To: Board of Supervisors
From: DHHS: Administration
Agenda Section: Consent
SUBJECT:
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Resolution Authorizing Acceptance of Funding Made Available through the California Department of Housing and Community Development's California Emergency Solutions and Housing Program
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Adopt the attached resolution which authorizes the Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services Director, or a designee thereof, to accept funding made available through the California Department of Housing and Community Development's California Emergency Solutions and Housing Program.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Mental Health Fund
DISCUSSION:
The California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) released a Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for the California Emergency Solutions and Housing (CESH) Program on August 15, 2018. This is the first of two NOFAs for the CESH Program. A second NOFA is expected to be released in the early part of 2019.
The Humboldt Housing and Homeless Coalition designated the County of Humboldt as the Administrative Entity to receive and administer funding made available through the CESH Program. As a result, the County of Humboldt is the only entity in Humboldt County that may apply for CESH funding. The 2018 CESH Formula Allocation for Humboldt County is Nine Hundred Thirty-One Thousand Twenty-Six Dollars ($931,026.00).
On October 15, 2018, the Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) submitted an application for CESH funding to HCD in accordance with the requirements of the NOFA dated August 15, 2018. If received, DHHS - Mental Health will use such funding to support eligible activities, including, without limitation, rental assistance, interim housing, mitigation of damages incurred by property owners providing housing to persons experiencing homelessness and support for emergency housing interventions, ...
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