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Adopt a Resolution Accepting and Appropriating the Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention (HHAP) Round 4 Grant, in the Amount of $652,126.26 and Authorizing the City Manager to Execute the HHAP Program - Round 4 Subrecipient Agreements (4) in a Form Acceptable by the City Attorney (CD)
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MEETING DATE:
April 16, 2025
PREPARED BY:
Jennifer Rhyne, Neighborhood Services Manager
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Adopt a resolution accepting and appropriating the Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention (HHAP) Round 4 Grant, in the amount of $652,126.26 and authorizing the City Manager to execute the HHAP Program - Round 4 subrecipient agreements (4) in a form acceptable by the City Attorney.
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The State of California Homeless Coordinating and Financing Council (HCFC), and the Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency (BCSH) has made available approximately $650 million in HHAP funding. The HHAP program was established under Assembly Bill 101 (Chapter 159, Statutes of 2019) and, signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom on July 31, 2019. HHAP is a grant program designed to support the regional coordination and expansion of development to increase local jurisdictions' capacity to address immediate homeless challenges throughout the State. Spending must be informed by a best practices' framework focused on moving homeless individuals and families into permanent housing and ensuring those individuals and families maintain their permanent housing. A key requirement of the HHAP program includes coordination between funded jurisdictions to identify their share of the regional need to address homelessness, and how the requested funds will help meet the jurisdiction's share of that need. The intent of the HHAP program funds is solely to expand or increase services and housing capacity for homeless individuals.
The Multi-Jurisdictional Agencies (SJCoC, City of Stockton, and San Joaquin Count...
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