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Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) recommending the Board:
1) Adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 171-2026 authorizing the County to accept the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) Transitional Housing Program (THP) Round 8 Allocation Award in an amount not to exceed $139,742, and the Housing Navigation and Maintenance Program (HNMP) Round 5 Allocation Award in an amount not to exceed $65,290; and
2) Approve and authorize the HHSA Director or Chief Assistant Director, to execute the resulting funding agreements for both THP Round 8 and HNMP Round 5, and any subsequent amendments that do not increase Net County Cost, contingent upon County Counsel and Risk Management approval, as applicable, and subsequent administrative documents or required fiscal or programmatic reports.
FUNDING: 100% State HCD funding for the THP and HNMP Programs; no matching funds are required.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
HCD allocates funding to counties for the purpose of helping young adults secure and maintain housing stability through the following programs:
Transitional Housing Program:
Through the THP, HCD allocates funding to counties for child welfare services agencies to help young adults aged 18 to 24 find and maintain housing, with priority given to those formerly in the foster care or probation systems. Uses of THP funds may include but are not limited to: 1) Identifying and assisting housing services for this population in the community; 2) Assisting this population to secure and maintain housing; 3) Improving coordination of services and linkages to community resources within the child welfare system and the Homelessness Continuum of Care; and 4) Providing engagement in outreach and targeting to serve those with the most severe needs.
Housing Navigation and Maintenance Program:
Through the HNMP, HCD allocates funding to counties for the provision of housing navigation assistance in which housing specialists assist young adults aged 18 to 24 with their pursuits of locating available housing and overcoming barriers to locating housing. Housing navigation and maintenance activities may include, but are not limited to: 1) Assisting young adults secure and maintain housing, with priority access given to young adults in the state's foster care system; 2) Providing housing case management which includes essential services in emergency supports to foster youth; 3) Preventing young adults from becoming homeless; and 4) Improving coordination of services and linkages to key resources across the community including those from within the child welfare system and the local Homelessness Continuum of Care.
Throughout 2020 and 2021, the Board accepted Rounds 1-3 in THP funding. In 2022, the THP and HNMP programs were combined into a single allocation process, and the Board has since accepted THP Rounds 4-7, and HNMP Rounds 1-4.
On September 10, 2026, HCD provided HHSA with an Allocation Acceptance Form, inviting the County to accept funding for THP Round 8 in the amount of $69,871 and HNMP Round 5 in the amount of $32,645. HCD requires the County’s governing board to adopt a Resolution authorizing the HHSA Director or Chief Assistant Director to accept the allocations for both THP Round 8 and HNMP Round 5. Additionally, HCD recommends that counties obtain Board authorization to accept up to double the current allocation amounts, should additional funding become available. The Resolution presented in this agenda item authorizes the HHSA Director or Chief Assistant Director to accept up to $139,742 for THP Round 8 and up to $65,290 for HNMP Round 5, and to execute any subsequent funding agreements or amendments to the agreements. The terms of both agreements are expected to be five years effective upon execution.
HHSA Child Welfare Services partners with local vendors to provide housing stability services under the THP and HNMP programs and will maintain this collaboration with local vendors to provide continued THP/HNMP housing stability services to help young adult clients throughout El Dorado County.
ALTERNATIVES
Should the Board decline to approve the THP or HNMP funding allocations or this proposed Resolution, HHSA will not be awarded the funding to assist young adults struggling with homelessness to secure and maintain housing.
PRIOR BOARD ACTION
1) 05/12/2020 Legistar file 20-0523, Transitional Housing Program Resolution 083-2020
2) 10/06/2020 Legistar file 20-1070, Transitional Housing Program Round 2 Resolution 150-2020
3) 11/09/2021 Legistar file 21-1545, Transitional Housing Program Round 3 Resolution 139-2021
4) 01/03/2023 Legistar file 22-2183, HHSA Transitional Housing Program Round 4 & Housing Navigator and Maintenance Program Round 1
5) 12/12/2023 Legistar file 23-1976, HHSA THP Rd5 & HNMP Rd2 Resolutions
6) 12/10/2024 Legistar file 24-1817, HHSA Transitional Housing Program Round 6 & Housing Navigator and Maintenance Program Round 3 Resolution
7) 10/21/2025 Legistar file 25-1515, HHSA Transitional Housing Program Round 7 & Housing Navigator and Maintenance Program Round 4 Resolution
OTHER DEPARTMENT / AGENCY INVOLVEMENT
County Counsel
CAO RECOMMENDATION
Approve as recommended.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
There is no Net County Cost associated with this agenda item. Sufficient appropriations were included in the Fiscal Year 2026-27 budget and will be included in future budgets for the term of the Agreement.
CLERK OF THE BOARD FOLLOW UP ACTIONS
Clerk of the Board to obtain signature of Chair on one original Resolution.
STRATEGIC PLAN COMPONENT
Area of Focus: Safe and Healthy Communities
Priority: Develop a continuum of support and housing opportunities for unhoused individuals.
Action Item: Continue Engagement with County departments, the homeless community, and countywide partners to develop effective strategies including for example, transitional housing.
CONTACT
Olivia Byron-Cooper, MPH, Director, Health and Human Services Agency