Agmt 2009 Building Futures with Women and Children BFWC (2)

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b. Housing search and placement. Services or activities designed to assist individuals or families in locating, obtaining, and retaining suitable housing. Component services or activities may include: tenant counseling; assisting individuals and families to understand leases; securing utilities; making moving arrangements; representative payee services concerning rent and utilities; and mediation and outreach to property owners related to locating or retaining housing. Credit repair: Services that are targeted to assist program participants with critical skills related to household budgeting, money management, accessing a free personal credit report, and resolving personal credit issues. Funds may not be used to pay consumer debt of any kind. d. Legal Services: Legal services that help people stay in their homes such as the services or activities provided by a lawyer or other person(s) under the supervision of a lawyer to assist program participants with legal advice and representation in administrative or court proceedings related to tenant/landlord matters on housing issues. Legal services related to mortgages are not eligible. The Contractor will be expected to provide and/or broker these services as needed to support households in successfully implementing the housing/income and utility stability plan. Housing search and placement services to help preserve tenancies and to locate and secure suitable housing are a critical piece of the services component and should include making and cultivating relationships with landlords to secure units. 6. Brokering Access to Other Resources Identified in Housing Plan While some households may require limited assistance to get back on their feet, many will require more intensive support including linkages to other services not funded through HPRP. The Contractor will need to be able to identify, broker and secure key needed services for the participant households to support their housing plan. For this component, it is not enough to refer participants to other services or agencies. The Contractor must broker access to the services as much as possible to ensure participant households who are eligible actually receive the services they need to become stable in their housing. The types of services to which participant households may need to be linked may include: ^ Employment and training resources ^ Childcare resources ^ Benefit application assistance and advocacy ^ Legal services ^ Ongoing housing subsidies or access to affordable housing if indicated ^ Behavioral health services (mental health and substance abuse) ^ Medical services ^ Food assistance programs ^ Credit counseling and repair services ^ Peer support networks or other community support Ex. A: Contractor's Scope of Work Page 4 of 6