Title:
Title
Approval for Homeless Emergency Aid Program (HEAP) Grant Standard Agreement
End
FileID
File ID: 2018-01648
Location
Location: Citywide
Recommendation:
Recommendation
Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager or City Manager's designee to: 1) execute and submit the Homeless Emergency Aid Program (HEAP) Standard Agreement with the State of California Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency (BCSH) to receive and administer $5,645,700 in grant funding; 2) execute and submit supporting documents and various reports for the implementation of HEAP; 3) establish the Homeless Emergency Aid Program (G02000820) Multi-Year Operating program (MYOP); 4) establish revenue and expenditure budget in the amount of $5,645,700 for G02000820 in Operating Grants (Fund 2702) to support the City's HEAP implementation; and 5) add a limited-term 1.0 FTE Administrative Technician position to support HEAP, fully offset by the HEAP grant.
Contact: Emily Halcon, Homeless Services Coordinator, (916) 808-7896; Angela Marin, Administrative Analyst, (916) 808-7949, Office of the City Manager
Body
Presenter: None
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Request for Funds form
3-Resolution
4-Exhibit A to the Resolution: HEAP Standard Agreement Template
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: In June of 2018, the Governor signed SB 850, which allocated over $553 million in one-time State funding for two new programs: the Homeless Emergency Aid Program (HEAP) and the California Emergency Solutions Program (CESH). The following table describes the funding allocations per jurisdiction, eligible uses, and the grant application timelines.
HEAP (City)
HEAP (CoC)
CESH
Local Amount
$5,645,700
$12,729,412
$1,619,424
State Agency
Business, Consumer Services, Housing (BCSH)
Housing & Community Development (DHCD)
Administrative Entity
City
CoC (SSF)
CoC (SSF)
Eligible Uses
* Services (shelter, prevention, outreach, criminal justice diversion)
* Rental assistance/subs...
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