REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
January 17, 2019
FROM: LEE BRAND, Mayor
Office of the Mayor & City Manager
BY: H. SPEES, Director, Strategic Initiatives
Office of the Mayor & City Manager
SUBJECT
Title
Approve Agreement with the State of California to receive $3,105,519.90 in Homeless Emergency Aid Program (HEAP) funding awarded to the City of Fresno December 20, 2018.
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RECOMMENDATION
Agreement with the State of California Homeless Coordinating and Financing Council for City of Fresno's Homeless Emergency Aid Program (HEAP) award. See attached HEAP Standard Agreement with Exhibits A through D (City of Fresno Agreement #18-HEAP-00028:CA 514 LC-CA-514-Z94RTPX978).
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
During the summer of 2018, Mayor Lee Brand joined with other Big 11 City Mayors in California to lobby the State for funding to relieve the burden Fresno and other cities face in addressing homelessness.
The Mayors' efforts were successful, resulting in $500 million in State assistance. Fresno's pro-rata portion of these funds is $3,105,519, with an additional $9,501,363 going to the Fresno-Madera Continuum of Care (CoC). The State required a community planning process to determine how these funds would be invested in a coordinated way.
BACKGROUND
City Attorney has reviewed and approved the State's HEAP Standard Agreement with Exhibits A through D (see attached).
Planning for these expenditures has been done, as required by the State, in coordination with similar funding in the amount of $9,501,363 through the Fresno Madera Continuum of Care.
These plans call for the addition of 100 Shelter Beds; 60 Bridge Housing Beds; Rapid Rehousing for up to 154 households over a three year period; 718 households provided Diversion Services to keep them from becoming homeless; additional investments in Outreach, Coordinated Entry, Landlord Engagement; a Landlord Mitigation Fund and Services to Homeless Youth. (see attached HEAP Funding Plan)
ENVIRONMENTAL FINDIN...
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