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Are vehicle purchases or leasing an allowable infrastructure expense?

Subtopic: Budget/Allowable Use

Could AHP provide clarity on whether rental assistance funding can be used for family financial housing supports, such as reimbursing a room rental for a family member?

Subtopic: Budget/Allowable Use

What happens if we apply for BHBH Program funding with the intent to use it as a match for another funding source and we do not receive the other funding?

Subtopic: Application Process

What are the options for counties that want to lease to own?

Subtopic: Budget/Allowable Use

Does an application need to be submitted by a county behavioral health agency employee? What if a county is working with a contractor who would like to submit on their behalf?

Subtopic: Application Process

When funding programs that increase the bed count, do the beds need to be in our jurisdiction or can they be reserved in another county for those who are from our jurisdiction?

Subtopic: Program requirements

Can BHBH Program funds be used for Institution for Mental Disease (IMD)/Mental Health Rehabilitation Centers (MHRC)?

Subtopic: Budget/Allowable Use

Does WIC Section 8255 apply to sober living/recovery residences? Can recovery residences require participation in 12-step meetings? If recovery residences are exempt from all of these rules, it seems like any and all BHBH programs could be designated recovery residences such that it is possible that there wouldn’t be any BHBH housing that is low barrier or that practices Housing First in a given county. Is that correct?

Subtopic: Program Requirements

Could you elaborate on how we should be thinking about sober living/recovery residences in the context of this program? Who decides whether this is the most appropriate available option?

Subtopic: Program Requirements

Do all sites, including recovery residences, housing through rental assistance, and/or motels with a BHBH-funded voucher need to meet ADA requirements?

Subtopic: Program Requirements

Are all BHBH-funded beds required to be online within one year of contract execution or just beds that require infrastructure expenditures?

Subtopic: Program Requirements

If we have a studio with two beds or a unit with two bedrooms, would we count the operational expense by beds in the unit or studio?

Subtopic: Program Requirements