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01/28/2019

*Public Notice - Family Unification Program (FUP)

HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA

PUBLIC NOTICE

BY REFERRAL PROCESS ONLY

NOTIFICATION IS HEREBY GIVEN that EFFECTIVE February 11, 2019 at 7:30 am The Housing Authority of the County of Santa Barbara will be accepting Pre-applications for the Family Unification Program (FUP) through a referral only process from the Department of Social Services of the County of Santa Barbara and will close December 31, 2019 at 4:30 pm.

Qualifying families must be:
FUP-Eligible Family defined as a family that the Department of Social Services/Child Welfare Services (DSS/CWS) has certified as a family with an open DSS/CWS case who is in imminent danger of having their children enter foster care or is unable to reunify with their children due to the lack of adequate housing or

FUP-Eligible Youth defined as a youth that the Department of Social Services has certified to be at least 18 years old, and not more than 24 years of age, was in foster care after the age of 16 and who has left foster care, or will leave foster care within 90 days, in accordance with a transition plan described in section 475(5)(H) of Social Security Act, and is homeless or is at risk of becoming homeless.

All MUST be income eligible and meet all requirements for the Section 8 Program.

This Public Notice is being published to ensure that individuals and interested groups are fully aware of this action.

The Housing Authority will accept applications for this program regardless of race, color, creed, sex, familial status, national origin, age, handicap or other protected groups under state, federal or local equal opportunity laws.

Spanish will also be advertised.