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Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) recommending the Board:
1) Approve and authorize the Chair to sign Amendment I to Funding Out Agreement 9182 with Housing El Dorado, increasing the compensation by $65,903.63 for a new maximum obligation of $165,903.63, and exercising the first one-year term extension option for an extended initial term through March 31, 2028, while reducing the options to extend the initial term from a total of three years to two years, with no change to the total maximum five-year term through March 31, 2030, if all extensions are exercised, subject to approval by the El Dorado Opportunity Knocks Continuum of Care Board and County Contract Administrator;
2) Authorize the Purchasing Agent to execute amendments relating to Agreement 9182, contingent upon approval by County Counsel and Risk Management, which do not increase the maximum dollar amount or term of the Agreement; and
3) Authorize the HHSA Director, or the Chief Assistant Director, to execute programmatic, administrative, and fiscal documents relating to Agreement 9182.
FUNDING: 60% State Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention (HHAP) Round 4 grant funding, 40% State HHAP Round 5 grant funding.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The CoC Program, administered by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), is designed to provide transitional and permanent housing assistance services to individuals and families experiencing homelessness, with the goal of long-term stability. More broadly, the program is designed to promote community-wide planning and strategic use of resources to address homelessness, improve coordination and integration with mainstream resources and other programs targeted at people experiencing homelessness, improve data collection and performance measurement, and allow each community to tailor its program to the particular strengths and challenges within that community.
On February 11, 2020, the Board designated HHSA to serve as th...
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