Homeless services provider program requirements

(1) As used in this part: (a) "Pathway to human thriving" means the framework by which homeless services offered and administered in the state are designed to assist individuals experiencing homelessness, including measurable services that assist in an individual's progress from past trauma and personal struggles to personal healing, transformation, and thriving. (b) "Struggling" means an individual who is experiencing homelessness is unable to meet the individual's basic needs, including food and shelter, and who may be experiencing trauma or other barriers in securing and maintaining stable housing with or without the assistance of supportive services. (c) "Surviving" means an individual who is experiencing homelessness is able to secure the individual's basic needs, including food and shelter, including temporary shelter, by relying upon supportive services. (d) "Thriving" means an individual who experienced homelessness is able to secure and support the individual's basic needs, including food and shelter and who is actively engaged in personal development and is experiencing a sense of purpose and fulfillment. (2) A service provider may design and administer a homeless services program that recognizes a homeless individual's pathway to human thriving, as provided in Section 35A-16-205. (3) The services described in Subsection (2) may include evidence-based and measurable services to assist in a client's progress and transition along the pathway of human thriving. (4) A service provider may directly measure, or work with a caseworker to measure, the progress and transition described in Subsection (3) in areas that include: (a) education, employment, and income; (b) housing; (c) legal rights and emergency services; (d) mental health; (e) physical health and daily living; (f) social relationships and personal fulfillment; and (g) substance abuse. (5) In providing an individual experiencing homelessness with the services described in this part, the service provider shall make the service provider's best effort to preserve the individual's ability to thrive and capacity for growth.