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Recommendation to authorize City Manager to submit a grant application to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
(HUD) for the 2005 Continuum of Care for Homeless Assistance Program and execute all necessary documents, subgrants and any amendments changing the amounts of the award or extending the grant term upon receipt of HUD funding; and increase appropriations in the Health Fund (SR 130) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HE) by the awarded grant amount, which will be between
$4 million and $7 million, for a period of one to three years; and, reallocate 2003 Continuum of Care funding to fund the Goodwill Industries of Long Beach and South Bay in the amount of $55,860 to provide lifeskills programming at the Multi-Service Center for the Homeless, the Catholic Charities in the amount of $46,998 to provide case management and outreach services at the Multi-Service Center for the Homeless, and fund the Gay and Lesbian Adolescent Social Services in the amount of $365,750 to provide youth transitional housing at the Villages of Cabrillo. (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 driving
force behind this effort is to encourage the development of a seamless strategy to aid
individuals 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 consists of five
components: 1) outreach and assessment, 2) emergency shelter, 3) supportive services,
4) transitional housing, and 5) permanent housing with and without supportive services. As
part of the CoC , the community must demonstrate how all available funds and programs
are used to augment...
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