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The other is the County's Section 8 Rental Assistance Payments Program which prohibits rental subsidy for any unit that is built before 1978 if there is a family member under the age of 6 and the unit contains peeling paint. Other actions /plans to be undertaken to reduce lead -based paint hazards include: • Distribute pamphlets to applicants of the RERP notifying them of potential lead -based paint hazards; and • Conduct Clearance testing on homes that was found to have lead under the RERP. Actions planned to reduce the number of poverty -level families According to the 2010 Census, 18.3% of the people in Hawaii County are below the poverty level. This is above the State's poverty level of 11.2% and this is mainly due to the high unemployment rate in the County. The County plans to continue administering the Tenant Based Rental Assistance Program (TBRA) that targets the extremely -low and very -low income households. This would limit the households from paying more than 30% of their income to housing costs. Another program the County would like to administer is the National Housing Trust Fund (NHTF) that targets the extremely -low and very-low income households. The National Housing Trust Fund can be used to acquire, construct or rehabilitate rental housing and rent to extremely -low and very-low income households. In rural areas the NHTF law considers households with income below poverty line as very-low income. By administering the NHTF it will help the County reduce the number of poverty -level families. In addition, the County is administering the Department of Labor's Workforce Investment Opportunity Act (WIOA) program which require a one -stop shop. The one -stop concept allows a client to access various services from a central location, which includes self- sufficiency and financial literacy programs. The mandatory partners in the one -stop shop are: WIOA programs, Native American programs, migrant and seasonal farm worker programs, veteran employment program, adult education, welfare -to -work, senior community service employment programs, vocational rehabilitation services for the blind programs, Hawaii Community College and HUD employment and training programs. Actions planned to develop institutional structure The County will continue to participate in: CDBG /HOME Quarterly Coordinator's Meetings which coordinates state -wide activities and performance measures; the State -wide Continuum of Care group which meets every other month to collaborate on homeless issues; the Inter - Agency Council on Homelessness which meets every other month to enable better access to mainstream programs and to end chronic homelessness; HOME State Recipient Group which meets periodically to coordinate HOME program and projects; quarterly meeting with Fair Housing Officers from the State and other counties Annual Action Plan 2016 OMB Control No: 2506 -0117 (exp. 07/31/2015) 39