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Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) recommending the Board adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 133-2022 to:
1) Delegate authority to the Director of HHSA, or Assistant Director of Human Services, to accept the 2022 Supplemental Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (SLIHEAP) funding, and to execute the Funding Agreement 22Q-4556 (County Agreement 6842), the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (FFATA) Form, and Lobbying Form, with the State of California Department of Community Services and Development (CSD) for the provision of SLIHEAP services to eligible residents of El Dorado and Alpine counties for a term beginning September 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023, in the initial amount of $127,678; and
2) Authorize the HHSA Director, or Assistant Director of Human Services, to administer said agreement and subsequent amendments, if any, as long as they do not impact net county cost and contingent upon approval by County Counsel and Risk Management, and to further authorize the HHSA Director or HHSA Agency Chief Fiscal Officer, to execute any required fiscal and programmatic reports.
FUNDING: 100% Federal Supplemental Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (SLIHEAP) funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA).
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND:
On January 24, 2022, the State of California Department of Community Services and Development (CSD) received the 2022 Supplemental Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (SLIHEAP) grant award in the amount of $4,177,848, from the United States Department of Health and Human Services under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). CSD has distributed this IIJA supplemental funding through contracts with statewide Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Programs (LIHEAP). LIHEAP helps keep families safe and healthy through initiatives that assist families with energy costs by providing federally funded assistance in managing costs associated with home energy bi...
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