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4.7 Can I align my Urban County and HOME program qualification periods? Yes. If your Urban County qualification and HOME consortium qualification periods are not synced, you may align these periods, per 24 CFR 92.101(e). The Urban County (CDBG) and HOME consortia qualification periods are both three years. Your HOME consortium may choose a shorter qualification period than three years (one or two years) to sync your HOME qualification period with your Urban County qualification period moving forward. All your HOME consortium members must also have the same program year start date. 4.8 Guidance on Urban County qualification deadline extensions and the HOME program's September 30 statutory deadline The Urban County qualification schedule is coordinated with the schedule for HOME consortia qualification because the HOME program must use the identical CDBG Urban County configurations for determining HOME formula allocations.14 The Urban County Qualification Deadlines will typically September 20 each year. This provides HUD with enough time, before the September 30 deadline for the next FY's funding under the HOME Program, to notify counties that they qualify as Urban Counties under the CDBG Program. To avoid any issues with the HOME program's September 30 statutory deadline, your county must complete all steps in the Urban County_ qualification process by September 20 (at the latest). In the past, Urban Counties have requested extensions to submit required documents because some Participating UGLGs' governing bodies don't meet during the summer. Although flexibility exists to allow extensions in unusual situations, HUD will not rg ant any extensions past September 15 each year. Urban Counties must consider the meeting schedules of Participating UGLGs' governing bodies during the requalification process. HUD encourages Urban Counties to try to execute their Cooperation Agreements and Joint Agreements before summer recess begins to avoid issues. Many Urban Counties are simultaneously completing HOME consortia qualification and Urban County qualification. The HOME consortia qualification process must be completed by the statutory deadline of September 30 to receive a HOME formula allocation. If the Urban County_ qualification process is not completed by September 30 for Urban Counties that are participating jurisdictions (PJs) in the HOME program, including consortia, the PJ cannot receive a HOME allocation. 15 14 This is due to HOME program statutory requirements (42 USC 12747(b)(1)(A)) and regulatory requirements (24 CFR 92.50(c)) for HOME formula allocation. The HOME program formula allocation must be based on data for jurisdictions that make up the Urban County as of September 30 of the prior fiscal year (FY). HUD can't allocate HOME program funding to Urban Counties using inaccurate data. 15 42 U.S.C. 12747(b)(3) 28 584