To: Board of Supervisors
From: DHHS: Administration
Agenda Section: Consent
Vote Requirement: Majority
SUBJECT: title
Recommended Allocations in the Amount of $4,665,969.75 Made Available through the Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention Program end
RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Approve the recommended allocations of funding made available through the Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention Program; and
2. Authorize the Department of Health and Human Services Director, or a designee thereof, to enter into contract negotiations with the selected organizations; and
3. Direct the Clerk of the Board to provide the Department of Health and Human Services - Contract Unit with one (1) fully executed, certified copy of the Board order related to this Item.
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STRATEGIC PLAN:
The recommended actions support the following areas of the Board of Supervisors' Strategic Plan:
Area of Focus: Housing for All
Strategic Plan Category: 4001 - Provide housing and sheltering solutions for people experiencing homelessness
DISCUSSION:
On September 29, 2023, the California Interagency Council on Homelessness announced the availability of Eight Hundred Sixty-Nine Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($869,500,000.00) in noncompetitive block grant funds for the fifth round of the Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention Program ("HHAP Program"). The HHAP Program is intended to allow cities, counties and local Continuums of Care to address immediate homelessness challenges throughout the state. As a result, HHAP Program funding may be used for a broad range of activities that are designed to assist people experiencing homelessness with obtaining and maintaining permanent housing, including, without limitation, all of the following:
* Rental assistance, housing relocation and stabilization, outreach, coordination, homelessness prevention and shelter diversion services;
* Security deposits, holding fees and other lan...
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