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REQUEST FOR h' <br />COUNCIL ACTION - <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />DECEMBER 17, 2019 <br />TITLE: <br />APPROVE APPROPRIATION <br />ADJUSTMENTS TO RECOGNIZE $336,950 <br />IN FOSTER YOUTH TO INDEPENDENCE <br />TENANT PROTECTION VOUCHER <br />ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND $756,346 IN <br />MAINSTREAM VOUCHER PROGRAM <br />FUNDING <br />{STRATEGIC PLAN NOS. 4, 1; 5,31 <br />/s/Kristine Ridae <br />CITY MANAGER <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on 111 Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2"' Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For <br />Ifiel0oil ►l1l01i[61 <br />FILE NUMBER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />1. Approve an appropriation adjustment recognizing Foster Youth to Independence Tenant <br />Protection Voucher assistance program funds in the amount of $336,950 in revenue account <br />(nos. 13618002-52006 and 14018002-52000) and appropriating the same amount to <br />expenditure account (nos. 13618760-69169, 13618760-69011, and 14018780-various) for 25 <br />vouchers effective November 1. 2019. <br />2. Approve an appropriation adjustment recognizing Mainstream Voucher Program funds in the <br />amount of $756,346 in revenue account (nos. 13818002-52000, 13818002-59011, and <br />13918002-52000) and appropriating the same amount to expenditure accounts (nos. <br />13818760-69158, 13818760-69011, and 13918780-various) for 70 additional vouchers <br />effective November 1, 2019. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The Housing Authority of the City of Santa Ana administers the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) <br />program as one of four public housing agencies in Orange County and is responsible for 3,099 <br />HCV vouchers. The Housing Authority has been successful throughout the past to apply for new <br />program vouchers as the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) makes <br />them available to local public housing authorities. Occasionally, new program funds are awarded <br />during the year that may not have been included and adopted by City Council in the annual <br />budget, requiring appropriation adjustments to recognize and expend new funds. <br />On July 26, 2019, HUD announced a new Foster Youth to Independence (FYI) initiative to provide <br />Tenant Protection Voucher (TPVs) for emancipated foster youth between the ages of 18 to 24 <br />funded by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019. The purpose of this initiative is to prevent <br />and end homelessness among youth with a current or prior history of child welfare involvement. <br />20C-1 <br />