TITLE
Recommendation to adopt Specifications No. RFP HSD-2020-001 and award contracts to Volunteers of America Los Angeles (VOALA), of Los Angeles, CA, in the total amount of $1,697,179, and Interval House, of Long Beach, CA, in the total amount of $1,375,000, for a total aggregate contract amount of $3,072,179, for providing homelessness prevention and rapid rehousing services through the Department of Housing and Urban Development Federal Emergency Solutions Grant funded by the CARES Act, for a 20-month period beginning on January 1, 2021, and authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all necessary documents to enter into contracts including any necessary amendments; and
Increase appropriations in the General Fund Group in the Health and Human Services Department by $14,768,725, offset by an expense transfer to the Community Development Grants Group in the Development Services Department. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is requested to enter into contracts with Volunteers of America Los Angeles and Interval House for providing homelessness prevention and rapid rehousing services in the Long Beach Continuum of Care (CoC) under the 2020 Federal Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) Program funded by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act (ESG-CV).
On June 9, 2020, the City Council approved the City’s first allocation of ESG program funds in the amount of $1,846,866, from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) as authorized by the CARES Act, Public Law 116-136. On November 17, 2020, the City Council approved the City’s second allocation of ESG Program funds from HUD, commonly referred to as ESG-CV2 funds, in the amount of $13,496,694, for a total of $15,343,560. Both allocations are appropriated in the Community Development Grants Fund Group in the Development Services Department. Of the total funding amount, the Health and Human Services Department will be administering $14,768,725 for emergency she...
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