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Consent-Health & Human Services # 21.
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| Board of Supervisors |
Adult & Aging |
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| Subject |
| Approve agreement with Empower Yolo in the amount of $101,425 for the period July 25, 2019 through June 30, 2021 for the provision of rapid rehousing and homelessness prevention services funded through the California Emergency Solutions and Housing Grant. (No general fund impact) (Larsen) |
| Recommended Action |
| Approve agreement with Empower Yolo in the amount of $101,425 for the period July 25, 2019 through June 30, 2021 for the provision of rapid rehousing and homelessness prevention services funded through the California Emergency Solutions and Housing (CESH) Grant. |
| Strategic Plan Goal(s) |
Operational Excellence
Thriving Residents
Safe Communities |
| Reason for Recommended Action/Background |
In August 2018, the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) released a Notice of Funding Availability for the California Emergency Solutions and Housing (CESH) grant. The funding was allocated to the local homeless continuums of care (CoCs) for the purpose of providing: rental assistance, housing relocation, stabilization services, operating subsides, flexible housing subsidy funds, operating support for emergency housing intervention, and system support. These funds were approved through the June 27, 2018 passing of Senate Bill 850 to provide immediate assistance to cities, counties, and local continuums of care to address the homelessness crisis throughout California.
Requirements of the CESH grant included designating an Administrative Entity and establishing a local selection committee of non-conflicted partners to review and approve grant applications. The local CoC, known as the Homeless and Poverty Action Coalition (HPAC), designated the County of Yolo as the Administrative Entity on September 26, 2018. The local selection committee reviewed proposals throughout the month of November 2018, with the funding recommendations being approved by HPAC on November 28, 2018.
Rapid re-housing services will include services to connect families and individuals experiencing homelessness with client centered services that provide rental assistance, relocation assistance or stabilization services, and targeted supportive services.
Homelessness prevention services will include a range of services aimed to prevent homelessness at a level necessary to assist a program participant to: regain stability in the program, stabilize the participant’s current permanent housing, or to assist them with a move to other permanent housing.
Empower Yolo will partner with Legal Services of Northern California (LSNC) to provide assistance to participants who have other barriers to obtaining housing, including the provision of legal representation for clients who have issues relating to public benefits and housing, and provide assistance with criminal record expungement.
The Performance Measures associated with this agreement are included in Attachment B. |
| Collaborations (including Board advisory groups and external partner agencies) |
| County Counsel has approved this Agreement as to form. |
| Competitive Bid Process |
Requirements of the CESH grant included designating an Administrative Entity (County of Yolo), and establishing a local selection committee of non-conflicted partners to review and approve grant applications. HPAC developed and adopted a local competition timeline and selection process. Proposals were reviewed and scored based on the developed criteria.
The vendor was awarded funding via this process, please see Attachment C.
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Explanation (Expenditure and/or Revenue) |
| Further explanation as needed: |
No general funds are required by this action. The total amount of this action is $101,425 for the period of July 25, 2019 through June 30, 2021. These services will be funded by (CESH) Grant Funds. The amount of $101,425 is included in the HHSA recommended budget for FY19-20.
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