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Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to submit a grant application through the Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for the 2012 Continuum of Care for Homeless Assistance Program; and to execute all necessary documents, subgrants and any amendments changing the amount of the award or extending the grant term upon receipt of HUD funding. The grant award amount will be between $6.5 million and $8 million, for a period of one to five years. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
In 1994, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) established the Continuum of Care (CoC) program, which rewards communities that work together to coordinate housing and supportive service programs for homeless persons. The City has applied for CoC funding since 1995, in an effort to support the assets of the Villages at Cabrillo and the Multi-Service Center (MSC), which were acquired under the required homeless conveyance of the Base Realignment and Closure Act. Since 1995, HUD has awarded more than $65 million in Federal CoC grants in Long Beach to sustain the Villages at Cabrillo and MSC sites for the past 17 years to address homelessness. The driving force behind this effort is to develop a seamless strategy that aids individuals and families with children in the transition from homelessness to permanent housing. The CoC's primary objective is to assist homeless individuals and families to leave the streets, become stable, and achieve self-sufficiency to the maximum extent possible. The CoC system consists of the following components: 1) outreach and assessment, 2) emergency shelter, 3) supportive services, 4) transitional housing, and 5) permanent housing with and without supportive services.
As a part of the CoC, the community must demonstrate how all available funds and programs are used to leverage CoC funds. The CoC strategy must align with the City’s Consolidated Plan and Hou...
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