities <br />✓ Participation in local Continuum of Care <br /> Program Expenses <br />✓ Intake and assessment, including time spent assessing a household, whether or not the <br />household is determined eligible <br />✓ Housing Stability Services. This includes developing an individualized housing and service plan, <br />monitoring and evaluating household progress, identifying creative and immediate housing <br />solutions outside of the traditional homeless service system (diversion), SSI/SSDI Outreach, <br />Access, and Recovery (SOAR), and assuring that households' rights are protected. <br />✓ Housing Search and Placement Services. This includes services or activities designed to assist <br />households in locating, obtaining, and retaining suitable housing, tenant counseling, assisting <br />households to understand leases, inspections, securing utilities, making moving arrangements, <br />and representative payee services concerning rent and utilities. <br />✓ Mediation and outreach to property owners/landlords related to locating or retaining housing <br />(landlord incentives) <br />✓ Outreach services <br />✓ Optional support services for individuals in permanent supportive housing, including case <br />management and connections to resources <br />✓ Data collection and entry <br />✓ General liability insurance and automobile insurance <br />✓ Other costs as approved in advance by Commerce <br /> Flexible Funding <br />Flexible Funding (flex funding) is an allowable activity with all CHG budget categories. It provides <br />financial assistance to households to enhance housing stability or meet essential household needs not <br />covered by other allowable expense categories.