Chapter 1 - San Diego Housing Commission

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<strong>Chapter</strong> 14 – Self-Sufficiency Action Plan 2. Individual Training and Service Plan The Individual Training and Services Plan (Career Plan) identifies the participant's job-related final goal, as well as interim steps with timelines for completion. The final goal must demonstrate job advancement on the part of the participant through increased skills acquired during the term of the contract. These steps and timelines are monitored by the FSS participant and their FSS Service Coordinator throughout the five-year Contract period. Participants whose final goal is to operate a business must have an approved business plan as one of their interim goals. Business plans must be approved by a reliable source, such as the Small Business Development Center, Southwestern College, etc. The individualized Career Plan encompasses a range of goals, including but not limited to: - Career Exploration - Skills Development - Education and Training - Employment - Barrier Identification - Resource Identification 3. Graduation Requirements Completion of the Contract and official graduation from the FSS Program occurs when the participant is determined to be self-sufficient and has met all of the following conditions: - All steps in the participant's individual Career Plan have been completed, including the achievement of the final goal; - A FSS participant and all members of the household must be free of welfare assistance for 12 consecutive months before Contract expiration. Welfare assistance is defined by HUD as "income assistance from Federal or state welfare programs and includes cash maintenance payments designed to meet a family's ongoing basic needs". The SDHC considers payments made to participants through Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) and General Relief programs to be Federal or state welfare programs. The SDHC may request a third-party verification that the participating family has not received these types of cash maintenance payments for the preceding 12 months prior to final graduation approval, and disbursement of escrow funds; and - The participant must be employed, and must provide verification that the combined number of hours of employment per week for his or her household is no less than 32 hours. Disabled participants must provide third party verification if unable to work 32 hours per week. Minimum employment standards for disabled participants will factor in appropriate information from a professional third party competent to make the assessment. Alternatively, a participant can be determined to be "self-sufficient" if 30% of the family's monthlyadjusted income is equal to or greater than the fair market rate for the unit size for which the family qualifies. Participants who meet all graduation requirements prior to the expiration of their Contract will be graduated early, if no additional significant steps are added to their Career Plan. Participants may not stay in the program for the sole purpose of increasing their escrow savings. 14-6
<strong>Chapter</strong> 14 – Self-Sufficiency Action Plan 4. Escrow Accounts As incentive for families to join the FSS Program, and as a strategy to assist families in building assets, HUD regulations allow an escrow account to be established on behalf of eligible families. Eligibility for an escrow account is determined according to a HUD-defined formula using the family's income data. As the family's earned income increases and the household rent increases, the FSS Program Analyst will determine escrow eligibility according to the HUD formula. If the family is eligible for an escrow account, the FSS Program Analyst will then determine the amount of escrow credits, as appropriate, on behalf of the participant (in accordance with 24 Code of Federal Regulations 984.304). Escrow funds are held in the participant's name until requirements for final withdrawals have been met by the participant. SHDC may permit FSS participants to make interim withdrawals from the escrow accounts established on their behalf in order to remove barriers related to the completion of their Career Plan. The criteria under which FSS participants may make interim withdrawals are defined in Section F - Support Services. Participants with balances in an escrow account established by the SDHC on their behalf may apply for a final withdrawal of funds if the terms of their Contract have been met prior to its expiration and the participant has: - Completed the steps in their Career Plan; and - Provided verification that he or she is employed, and the combined total number of hours worked per week for the household is at least 32 hours; and - Certified that all members of the household have not received welfare assistance for 12 consecutive months prior to the Contract end date; OR - Thirty percent (30%) of the family's monthly-adjusted income is equal to or greater than the fair market rate for the bedroom size they are eligible for, and the family has certified that no one is receiving welfare assistance. 5. Career Planning and Personal Development Workshop The Family Self-Sufficiency Career Planning and Personal Development Workshops are designed specifically for program participants and facilitated by FSS staff and qualified partners. The topics covered in the Workshop may include, but are not limited to: - Skills Inventory - Values, Attitudes, and Interests Identification - Goal-Setting and Decision-Making - Demand Occupations - Time Management - Resource Identification - Career Planning - Credit and Budgeting 14-7
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