Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Claire Cunningham, Director, Human Services Agency
Subject: Acceptance of Right at Home Grant Funding from the Silicon Valley Community Foundation
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing the Director of the Human Services Agency or designee to:
A) Accept funding for a targeted homelessness prevention program from the Silicon Valley Community Foundation in the amount of $500,000; and
B) Execute any agreements, amendments, or other documents to apply for and accept future funding for this homelessness prevention program.
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BACKGROUND:
The Human Services Agency's Center on Homelessness contracts for, coordinates, and monitors homeless services throughout San Mateo County. Currently, the primary interventions offered are outreach and engagement, shelter/interim housing, rapid rehousing, housing navigation, permanent supportive housing, target programs for special populations such as veterans, families with children, youth, and emergency financial assistance.
The Human Services Agency has an opportunity to participate in a national initiative called Right at Home, which is seeking to learn about which targeted homelessness prevention strategies work locally and to build a case for national investment in such services.
DISCUSSION:
Through its fiscal sponsor the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, the County will be able to convene stakeholders for an exploratory planning phase. A homeless prevention program will be designed as an addition to the County's existing Emergency Financial Assistance program and will be narrowly targeted toward households at the highest risk of becoming homeless.
The Center on Homelessness asks for approval and acceptance of this grant award. The funds are planned for use in contract with Focus Strategies to project manage stakeholder collaboration and to identify the capacity and approaches ...
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