City Council Memorandum
TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL DATE: JUNE 27, 2023 FROM: HOUSING AUTHORITY WARDS: 1, 3, AND 7
SUBJECT: APPROVAL OF A SANTA ANA RIVER BOTTOM RESPONSE SUBRECIPIENT AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS TO RECEIVE AN AWARD OF $613,818.65 TO SUPPORT THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE’S CASE MANAGEMENT AND ON-THE-JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS – SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION ISSUES:
Approve and accept an award in the amount of $613,818.65 from a Santa Ana River Bottom Response Subrecipient Agreement with the County of Riverside Department of Housing and Workforce Solutions to support the City of Riverside’s case management and on-the-job training programs.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
That the City Council:
Approve and accept an award in the amount of $613,818.65 from a Santa Ana River Bottom Response Subrecipient Agreement with the County of Riverside Department of Housing and Workforce Solutions to support the City of Riverside’s case management and on-the-job training programs; With at least five affirmative votes, authorize the Chief Financial Officer, or designee, to record an increase in revenue and appropriate expenditures of $613,818.65 in the Development Grants Fund, SARB Grant Program revenue and expenditure accounts; and Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute the Santa Ana River Bottom Response Subrecipient Agreement and other related documents with the County of Riverside Department of Housing and Workforce Solutions, including making minor and non-substantive changes.
BACKGROUND:
In October 2022, the State of California awarded the County of Riverside Department of Housing and Workforce Solutions (HWS) $11 million in Encampment Resolutions Funding (ERF) to support the Santa Ana River Bottom (SARB) Response program that will assist 200 persons experiencing homelessness in the Santa Ana River Bottom with outreach services, shelter or housing, coupled with case management. The ERF grant will fund a total of 22 full-time employees including outreach workers, a registered nurse, a behavioral health specialist, a peer support specialist, a community services assistant, and a housing navigator; operations and supportive services, including temporary housing, landlord incentives, rental and security deposit assistance, transportation, food cards, etc.; pet support services; employment assistance; encampment clean up related expenses; and administrative costs.
DISCUSSION:
Under the SARB Response program, the County of Riverside HWS has awarded the City of Riverside $613,818.65 to fund the following activities:
Budget Category
Allocation
Case Management
$203,818.65
On-the-job Training
$410,000.00
Total Grant Allocation
$613,818.65
The City will use the grant funds to provide case management to a minimum of 32 Santa Ana River Bottom clients who have been housed through the City’s rental assistance programs. These same clients will have the opportunity to receive paid on-the-job training at the Riverside Access Center.
The City must expend the grant funds by June 30, 2025.
Staff is requesting City Council to consider approving the SARB Response Subrecipient Agreement for the City’s case management and on-the-job training programs. These programs will begin operating after the Subrecipient Agreement has been executed.
STRATEGIC PLAN ALIGNMENT:
This item contributes to Strategic Priority 2 — Community Well-Being, and Goal 2.2, to collaborate with partner agencies to improve household resiliency and reduce the incidence.
The item aligns with each of the five Cross-Cutting Threads as follows:
Community Trust —The City conducted community meetings to obtain input in drafting the City’s Homelessness Action Plan, which identified Goal No. 3, prevent homelessness by increasing the unduplicated number of households assisted through rental assistance programs coupled with case management and offer employment programs to help clients achieve housing stability and self-sufficiency.
Equity — SARB Program participants will receive equitable access to services and are served with dignity, respect, and compassion regardless of their circumstances, ability, or identity.
Fiscal Responsibility — The SARB Response grant, a state resource, allow the City to expand the number of clients that can receive rental assistance with case management and provide paid on-the-job training.
Innovation — The case managers will work closely with partnering agencies to connect program participants to program and resources needed to meet their individual needs and connect on-the-job training program participants with permanent employment opportunities.
Sustainability & Resiliency — The case managers will work closely with clients to achieve the goal of housing stability and self-sufficiency.
This item also contributes to the Homelessness Action Plan, Goal No. 3 to prevent homelessness.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The total fiscal impact of the action is $613,818.65 in FY 2022/23. Upon City Council approval, the revenue will be recorded and expenditures appropriated in the funds, programs, and accounts listed in the table below.
Fund
Program
Account
Amount
Revenue
Development Grants
SARB Case Management
9349100-334100
$203,818.65
SARB On-the-Job Training
9349110-334100
$613,818.65
Total
$613,818.65
Expenditures
Development Grants
SARB Case Management
9349100-440210
$203,818.65
SARB On-the-job Training
9349110-440210
$410,000.00
Total
$613,818.65
Prepared by: Michelle Davis, Housing Authority Manager
Certified as to
availability of funds: Edward Enriquez, Assistant City Manager/Chief Financial Officer/City Treasurer
Approved by: Mike Futrell, City Manager
Approved as to form: Phaedra A. Norton, City Attorney
Attachment: Santa Ana River Bottom Response Subrecipient Agreement Santa Ana River Bottom Response Subrecipient Agreement ● Page 2