Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Raymond Hodges, Director, Department of Housing
Subject: Authorization to apply for Homekey Program Funding from the State of California Department of Housing and Community Development through its Round 2 Notice of Funding Availability
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution:
A) Authorizing the County Manager, or designee(s), to prepare and submit one or more applications, singly or in collaboration with a co-applicant, for Homekey Program funding to the State of California Department of Housing and Community Development ("State HCD") through its Round 2 Notice of Funding Availability ("NOFA"); and
B) Authorizing the County Manager, or designee(s), acting in consultation with County Counsel, to negotiate and execute on behalf of the County all appropriate agreements with the State and other forms and documents required by the State, and take any and all other actions necessary for the County to apply for Homekey Program funding from State HCD through its Round 2 NOFA
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BACKGROUND:
Last year, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, San Mateo County, in partnership with community-based homeless service providers, implemented new homeless shelter services in the form of hotel-based non- congregate shelter programs, to provide additional shelter capacity for vulnerable people experiencing homelessness during COVID-19 who are at risk of severe illness if they were to contract COVID-19. The State provided some funding and technical assistance related to non- congregate shelter programs via an initiative known as Project Roomkey. In San Mateo County, there were two Project Roomkey non-congregate shelter programs serving vulnerable people experiencing homelessness: the Offsite Temporary Shelter Program and Bayfront Station. In order to ensure integration with the overall homeless crisis response system and that eligible vulnerable clients wer...
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