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Consent-Health & Human Services # 29.

Board of Supervisors

Adult & Aging

Meeting Date:	04/23/2019
Brief Title: California Emergency Solutions and Housing (CESH) Funding Resolution
From:	Karen Larsen, Director, Health and Human Services Agency
Staff Contact:	Sandra Sigrist, Adult and Aging Branch Director, Health and Human Services Agency, x8794
Supervisorial District Impact:

Subject

Adopt resolution authorizing the Yolo County Health and Human Services Agency to participate in and receive funds from the California Emergency Solutions and Housing Program to provide a range of eligible activities for people experiencing homelessness. (No general fund impact) (Larsen)

Recommended Action

Strategic Plan Goal(s)

Thriving Residents
Safe Communities

Reason for Recommended Action/Background

On March 21, 2019 the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) released the application process and funding allocations by County for the second round of California Emergency Solutions and Housing (CESH) Program funds authorized as part of the State’s fiscal year 2018-19 Budget Act.

The CESH Program is designed to provide flexible funding for local activities involving individuals who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, in the form of five year grants. Funds can be used for any purpose related to serving the target population. CESH funds are allocated within homeless Continuum of Care (CoC) service areas, and may only be applied for by an administrative entity designated by the local CoC. In Yolo County, the body serving as the CoC is the Homeless and Poverty Action Coalition (HPAC). HPAC has formally designated the County of Yolo as the administrative entity for CESH funds.

The Yolo CoC is eligible to receive an allocation of $505,861 in this round of CESH funding, and may utilize the funds to provide a range of eligible activities for people experiencing homelessness. Eligible activities include rental assistance, housing relocation and stabilization services; operating subsidies; flexible housing subsidy funds; operating support for emergency housing interventions; and systems support.

The County, as the administrative entity for CESH funds, will receive the funds, establish subcontracts with local providers, and conduct all monitoring and reporting related to these funds. The County will provide staff support to HPAC as it holds a fair and open local project selection process to determine use of the funds, and will establish subcontracts based on that process.

It is staff’s recommendation that the Board of Supervisors adopt a resolution authorizing staff to participate in and receive funds from the CESH Program.

Collaborations (including Board advisory groups and external partner agencies)

The Yolo County Health and Human Services Agency will be collaborating with the Yolo County Homeless and Poverty Action Coalition to administer this grant. County Counsel has approved this Board Resolution as to form.

Fiscal Impact

Fiscal Impact (Expenditure)
Potential fiscal impact (see notes in explanation section below)
Total cost of recommended action:		$ 0
Amount budgeted for expenditure:		$
Additional expenditure authority needed:		$
One-time commitment	Yes

Source of Funds for this Expenditure

Explanation (Expenditure and/or Revenue)

Further explanation as needed:

The California Emergency Solutions and Housing Program is not a competitive funding process, and will come to Yolo CoC (through Yolo County as the Administrative Entity) in the form of a 5 year grant in the amount of $505,861. There is no immediate fiscal impact associated with this item and it does not require a match. Once the allocation is awarded, staff will address fiscal impacts as a part of the budget process.

Attachments
Att. A. Board Resolution

Form Review

Inbox	Reviewed By	Date
Financial Services	Tom Haynes	04/15/2019 10:12 AM
County Counsel	Phil Pogledich	04/16/2019 04:36 PM
Form Started By: tchawla		Started On: 04/05/2019 10:11 AM
Final Approval Date: 04/16/2019