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Recommendation to authorize City Manager or designee to execute all necessary agreements and any subsequent amendments that change the terms or increase grant amounts with the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority for the Single Allocation Program in the amount of $138,352 for a period of one year; and increase appropriations in the Health Fund (SR 130) in the Department of Health and Human Services (HE) by $138,352. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
Prior City Council action authorized an agreement with the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) for the Department of Health and Human Services (Health Department) to administer the Single Allocation Program in the City. The Single Allocation Program provides housing vouchers to eligible families for up to 90 days of housing. Eligibility is subject to enrollment in the Los Angeles County-operated Temporary Aid to Needy Families (TANF) Program. The Health Department operates the Single Allocation Program to families who are case managed through the Health Department's Multi-Service Center (MSC).
Through this program, TANF participants are eligible to receive housing vouchers when: 1) an adult on the TANF case is receiving or has exhausted the time limit for TANF cash assistance, and 2) that adult is either employed or enrolled in the TANF Greater Avenues for Independence (GAIN) Program.
This project has been operating at the MSC since 2005, and serves eligible families from Long Beach seeking assistance at the MSC. To date, the Single Allocation Program has provided housing to 137 families, with an 80 percent success rate (success being measured by the number of families which enter transitional or permanent housing following Single Allocation Program participation).
LAHSA has awarded a renewal grant of $138,352 to the Health Department for a period of one year through June 30, 2009. These funds are critical to stabilize the housing crisis for TANF eligible homeless families in Long Beach. The MSC will co...
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