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PSH projects must confirm chronic homelessness, homelessness status for non-chronic clients, and disability status, then prioritize chronically homeless individuals and families using the Ohio BoSCoC Homeless Program Standards order of priority. 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Furthermore, all PSH projects must prioritize chronically homeless individuals/families for available units and must follow the order of priority outlined in the Ohio BoSCoC Homeless Program Standards.\nThis packet includes the following:\nGuidance about determining project eligibility and prioritization\nGuidance about verifying and documenting homelessness and chronic homelessness\nForms for documenting homelessness and project eligibility\nVerification of Eligibility, Homelessness, Chronic Homelessness, and Adherence to the Order of Priority: PSH Projects\nSelf-Certification of Homelessness\nDocumentation of Due Diligence\nGuidance: Determining Project Eligibility\nDefinition of Homelessness for Permanent Supportive Housing\nThe Homeless definition is comprised of four categories. The following categories of the definition are eligible for PSH:\nLiterally homeless individuals/families\nIndividuals/families who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence, meaning:\nSleeping in a place not designed for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation, such a place not meant for habitation\nLiving in emergency shelter or transitional housing (including domestic violence shelters or transitional housing projects) designated to provide temporary living arrangements (including hotel/motel stays paid for by charitable or government programs)\nExiting an institution where the individual resided for less than 90 days and where the individual entered the institution immediately from emergency shelter (including hotel/motel stays paid for by charitable or government programs) or an unsheltered location\nDefinition of Chronic Homelessness\nChronically homeless means:\nA “homeless individual with a disability,” as defined in the Act, who:\nLives in a place not meant for human habitation, a safe haven, or in an emergency shelter; and\nHas been homeless (as described above) continuously for at least 12 months or on at least 4 separate occasions in the last 3 years where the combined occasions must total at least 12 months\nOccasions separated by a break of at least seven nights\nStays in institution of fewer than 90 days do not constitute a break\nAn individual who has been residing in an institutional care facility for fewer than 90 days and met all of the criteria in paragraphs 1a and 1b of this definition, before entering that facility; or\nA family with an adult head of household (or if there is no adult in the family, a minor head of household) who meets all of the criteria in paragraphs 1a and 1b or paragraph 1c of this definition, including a family whose composition has fluctuated while the head of household has been homeless.\nPSH Eligibility\nTo be eligible for PSH projects, persons/households (for families, at least one adult or child household member must be diagnosed with a disability) must have a diagnosed disability and a current homeless status that falls into Category 1 of the homeless definition:\nCategory 1 – Literally homeless\nsee above for details\nDisabled - An individual who has a disability that:\nIs expected to be long-continuing or of indefinite duration;\nSubstantially impedes the individual's ability to live independently;\nCould be improved by the provision of more suitable housing conditions; and\nIs a physical, mental, or emotional impairment, including an impairment caused by alcohol or drug abuse, post-traumatic stress disorder, or brain injury;\nIs a developmental disability, or\nIs the disease of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome or any condition arising from the etiologic agency for acquired imm","cbCaiucpca3Zjm4P","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiucpca3Zjm4P","docx",81263,"English","# Verification of Eligibility, Homelessness, Chronic Homelessness, and Adherence to the Order of Priority: PSH Projects\n## Definition of Homelessness for Permanent Supportive Housing\n## Definition of Chronic Homelessness\n## PSH Eligibility\n## Ohio BoSCoC Coordinated Entry Systems and Prioritization for PSH\n## Order of Priority for PSH projects","[{\"question\":\"What documentation must Ohio PSH projects verify to determine eligibility?\",\"answer\":\"PSH projects must verify and document chronic homelessness, homelessness status for non-chronic clients, and disability status as part of determining eligibility for assistance seekers.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the guidance define chronic homelessness for PSH purposes?\",\"answer\":\"Chronic homelessness requires a homeless individual with a disability meeting criteria for place of residence and duration/frequency of homelessness, including rules about at least 12 months and separation by at least seven nights, with specific treatment of institutional stays.\"},{\"question\":\"How are clients prioritized for PSH assistance in Ohio?\",\"answer\":\"Clients must go through the local Coordinated Entry process, be assessed with VI-SPDAT, and be prioritized based on severity of need and homeless history as determined by the local PSH Prioritization Workgroup following the Ohio BoSCoC order of priority.\"}]","Guidance: Determining Project Eligibility - PSH Eligibility Packet | DOCX"]