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Urban County Lists: The seven lists of counties HUD publishes annually on the HUD Exchange Urban Counties website to be used for the Urban County Qualification Process. These lists are the authoritative data source on current and potential new Urban Counties. Most importantly, the Urban County Lists show the years currently qualified Urban Counties must requalify. Urban County Participation Decision Letters: The letters that Urban Counties and potential new Urban Counties send to UGLGs and Metropolitan Cities to request their official decision on whether to participate (or not) in the Urban County. As part of the qualification process, the Urban County sends these letters to UGLGs and Metropolitan Cities with a request for an official response letter to be sent back to the Urban County (generally within 30 days). Urban County Participation Decision Letters also include the response letters UGLGs and Metropolitan Cities send back to the Urban County with their participation decisions. Urban County Qualification Deadlines: The deadlines HUD publishes annually on the HUD Exchange Urban Counties website for the Urban County Qualification Process. The deadlines are actions that qualifying Urban Counties, UGLGs, and Metropolitan Cities must complete in the spring and summer months each year. These deadlines guide Urban Counties through the Urban County Qualification Process, ensuring that counties remain on track and meet iterative milestones to successfully qualify as an Urban County by September 30 (the HOME program's statutory deadline). Urban County Qualification Period: The three -fiscal -year period that an Urban County is qualified by HUD as an Urban County. During this period, the Urban County is eligible to receive CDBG funding directly as a CDBG Entitlement Community (so long as Congress appropriates funds and the Urban County submits its Consolidated Plan/Action Plan by August 16 each year). Urban Counties requalify for their next Urban County Qualification Period in their third and final year of their current Urban County Qualification Period. Urban County Qualification Process: The overall process of Urban County qualification, which occurs each year through the spring and summer months and ends on September 30 (HOME program statutory deadline). GO TO SECTION 2 for the Step -by -Step Process Map. The process involves Requalifiers and First -Time Qualifiers completing the following three actions: 1) securing CDBG program participation decisions from UGLGs and Metropolitan Cities in their county via Urban County Participation Decision Letters, 2) authorizing and executing Cooperation Agreements and/or Joint Agreements between the parties and securing County Counsel Legal Opinion Letters, and 3) submitting all qualification documentation to HUD for review and approval to be qualified as an Urban County for the next three -fiscal - year Urban County Qualification Period. W 595