Section 8-NEW - [Newly enacted section not yet numbered] Grants to provide services to homeless individuals(a) For each fiscal year in which funding is available, the Department of Housing shall administer a program to provide grants to nonprofit organizations that own and operate facilities that are used to house or provide services to homeless individuals, including, but not limited to, shelters, day shelters, homeless hubs and other facilities, to make capital improvements. Such capital improvements may include, but need not be limited to, renovations, rehabilitations, architectural and engineering costs and any other related costs, but shall not include acquisitions, demolitions, purchases of land or buildings or capital improvements to permanent supportive housing.(b) Not later than October 1, 2024, the department shall develop eligibility criteria to be used in selecting among applicants for such grants, develop application forms and deadlines and post in a conspicuous location on the department's Internet web site a description of the grant program that includes, but is not limited to, such criteria, forms and deadlines.(c) Not later than January 1, 2026, and annually thereafter, the department shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to housing and finance, revenue and bonding. Such report shall include information for the preceding calendar year on the number of applications for grants that were received, the number of grants that were awarded and a list of the nonprofit organizations that received grants and the amount of such grants.Added by P.A. 24-0151,S. 56 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2024 Regular Session, eff. 7/1/2024.