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Ofc. of Assf. Secy., Comm. Planning, Develop., HUD § 582.5 physical, mental, or emotional impair- Recipient means an applicant ap- ment which is expected to be of long- proved to receive a S+C grant. continued and indefinite duration; sub- Seriously mentally ill has the meaning stantially impedes his or her ability to given in section 462 of the McKinney live independently; and is of such a m- Act (42 U. S .C. 114038). Lure that such ability could be im- Single room occupancy (SRO) housing proved by more suitable housing condi- means a unit for occupancy by one per- tions. son, which need not but may contain (2) A person will also be considered to food preparation or sanitary facilities, have a disability if he or she has a de- or both. velopmental disability, which is a se- Sponsor means a nonprofit organiza- vere, chronic disability that-- tion which owns or leases dwelling (i) Is attributable to a mental or units and has contracts with a recipi- physical impairment or combination of ent to make such units available to eli- mental and physical impairments; gible homeless persons and receives (ii) Is manifested before the person rental assistance payments under the attains age 22; SRA component. (iii) Is likely to continue indefi- State has the meaning given in sec- nitely; tion 462 of the McKinney Act (42 U. S . C. (iv) Results in substantial functional 114039). limitations in three or more of the fol- Supportive service provider, or service lowing areas of major life activity: provider, means a person or organiza- (A) Self-care; tion licensed or otherwise qualified to (B) Receptive and expressive lan- provide supportive services, either for guage; profit or not for profit. (C) Learning; Supportive services means assistance (D) Mobility; that— (E) Self-direction; (1) Addresses the special needs of eli- gible persons; and (F) Capacity for independent living; and (2) Provides appropriate services or (G) Economic self-sufficiency; and assists such persons in obtaining ap- (v) Reflects the person's need fora propriate services, including health care, mental health treatment, alcohol combination and sequence of special, and other substance abuse services, interdisciplinary, or generic care, child care services, case management treatment, or other services which are services, counseling, supervision, edu- of lifelong or extended duration and are cation, job training, and other services individually planned and coordinated. essential for achieving and maintain- (3) Notwithstanding the preceding ing independent living. provisions of this definition, the term person with disabilities includes, except (Inpatient acute hospital care does not in the case of the SRO component, two qualify as a supportive service .). or more persons with disabilities living Unit of general local government has together, one or more such persons liv- the meaning given in section 102 of the ing with another person who is deter- Housing and Community Development mined to be important to their care or Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302) . well-being, and the surviving member Very low-income means an annual in- or members of any household described come not in excess of 50 percent of the in the first sentence of this definition median income for the area, as deter- who were living, in a unit assisted mined by HUD, with adjustments for under this part, with the deceased smaller and larger families. HUD may member of the household at the time of establish income limits higher or lower his or her death. (In any event, with re- than 50 percent of the median income spect to the surviving member or mem- for the area on the basis of its finding hers of a household, the right to rental that such variations are necessary be- assistance under this part will termi- cause of unusually high or low family nate at the end of the grant period incomes. under which the deceased member was [61 FR 51169, Sept. 30, 1996; 62 FR 13539, Mar. a participant.) 21, 1997) 239