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r13 HeliTAIDIV8D A TRUE COPY Tima 4pkL, CERTIFICATION ON LAST PAGE • J . R . SMITH ; CLERK has either taken place within the individual's or family's primary nighttime residence or has made the individual or family afraid to return to their primary nighttime residence; (ii) Has no other residence ; and (iii) Lacks the resources or support networks, e.g., family, friends, and faith-based or other social networks, to obtain other permanent housing. Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) means the information system designated by the Continuum of Care to comply with the HMIS requirements prescribed by HUD. HMIS Lead means the entity designated by the Continuum of Care in accordance with this part to operate the Continuum's HMIS on its behalf. Permanent housing means community-based housing without a designated length of stay, and includes both permanent supportive housing and rapid rehousing. To be permanent housing, the program participant must be the tenant on a .lease for a term of at least one year, which is renewable for terms that are a minimum of one month long, and is terminable only for cause. Permanent supportive housing means permanent housing in which supportive services are provided to assist homeless persons with a disability, to live independently. Point- in-time count means a count of sheltered and unsheltered homeless persons carried out on one night in the last 10 calendar days of January or at such other time as required by HUD . Private nonprofit organization means an organization: ( i ) No part of the net earnings of which inure to the benefit of any member, founder, contributor, or individual; (2) That has a voluntary board; (3) That has a functioning accounting system that is operated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, or has designated a fiscal agent that will maintain a functioning accounting system for the organization in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles ; and (4) That practices nondiscrimination in the provision of assistance. A private nonprofit organization does not include governmental organizations, such as public housing agencies. Program participant means an individual (including an unaccompanied youth) or family who is assisted with Continuum of Care program funds. Project means a group of eligible activities, such as HMIS costs, identified as a project in an application to HUD for Continuum of Care funds and includes a structure (or structures) that is (are) acquired, rehabilitated, constructed, or leased with assistance provided under this part or with respect to which HUD provides rental assistance or annual payments for operating costs, or supportive services under this subtitle. Recipient means an applicant that signs a grant agreement with HUD. Safe haven means, for the purpose of defining chronically homeless, supportive housing that meets the following: