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Receive an update regarding the Homeless Emergency Aid Program adopted as part of the FY 2018-19 State of California Budget and on efforts to relocate the temporary Salinas Shelter.
Presenters: Elliott Robinson, Director of Social Services and Carl Holm, Director of Resource Management
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Health and Human Services Committee of the Board of Supervisors:
Receive an update regarding the Homeless Emergency Aid Program adopted as part of the FY 2018-19 State of California Budget and on efforts to relocate the temporary Salinas Shelter.
Presenters: Elliott Robinson, Director of Social Services and Carl Holm, Director of Resource Management
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
1) Homeless Emergency Aid Program - The Homeless Emergency Aid Program was adopted as part of the FY 2018-19 State Budget. Plans and guidance for this one-time funding opportunity are still being developed at the State level, so detailed information is not yet available. However, the following elements of the program are known:
Homeless Emergency Block Grant - $500 Million
* Funding - Homeless Emergency Aid Block Grants. A total of $500 million was established to support local communities in flexibly responding to immediate homeless challenges. There are three pots of funding that will become available - 1) $250 million to Continuums of Care based on 2017 homeless point in time count; 2) $100 million to Continuums of Care based on their percentage of the statewide 2017 homeless population; and, 3) $150 million direct allocation to a city or city that is also a county with a population of 330,000 or more as of January 1, 2018.
The California State Association of Counties estimates that the Monterey/San Benito County Continuum of Care will be $12,505,250 (see attachment 1). This funding from the funding allocated to Continuums of Care based on the 2017 homeless census. Monterey/San Benito Counties will not receive funding from the $150 million direct ...
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