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HEALTH SERVICES AGENCY / MENTAL HEALTH - Executive Director Jayme Bottke
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Requested Action(s)
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a) AGREEMENT - Request approval and authorization for the Chairman to sign the Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention Program, Round 5 Joint Application and Regional Coordination Memorandum of Understanding with the City of Corning, City of Red Bluff, City of Tehama, Tehama County Continuum of Care, and The Vitality Project, as the Administrative Entity for the Continuum of Care; and further authorization for the Executive Director to act on behalf of the County by signing the necessary documents in connection with the application and award of HHAP, Round 5 funds; effective upon all parties signing and shall terminate 10/1/2028 or until all obligations to the HHAP-5 program have been fulfilled
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Financial Impact:
Tehama County and the Tehama County Continuum of Care are applying jointly for HHAP Round 5 funds. Tehama County will redirect its HHAP-5 allocation of $419,405.78 in its entirety to the Tehama County Continuum of Care to be combined with the Continuum of Care’s HHAP-5 allocation of $437,149.04 for a formula allocation of $856,554.82.
Background Information:
On 6/9/2020, the Board approved the first Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention (HHAP) block grant and the has since applied to Rounds 2 and 3. The State of California Interagency Council on Homelessness (Cal ICH) has issued HHAP-5 Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) published on September 29, 2023. Both Tehama Continuum of Care and Tehama County are eligible applicants. Funds will be disbursed by the State in two installments.
Cal ICH provided a template that constitutes the Regionally Coordinated Homelessness Action Plan. It has the following requirements: 1) Participating Jurisdictions’ Roles and Responsibilities; 2) Performance Measures and Improvement Plan; 3) Equity Improvement Plan; 4) Plan to Reduce the Number of People Experiencing Homelessness Upon Exiting an Institutional Setting; 5) Plan to Utilize Local, State, and Federal Funds to End Homelessness; and 6) Plan to Connect People Experiencing Homelessness to All Eligible Benefit Programs.
To apply for the funding, the Continuum of Care and Tehama County worked together with their consultant, Housing Tools, and with the Cities of Corning, Red Bluff, and Tehama to put together the Regionally Coordinated Homelessness Action Plan (Plan) and Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The Plan lays out the region’s goals to be put into action when funding becomes available.
If approved, the Tehama County Continuum of Care will submit the HHAP-5 Plan and Application by the March 27, 2024 deadline and administer $856,554.82 in funding for the region’s homelessness response system such as housing, shelter, services and systems/regional coordination.