Title:
Title
Approval for COVID-19 Emergency Homeless Funding Grant Agreement [TO BE DELIVERED]
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Location
Location: Citywide
Recommendation:
Recommendation
Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager or City Manager's designee to: 1) execute and submit the COVID-19 Emergency Homeless Funding Grant Agreement with the State of California Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency (BCSH) to accept and administer $2,245,840 in grant funding; 2) execute and submit supporting documents and various reports for the implementation of the Grant; 3) establish the COVID-19 Homeless Grant (G02001500) Multi-Year Operating program (MYOP); and 4) establish revenue and expenditure budget in the amount of $2,245,840 for G02001500 in Operating Grants (Fund 2702).
Contact: Emily Halcon, Homeless Services Manager, (916) 808-7896, Homeless Services Division, Office of the City Manager; Chris Conlin, Assistant City Manager, (916) 808-8526, Office of the City Manager.
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Presenter: None
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1-Description/Analysis
2-Resolution
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: In March of 2020 the Legislature and the Newsom Administration approved an allocation of $500 million to help California fight COVID-19, with $150 million for local emergency homeless actions. The Administration detailed that State of California is making emergency funding available to local governments to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 among this particularly vulnerable population, many of whom have no option to self-quarantine or isolate. The State is granting $100 million directly to Cities, Counties and Continuums of Care (CoCs) allocated by the same methodology used for the Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention Program (HHAP), under which the City was previously awarded $13,654,708 million.
The City's COVID-19 Emergency Homeless Funding grant allocation is $2,245,840. The Homeless Services Division anticipates that the funds will primarily support outreach...
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