Section 22-A2202. HOME FIRST SUBSIDY PROGRAM FOR MENTAL HEALTH CONSUMERS

2202.1 Sections 2202 through 2299 provide standards for implementing the Department’s Home First Subsidy Program and the Department’s housing wait list.  The Home First Subsidy is a locally-funded rental voucher that is paid by the Department on behalf of qualifying consumers for community-based housing meeting the requirements of this regulation.  The Home First Subsidy is subject to annual appropriations limits.  When a consumer is eligible for a Home First Subsidy but there are inadequate funds to issue a voucher, the consumer may be placed on the Department’s housing wait list, subject to the requirements in Section 2206. 

 

2202.2 Nothing in these rules shall be interpreted to mean that any subsidy provided by the Department is an entitlement. Locally-funded or administered subsidies are dependent upon the availability of funds, the needs of individual consumers, and the priority populations established by the Department.

 

authority

Sections 104 and 105 of the Department of Mental Health Establishment Amendment Act of 2001, effective December 18, 2001 (D.C. Law 14-56; D.C. Official Code §§ 7-1131.04 and 7-1131.05 (2008 Repl. & 2012 Supp.)).

source

Final Rulemaking published at 50 DCR 3175(April 25, 2003); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 52 DCR 7026 (July 29, 2005); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 60 DCR 6479 (May 3, 2013).