TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Jennifer Yasumoto, Director of Health and Human Services Agency
REPORT BY: Summer Isham, Contracts Supervisor
SUBJECT: Resolution regarding Funding Agreements with the California Department of Housing and Community Development
RECOMMENDATION
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Adopt a Resolution authorizing joint application for and acceptance of the County Allocation Awards under the Transitional Housing Program Round 6, allocation of $99,940, and Housing Navigation and Maintenance Program Round 3, allocation of $35,141, for Fiscal Year 2024-2025, and authorizing the Director of Health and Human Services Agency to sign the Allocation Acceptance Forms from the California Department of Housing and Community Development.
(Fiscal Impact: $135,081 Revenue; Health and Human Services Agency Fund; Budgeted; Discretionary).
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BACKGROUND
Pursuant to State Legislation, the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) shall allocate funding to counties for the support of housing navigators and housing stability to help young adults, from ages 18 through 24 years of age, secure and maintain housing with priority given to young adults currently, or formerly, in the foster care or probation systems.
The funds from these allocation agreements focus on foster youth ages 18-24, also known as transitional aged youth (TAY), to facilitate housing stability under the Transitional Housing Program (THP: $99,940) and to provide housing navigators under the Housing Navigator Maintenance Program (HNMP: $35,141) for those formerly, or currently in, foster care or the probation system. This is especially important for this age group as they transition to independent living arrangements. The housing needs of youth in foster care are great and these funds provide the needed support to move these youth toward the best possible outcomes.
These allocations fund Napa County Agreement No. 240418B with On the Move, Inc., which provides Housing Navigators specifically trained to...
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