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Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) recommending the Board:
1) Accept the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) Program funding for the period January 1, 2024, through December 31, 2024, in the estimated amount of $62,897 in support of the El Dorado County Public Housing Authority (PHA); and
2) Delegate authority to the HHSA Director, or HHSA Chief Assistant Director, to execute the resulting FSS Grant Agreement, and any amendments thereto, that do not increase Net County Cost, contingent upon County Counsel and Risk Management approval, and subsequent administrative documents or required fiscal or programmatic reports.
FUNDING: 100% Federal Funding administered by HUD; no matching funds are required.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND:
On May 17, 2022, HUD published the Final Rule implementing the changes to the FSS program, which issues funding to Public Housing Authorities for the provision of the program. The FSS program funding, originally implemented in 1990, supports HUD’s goal of increasing economic opportunity for HUD-assisted families. The FSS Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) was released by HUD on October 3, 2022, and was applicable to two years of funding, if appropriated. On September 20, 2022, in accordance with the NOFA, HHSA applied for the FSS grant covering Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 and FY 2023 in tandem.
Eligible costs include the payment of salary and fringe benefits of full-time and part-time FSS program coordinators. The El Dorado County PHA has received FSS program funding for multiple years and uses this funding to pay for a position within the PHA that provides services to the eligible families, consistent with the intent of the program.
In prior years, Board authorization for the acceptance and administration of this funding has been included as a part of a resolution for continuous funding, most recently approved through Resolution 096-2022, approved by the Board o...
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