Transitional Housing - Office of the Texas Governor



Transitional Housing and Support Services InitiativeCertification Required Prior to Project StartGrantee Name:Project Title:Grant number:Project Start Date:Instructions: The following certification is a required condition of funding under the Victim Assistance: Transitional Housing and Support Services Initiative in order to comply with the program specific requirements. Prior to the project start date under the grant, please fill out this form and have the Authorized Official sign, date and upload it to the Upload.Files tab within eGrants. Grantees must indicate whether they currently provide the services below or whether they will provide them within 30 days of the project start date or the commencement of delivery of services, whichever occurs earlier.Currently provideWill start providing during grantEmployment assistance: Helping a client implement an employment plan, including assistance finding and linking to a job training program, helping clients fill out resumes and applications, or completing an action plan that leads to employment. Job training itself is not eligible for VOCA funding.Education assistance: Helping a client implement an education plan, including completing GED or college admissions applications, assistance enrolling children in school, assistance finding childcare so that a client can attend school, or developing an education plan to support the client’s goals.Housing advocacy: Helping a client implement a housing plan, including assistance filling out tenant applications, assistance applying to voucher based or other supportive or subsidized housing programs, or assistance locating available housing.Economic assistance: Helping a client implement economic plans, including linkage to community-based tax preparation and assistance, assistance filling out FAFSA and related forms, and assistance with budgeting.In-person counseling: Face-to-face counseling that addresses violence and related issues in the client’s life. Must be provided by licensed clinicians (i.e., LPC, LCSW, LMHC) and evidence based treatment modalities must be described in the narrative with at least one (1) source noted. Survivors must also have access to the agency’s crisis line.Support groups: Clinician facilitated support groups must be offered on a weekly basis. Peer support groups led by survivors not currently receiving services may supplement but not replace groups facilitated by a licensed clinician.Childcare: Childcare must be provided to enable survivors to attend counseling.Children’s services: If the program serves parents with children, services must be available for a client’s child(ren) that addresses violence and related issues and fosters healthy growth and development, including individual, group, or family counseling. If providing services such as art and play therapy, providers must be licensed in the appropriate areas.Safety planning: Programs must offer ongoing, comprehensive safety planning to all survivors.No Mandatory Participation Certification: As the Authorized Official for the Victim Assistance: Transitional Housing and Support Services Initiative grant, I certify that client participation in these services is voluntary and that acceptance into the program will not be contingent upon agreement or assurance to participate in such services nor will housing be contingent upon participation in services at any time.Overall Certification: I understand that CJD may, at its sole discretion, reject applications or revoke awards for projects which require participation in services to receive housing or which do not provide the full array of services detailed herein and in the Transitional Housing & Support Services funding announcement within 60 days of the project start date or upon commencing the delivery of services under the grant, whichever occurs earlier. I understand that failure to comply with this certification may result in CJD withholding reimbursement until satisfactory evidence of compliance is provided.Authorized Official Title and NameDate ................
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