To: Board of Supervisors
From: DHHS: Administration
Agenda Section: Time Certain Matter
SUBJECT:
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9:30 AM - Presentation on the Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention Program Local Action Plan.
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Receive a presentation by the Department of Health and Human Services and the California Center for Rural Policy on the Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention Program Local Action Plan;
2. Receive public comment on the Local Action Plan
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Social Services Fund
DISCUSSION:
On December 17, 2021, the California Homeless Coordinating and Financing Council ("HCFC") announced the availability of One Billion Dollars ($1,000,000,000.00) in noncompetitive block grant funds for the Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention ("HHAP") Program Round Three. 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 all of the following:
* Rental assistance, housing relocation and stabilization, outreach, coordination, homelessness prevention and shelter diversion services;
* Operating subsidies in new and existing affordable or supportive housing units, emergency shelters and navigation centers;
* Security deposits, holding fees and other landlord incentives;
* Operational support related to the creation and maintenance of a homeless services and housing delivery system; and
* Capital improvements, including, without limitation, conversion of hotels or motels to permanent housing and construction of new navigation centers and emergency shelters based on demonstrated jurisdictional need.
Pursuant to the HHAP Program allocation formula, which is based on the propor...
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