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a. Receive a presentation on the proposed project for the Encampment Resolution Funding (ERF) opportunity offered through the California Interagency Council on Homelessness;
b. Approve and authorize the County Administrative Office to submit an Encampment Resolution Funding grant application to assist with the housing of people living in the Pajaro River encampment; and,
c. Authorize the Assistant County Administrative Officer, or designee, to execute all necessary documents required to be awarded the Encampment Resolution Funding allocation.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Receive a presentation on the proposed project for the Encampment Resolution Funding
(ERF) opportunity offered through the California Interagency Council on Homelessness;
b. Approve and authorize the County Administrative Office to submit an Encampment Resolution Funding grant application to assist with the housing of people living in the Pajaro River encampment; and,
c. Authorize the Assistant County Administrative Officer, or designee, to execute all necessary documents required to be awarded the Encampment Resolution Funding allocation.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Under the authority of Chapter 7 of Part 1 of Division 31 of the California Health and Safety
Code (sections 50250 et seq.), the Encampment Resolution Funding (ERF) Program was
established to increase collaboration between the California Interagency Council on
Homelessness (CAL ICH), local jurisdictions, and continuums of care (CoC's) to accomplish
the following:
* Assist local jurisdictions in ensuring the wellness and safety of people experiencing
homelessness in encampments, including their immediate physical and mental wellness
and safety needs arising from unsheltered homelessness and their longer-term needs
addressed through a path to safe and stable housing.
* Provide encampment resolution grants to local jurisdictions and continuums of care to
support innovative and replicable e...
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