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Acknowledgement of Federal Requirements On June 5, 2025, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued guidance regarding various Federal programs. The letter required "conformity with applicable Administration priorities and executive orders." Pursuant to the HUD guidance, conformity means as follows: 1. Shall not use grant funds to promote "gender ideology," as defined in Executive Order (E.O.) 14168, Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government; 2. Agrees that its compliance in all respects with all applicable Federal anti -discrimination laws is material to the U.S. Government's payment decisions for purposes of section 3729(b)(4) of title 31, United States Code; 3. Certifies that it does not operate any programs that violate any applicable Federal anti- discrimination laws, including Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; 4. Shall not use any grant funds to fund or promote elective abortions, as required by E.O. 14182, Enforcing the Hyde Amendment; and that 5. Notwithstanding anything in the grant application, this Grant shall not be governed by Executive Orders revoked by E.O. 14154, including E.O. 14008, or requirements implementing Executive Orders that have been revoked. 6. The Grantee must administer its grant in accordance with all applicable immigration restrictions and requirements, including the eligibility and verification requirements that apply under title IV of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, as amended (8 U.S.C. 1601-1646) (PRWORA) and any applicable requirements that HUD, the attorney General , or the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services may establish from time to time to comply with PRWORA, Executive Order 14218, or other Executive Orders or immigration laws. 7. If applicable, no state or unit of general local government that receives funding under this grant may use that funding in a manner that by design or effect facilitates the subsidization or promotion of illegal immigration or abets policies that seek to shield illegal aliens from deportation. 8. Unless excepted by PRWORA, the Grantee must use the U.S. Citizenship and. Immigration Services online service - SAVE, or an equivalent verification system approved by the Federal government, to prevent any Federal public benefit from being provided to an ineligible alien who entered the United States illegally or is otherwise unlawfully present in the United States. 9. Faith -based organizations may be subrecipients for funds on the same basis as any other organization. Grantees may not, in the selection of subrecipients, discriminate against an organization based on the organization's religious character, affiliation, or exercise. The HUD guidance also reinforced compliance with the following applicable laws: • Section 109 of the HCDA, 42 U.S.C. 5309; • Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.; • Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.; • Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (The Fair Housing Act), 42 U.S.C. 3601--19; • Section 504 and 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. 794; EXHIBIT F Page I of 2