TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Minh C. Tran, County Executive Officer
REPORT BY: Jennifer Palmer, Director of Housing & Homeless Programs
SUBJECT: Budget Adjustment for Isolation & Quarantine Shelter Facility
RECOMMENDATION
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Director of Housing and Homeless Services requests approval to increase appropriations in Housing and Homeless Services Subdivision (Fund 2030, Subdivision 2030000) for salaries and benefits in the amount of $175,000 for Shelter employees, and $725,000 in services and supplies, with an offsetting increase in revenue from Emergency Solutions Grant-COVID (ESG-CV) grant funds totaling $900,000. (4/5 vote required)
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The State of California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) administers the Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) program with funding received from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). As part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, Congress appropriated Emergency Solutions Grant-COVID (ESG-CV) funds to assist with costs related to serving the homeless population during the COVID-19 pandemic. Napa County has received additional ESG-CV grant funds to support continuing services provided to the homeless population during the COVID-19 pandemic.
FISCAL & STRATEGIC PLAN IMPACT
Is there a Fiscal Impact?
Yes
Is it currently budgeted?
No
Is it Mandatory or Discretionary?
Discretionary
Discretionary Justification:
Approval of the requested action is discretionary in that there is no mandate to accept the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funding to provide additional services to the homeless population as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Is the general fund affected?
No
Future fiscal impact:
This is one time funded that will need to be expended on COVID-19 related activities.
Consequences if not approved:
If this item is not approved, Napa County will be ineligible for additional funding to offset certain COVID-19 pandemic co...
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