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Family Assistance Program is looking to apply for $1,500,000 to San Bernardino County Housing Development Fund. This funding will be used for the Tiny Home Village for TransiHon age youth and youth drop in center expansion. As part of the applicaHon, the county of San Bernardino requires that all applicants who are within independent city limits, receive a leKer of acknowledgement for the project that is being proposed and considered for funding by San Bernardino County Housing Development Fund. The project proposed is the Tiny Home Village and Youth Drop-In Center Expansion that received a CondiHonal Use Permit from the City’s Planning Commission on May 11, 2022. Reference Plan21-000327; ResoluHon No. P-22-006 & P-22-007. The project received $1 million from San Manuel Band of Mission Indians for the construcHon of the Hny home village. Private funding from private donors, Southwest Gas FoundaHon and Ontario Reign have also been secured for this project. To address the addiHonal construcHon condiHons Hed to this capital improvement project, Family Assistance Program along with San Bernardino County applied for the Youth Set Aside, Homekey Round 3 funding, with the final decision sHll pending. To ensure that the all construcHon needs are met, Family Assistance Program seeks to apply for $1,500,000 of gap funding from San Bernardino County Housing Development Fund. If awarded this will help distribute resources from the county’s Homeless Strategic AcHon Plan to the High Desert region, with, specifically Victorville. Adding financial resources to help us address the exisHng homelessness crisis and prevent a new generaHon of homeless individuals by specifically targeHng investments in the youth populaHon. Project Background: The Tiny Home Village and Youth Drop in Center Expansion will retrofit an exisHng building and add ten beds for transiHonal age youth, six bathrooms with showers, a commercial kitchen, four recreaHonal areas for youth and two staff offices. The project will also add 14 Hny homes for transiHonal age youth. The site will have 24-hour staff on the property, including on site security. The site will focus on the needs of transiHonal age youth (TAY), 18-24 year olds. The site will conHnue to work collaboraHvely with the Youth Coordinated Entry System, The Wellness Center, Victor Valley High School and Victor Valley College. Currently Family Assistance Program operates three transiHonal housing units for TAY and therefore has the pipeline to transiHon young people from the high service need area into a shared housing model for TAY and eventually help them transiHon into their own unsubsidized housing unit. The need to address housing and homelessness is high in the City of Victorville. According the Youth Coordinated Entry System, there are between 16-25 homeless youth every week who are waiHng for housing and/or emergency shelter. These youth require separate strategies and intervenHons to help them move away from unsafe living environments and into permanent housing. This is why there are youth specific programs, such as the Youth Coordinated Entry System, Youth Point in Time Count, California Youth Crisis Hotline, and youth set aside funding like the State’s Homekey funding, to name a few. In addiHon to the social investment that this project will have on the city, once the project is completed it will be a posiHve capital improvement project. This project will bring in a minimum of $3 million in infrastructure improvements. It will rehabilitate a vacant building and the surrounding areas, including repave the alleyway, upgrade sidewalks, landscaping, trash can enclosures, underline uHlity lines, all of which are part of the city’s specific plan to address blight. This capital investment will have a posiHve impact on the physical surroundings of the neighborhood and will help create a safe space for young people who already frequent the neighborhood and are looking for opportuniHes to be part of the local workforce and uHlize the social ameniHes in the region, such as the parks and upcoming night markets and new business.