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RESOLUTION NO. ______________
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN
JOSE ACCEPTING THE PROPOSED EXPENDITURE
PLAN FOR THE HOMELESS HOUSING, ASSISTANCE,
AND PREVENTION (HHAP) PROGRAM THAT WILL
ALLOW THE DIRECTOR OF HOUSING TO APPLY TO
STATE OF CALIFORNIA’S HHAP PROGRAM FOR A ONE-
TIME AWARD OF APPROXIMATELY $29,118,995
WHEREAS, the Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention (“HHAP”) Program was signed into law on July 31, 2019 by Governor Gavin Newsom and is administered by the California Homeless Coordinating and Financing Council within the State of California’s (“State”) Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency; and
WHEREAS, HHAP provides jurisdictions with flexibility to use funds that advance regional coordination to prevent and end homelessness with a focus on evidence-based best practices and services specific to the needs of homeless youth; and
WHEREAS, there have been three rounds of HHAP allocations to date and the City of San José (“City”) received the funding amounts of $23,832,510.94 in round 1 and $11,266,278 in round 2; and
WHEREAS, on July 19, 2021, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 140 into law, establishing the third and fourth rounds of one-time HHAP funds; and
WHEREAS, HHAP Round 3 (“HHAP3”) will disburse $1 billion across all 58 counties in California, 44 continuums of care, 13 of the state’s largest cities, and to federally recognized tribal governments in the state; and
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WHEREAS, the City HHAP3 allocation is $29,118,995.18, the County of Santa Clara’s allocation is $13,558,428.74, and the Santa Clara County Continuum of Care’s allocation is $14,526,887.93, resulting in the total HHAP3 allocation for these three entities of $57,204,311.85; and
WHEREAS, this year, the California Homeless Coordinating and Financing Council will release allocations in two disbursements as stipulated by AB 140 and the first disbursement, 20% of the total allocation, will occur upon submission of an agreement that the jurisdiction will apply for the HHAP award and the remaining allocation will be released to jurisdictions upon approval of a full application; and
WHEREAS, the Housing Department submitted the standard agreement to apply for an HHAP3 award on October 15, 2021; and
WHEREAS, the California Homeless Coordinating and Financing Council approved 20% of the total allocation to the City and funding in the amount of $5,823,799.04 which should arrive by April 2022; and
WHEREAS, the City must submit the full HHAP3 application by June 30, 2022, after which the City will receive the remainder of the balance of $23,295,196.14 in the fall of 2022; and
WHEREAS, the State requires the City to contractually obligate no less than 50 percent of HHAP3 allocations by May 31, 2024 and 100 percent of funds must be fully expended by June 30, 2026; and
WHEREAS, HHAP3 funds not expended by the June 2026 deadline must be returned to the State; and
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WHEREAS, HHAP3 provides flexible eligible categories to ensure jurisdictions meet their emergency homeless and housing needs and no more than seven percent of the allocation may be used on administrative costs incurred by the City to administer the HHAP3 allocation and at least 10 percent of the program allocation must be used for services that meet the specific needs for homeless youth populations; and
WHEREAS, the City is also required to demonstrate how it will coordinate with other jurisdiction to identify the City’s share of the regional need to address homelessness and how the requested HHAP3 funds will help to meet the City’s share of that need; and
WHEREAS, the Housing Department recommends using the majority of HHAP3 funds on service provisions and property management of some or all of the new and/or existing interim housing communities in San José; and
WHEREAS, all interim housing communities are currently operating as emergency non- congregate shelters and these include the three new Emergency Interim Housing (“EIH”) program developed and implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic to quickly provide private and secure non-congregate shelter for vulnerable individuals and families; and
WHEREAS, the Housing Department is proposing to use $18 million of the HHAP3 allocation to continue the operations of interim housing with a portion of the $5.8 million HHAP3 initial disbursement to be used to extend current contracts in fiscal year 2022- 2023 and continue the services and operations at one or more interim housing programs, the details of which will come to City Council for approval in spring or summer 2022; and
WHEREAS, the Housing Department will return to City Council for contract approval of the remainder of the funds and appropriations once the balance of the HHAP3 allocation is received from the State; and
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WHEREAS, a requirement of at least 10 percent of the total allocation, as well as at least 10 percent of the initial disbursement, must be set aside for services to youth experiencing homelessness; and
WHEREAS, the Housing Department is proposing to use $2.2 million for the acquisition of Pavilion Inn, located at 1280 North Fourth Street, a project with the Santa Clara County Housing Authority as owner, Jamboree as developer, and the Bill Wilson Center as service provider; and
WHEREAS, in addition, in coordination with the County of Santa Clara, the Housing Department will issue a request for proposals for a portion of the Youth Set-Aside programming totaling $800,000 in HHAP3 funds, and the Housing Department will return to City Council for approval of the proposed program for services to homeless youth after the competitive procurement process is complete and the balance of the HHAP3 allocation is received from the State; and
WHEREAS, the proposed expenditure plan for the City’s HHAP3 allocation also includes: a Motel Voucher Program in the amount of $3 million in HHAP3 funds to continue operating the program; a Service Outreach, Assistance and Resource (“SOAR”) program in the amount of $3 million from the City’s American Rescue Plan Fund in 2021-2022 to expand SOAR program by approximately 10 additional sites; a Mobile Hygiene through WeHOPE’s Dignitiy on Wheels program in the amount of $1 million to expand current services for two more years; Lived Experience Advisory Board Partnership in the amount of $200,000; and 3% of the HHAP Program allocation for Program and Grant Management by City Staff; and
WHEREAS, the acceptance of the proposed HHAP expenditure plan will allow the Housing Department to continue work on critical homeless services, including operation of interim housing programs, Motel Voucher Program, mobile hygiene, homeless youth services, Lived Experience Advisory Board coordination and support, and the Services, NVF:RAO:JGH
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Outreach Assistance and Resources program through the application to the State HHAP Program for a one-time award of in the amount of $29,118,995 of HHAP funding, as set forth in the Memorandum from the Housing Department dated April 11, 2022.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN JOSE THAT:
The proposed expenditure plan for the Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention Program that will allow the Director of Housing to apply to the State of California’s Homeless Housing Assistance, and Prevention program for a one-time award in the amount of $29,118,995, as set forth in the Memorandum from the Housing Department dated April 11, 2022, is hereby approved.
ADOPTED this _____ day of ___________, 2022, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
DISQUALIFIED:
SAM LICCARDO
Mayor
ATTEST:
TONI J. TABER, CMC
City Clerk