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a. Support authorizing the Auditor-Controller to amend the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Adopted Budget to increase appropriations and estimated revenues by $4,500,000 to Budget Unit 8054- FUND 001- Appropriation Unit CAO004, financed by a grant award from the California Interagency Council on Homelessness (CAL ICH); and
b. Support authorizing the County Administrative Officer or designee, to execute non-standard service contracts, as necessary, and upon approval by the Board of Supervisors, to effectuate the purchase of modular units to operate a low-barrier non-congregate shelter in Watsonville, California in partnership with Santa Cruz County, in an amount not to exceed the grant award of $7,986,354.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Budget Committee:
a. Support authorizing the Auditor-Controller to amend the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Adopted Budget to increase appropriations and estimated revenues by $4,500,000 to Budget Unit 8054- FUND 001- Appropriation Unit CAO004, financed by a grant award from the California Interagency Council on Homelessness (CAL ICH); and
b. Support authorizing the County Administrative Officer or designee, to execute non-standard service contracts, as necessary, and upon approval by the Board of Supervisors, to effectuate the purchase of modular units to operate a low-barrier non-congregate shelter in Watsonville, California in partnership with Santa Cruz County, in an amount not to exceed the grant award of $7,986,354.
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, includ...
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