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To:	Contra Costa County Housing Authority Board of Commissioners
From:	Joseph Villarreal, Housing Authority
Date:	September 18, 2018

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

AWARD OF HUD MAINSTREAM VOUCHERS FOR NON-ELDERLY PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

Action of Board On: 09/18/2018

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, Commissioner
Candace Andersen, Commissioner
Diane Burgis, Commissioner
Karen Mitchoff, Commissioner
Jannel George-Oden, Commissioner

ABSENT:

Federal D. Glover, Commissioner

Contact:

925-957-8028

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: September 18, 2018
,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATIONS

ACCEPT report on the award of HUD Mainstream vouchers for non-elderly persons with disabilities to the Housing Authority from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

BACKGROUND

HUD's Mainstream program provides funding to assist non-elderly persons with disabilities who are:



• Transitioning out of institutional or other segregated setting;

BACKGROUND (CONT'D)

• At serious risk of institutionalization;
• Homeless; or
• At risk of becoming homeless.

HACCC's primary partners in the Mainstream program will be the Housing Consortium of the East Bay (HCEB) and the Health, Housing and Homeless Services Department of Contra Costa County (H3). Te current capacity and record of running successful housing programs for disabled persons of all three partners was a significant factor in the award of these vouchers.

The grant start date is still being negotiated with HUD, but it is expected that housing assistance will first be available January 1, 2019.

While all of HACCC's programs are available to serve the homeless via the normal application process, Mainstream is one of 7 that HACCC operates that are targeted largely or solely to homeless individuals and families. The programs, and the current number of participants in each, are as follows:

Shelter Plus Care	323
VASH	226
VASH (HACCC) (142)
VASH (Pittsburg) (84)
PBV	66
Lakeside Apartments (11)
Garden Park Apartments (27)
Idaho Apartments (28)
Total	615

New Mainstream	55
Moving On	50
Committed Total	720

FISCAL IMPACT

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded the Housing Authority (HACCC) $896,234 in budget authority for a 12-month term to support 55 new vouchers under the Mainstream voucher program.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION