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Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) recommending the Board:
1) Adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 147-2022, which extends the term of the Board approved Emergency Solutions Grant-Coronavirus (ESG-CV) Standard Agreement No. 20-ESGCV1-00037 to December 31, 2023, from the original Board-accepted term of November 30, 2022;
2) Accept and authorize the Director of HHSA to sign Amendment 3 to the ESG-CV Standard Agreement No. 20-ESGCV1-00037, administered by the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), which extends the term of the Agreement through December 31, 2023, with no change to the total award of $1,653,000; and
3) Delegate authority to the Director of HHSA, acting on behalf of HHSA as the Administrative Entity for the El Dorado Opportunity Knocks Continuum of Care, to execute any future amendments that do not increase the total award or term, contingent upon County Counsel and Risk Management approval, and subsequent administrative documents or required fiscal and programmatic reports.
FUNDING: 100% Federal Funding administered by the State of California Department of Housing and Community Development, Emergency Solutions Grant Program, as a result of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Stimulus Act enacted March 27, 2020.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND:
The Emergency Solutions Grant-Coronavirus (ESG-CV) grant program, administered by the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), originated in 2020 to provide emergency response funding to local Continuum of Cares (CoC) to support homeless assistance and homeless prevention activities, and to mitigate the impacts created by the coronavirus pandemic among individuals and families who experience homelessness and/or receive homeless assistance in local CoC jurisdictions.
The ESG-CV Program provides funding for the following eligible activities:
(1) Provision of Street Outreach to engage unsheltered individuals and families;
(2) ...
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