Title Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) recommending the Board authorize HHSA to submit the local homelessness action plan application template to the Homeless Coordinating and Financing Council (HCFC) by June 30, 2022, as required for the Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention Round 3 (HHAP-3) joint application by the County of El Dorado and the El Dorado Opportunity Knocks Continuum of Care (CoC), as approved by the Board on November 16, 2021. The action plan template was developed in collaboration with the CoC in alignment with the Countywide 5-year Homeless Strategic Plan (File ID: 22-0294), and includes: a local landscape analysis of needs; demographics; funding; and the homeless prevention goals, strategies, and outcomes proposed through the 5-year Homeless Strategic Plan.
FUNDING: State funding authorized pursuant to California Assembly Bill 140, signed into law by Governor Newsom on July 19, 2021.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND:
On November 16, 2021, the Board adopted Resolution No. 150-2021 (File ID: 21-1720) authorizing the Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) to continue to serve as the Administrative Entity for the El Dorado Opportunity Knocks Continuum of Care (CoC) for the Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention Round 3 (HHAP-3) Program, and authorized the County of El Dorado (County) and the CoC to submit a joint application to the California Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency’s Homeless Coordinating and Financing Council (HCFC) in the estimated amount of $2,273,779.01, which includes an approximate $500,000 potential third bonus disbursement, if the HHAP-3 outcome goals outlined in the local homelessness action plan application template (attachment b, table 4) are achieved by the County and the CoC.
By submitting a Standard Agreement to Apply for HHAP-3 funds, applicants became eligible for an initial disbursement of HHAP-3 funds, and they were obligated to submit an application and local homeless application pl...
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