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Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute an agreement, and all necessary documents, subcontracts, and subsequent amendments, including to the award amount, with the State of California Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency’s Homeless Coordinating and Financing Council (HCFC), to receive and expend $8,516,928 from the Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention Round 3 Program, Continuum of Care allocation, for the period of November 1, 2021 to June 30, 2026, with the option to renew for one additional five-year period, at the discretion of the City Manager; and
Increase appropriations in the Health Fund Group in the Health and Human Services Department by $8,516,928, offset by grant revenues. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention Round 3 (HHAP-3) funding is authorized by Assembly Bill 140, which was signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom on July 19, 2021. HHAP-3 is a $1 billion block grant program that provides local jurisdictions with flexible funding to continue efforts to end and prevent homelessness in their communities. This funding is intended to build on regional coordination developed through previous rounds of HCFC funding including the Homeless Emergency Aid Program, HHAP Rounds 1 and 2, to reduce and end homelessness. The City of Long Beach (City) is eligible to receive $2,834,734 through the Homeless Services Bureau’s Continuum of Care (CoC) and $5,682,194 through the Large Cities allocation, obtainable to cities and counties that have populations over 300,000 or more as of January 1, 2020. Total available HHAP-3 funding for the City is $8,516,928.
On September 14, 2021, the City Council approved the recommendation to redirect the Large Cities allocation, in the amount of $5,682,194, to the CoC allocation. Subsequently, the documentation to redirect the Large Cities allocation to the CoC was submitted by the City and approved by HCFC. Consequently, the City will receive bot...
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