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Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute an agreement, and all necessary documents and any subsequent amendments including any amendments to the award amount, for the
FY 20 Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) Program Allocation, in the amount of $535,591 to fund two projects, outreach, and administrative support, for a one-year period from October 1, 2020 through
September 30, 2021, with the option to extend the agreement for an additional one-year period, at the discretion of the City Manager. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
The Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) is a formula allocation from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), as part of the City Consolidated Plan, which is managed by the Development Services Department’s Neighborhood Services Bureau. The Long Beach Health and Human Services Department (Health Department), Homeless Services Division, implements ESG as a component of the Consolidated Plan, and the HOME move-in deposit assistance program, as leveraged resources to the Continuum of Care (CoC) system.
A Request for Proposals (RFP) for shelter and prevention components of ESG, is conducted every two years to select nonprofit agencies for the projects that are annually funded, contingent upon HUD funding. As the lead entity for the local homeless CoC, the Health Department released an RFP on June 8, 2020. The proposal review process was conducted by an Ad Hoc Proposal Review Committee comprised of three Homeless Services Advisory Committee members, and the following two projects were selected:
· Volunteers of America Los Angeles, Emergency Shelter Program
· Interval House, Homelessness Prevention Program
The total FY 20 ESG allocation from HUD is $535,591 for the period of October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021. Total funding for the nonprofit agencies recommended for the ESG program is $221,355 for Volunteers of America Los Angeles to provide emergency shelter for people experiencing homeless and $174...
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