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C. 52

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Kathy Gallagher, Employment & Human Services Director
Date:	March 31, 2020

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Costa

County

Subject:

Transitional Housing Program

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 03/31/2020

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:

Elaine Burres 608-4960

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: March 31, 2020
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment and Human Services Department Director, or designee, on behalf of the Children and Family Services Bureau to accept a grant award in the amount of $113,600 from the California Department of Housing & Community Development for the Transitional Housing Program over two years from the period of grant award through June 30, 2022.

FISCAL IMPACT:

County to receive $113,600 from the State of California Department of Housing & Community Development in Fiscal Year 2019-2020 to fund the Transitional Housing Program (THP) over a two-year period. There is no required cash or in-kind match.

BACKGROUND:

The State of California, Department of Housing and Community Development has allocated $8 million in grants to counties based on each county’s percentage of the total statewide number of young adults aged 18 to 25 years in foster care. The THP provides funding to counties for child welfare service agencies to help young adults aged 18 to 25 years find and maintain housing, with priority given to those formerly in foster care or probation systems (SB 80, Statutes of 2019).

Uses of funds may include, but are not limited to:
1. Identifying and assisting housing services for this population within each community,
2. Helping this population secure and maintain housing (with priority given to those formerly in the state’s foster care or probation system),
3. Improving coordination of services and linkages to community resources within the child welfare system and the Homeless Continuum of Care, and
4. Outreach and targeting to serve those with the most severe needs.

Pros and cons of request:
Pros:
-Leverages existing Coordinated Entry System services and community-based partners to address gaps in housing services for homeless youth.
-Focuses on prevention in order for youth adults to remain safely in their homes and avert homelessness and entry into shelters and foster care system.
-Builds capacity for the County’s housing & homelessness systems to further leverage Health, Housing and Homelessness (H3) funding streams.

Cons:
-Sustainability of program funding beyond end of grant term, June 30, 2022.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

Without funding, the County will continue to face an increasing number of homeless and runaway youth without access to housing and preventative services.