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Health and Human Services Agency recommending the Board:
1) Adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 107-2019, which delegates authority to the Director of the Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) to apply for and accept any funding from the California Department of Housing and Community Development Notice of Funding Availability for the No Place Like Home allocation in the amount of at least $500,000;
2) Delegate authority to the Director of HHSA to execute any agreement resulting from the application including any amendment or documents required by the California Department of Housing and Community Development for the No Place Like Home allocation; and
3) Delegate authority to the HHSA Chief Fiscal Officer and Assistant Director of Administration and Finance to administer any agreement, or subsequent administrative documents relating to said allocation, including required fiscal and programmatic documents, as needed.
FUNDING: The program provides at least $500,000 in non-competitive funding allocation, which consists entirely (100%) of State funding from the No Place Like Home Program. No matching funds are required.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND:
On July 1, 2016, Governor Brown signed legislation enacting the No Place Like Home (NPLH) Program for the development of permanent supportive housing, and authorized the State of California Housing and Community Development (HCD) to administer the NPLH Program for California counties. The purpose of the NPLH Program is to acquire, design, construct, rehabilitate, or preserve permanent supportive housing for persons who are experiencing homelessness, chronic homelessness or who are at risk of chronic homelessness, and who are in need of mental health services.
The Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) is recommending the Board of Supervisors approve and adopt the Resolution for Acceptance of Noncompetitive funds in the amount of at least five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000), and authorize...
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