Approve and authorize the Chair to sign State Agreement No. 24-HHAP-10026 with California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) in the amount of $1,016,783.11 for the period of the date of execution through June 30, 2029 for the provision of HHAP-5 homeless services. (No general fund impact) (Sullivan)

The Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention Program Round 5 (HHAP-5) has been established for the purpose of organizing and deploying the full array of homelessness programs and resources comprehensively and effectively, and to sustain existing federal, state, and local investments towards long-term sustainability of permanent housing and supportive services. The general purpose of this program is 1) reduce homelessness by expanding or developing local capacity to address immediate homelessness challenges informed by a best-practices framework focused on moving homeless individuals and families into permanent housing and supporting the efforts of those individuals and families to maintain their permanent housing; and 2) continue to build on regional coordination developed through previous rounds of HHAP funding.

For this 5th round of HHAP funding, the County worked side by side with the Yolo County Homeless and Poverty Action Coalition (HPAC) to prepare this grant submission and ensure the goals are in alignment. HHAP-5 provides flexible block grant funds to Continuums of Care, large cities (population of 300,000+), and counties to build on the regional coordination created through previous HCD grant funding and support local jurisdictions in their unified regional responses to reduce and end homelessness. HHAP-5 funds are available to applicants for the purpose of reimbursement for planning and preparing the Regionally Coordinated Homelessness Action Plans. This funding helps applicants continue to build regional collaboration between Continuums of Care, counties, and cities in a given region, regardless of population, and ultimately is used to develop a unified regional response to homelessness by fostering robust regional collaboration and strategic partnerships aimed at fortifying the homeless services and housing delivery system. These funds will help applicants achieve these results by formulating data driven and cross-system plans designed to allocate resources in alignment with the state's priorities for homeless housing solutions. This means implementing strategies that create and sustain regional partnerships and prioritize permanent housing solutions.

Performance Measures included in this Agreement are as follows:
This is a revenue agreement, therefore this agreement does not contain County performance measures.

County Counsel has approved the State Agreement as to form.

Not applicable to revenue agreements.