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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: JULY 7, 2020 TITLE APPROVE APPROPRIATION ADJUSTMENT TO RECOGNIZE HOMELESS HOUSING, ASSISTANCE AND PREVENTION PROGRAM FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $8,422,163 (NON -GENERAL FUND) /s/ Kristine Ridge CITY MANAGER CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: _••e• ❑ As Recommended ❑ As Amended ❑ Ordinance on 1 s' Reading ❑ Ordinance on 2ntl Reading ❑ Implementing Resolution ❑ Set Public Hearing For_ rK•�rnum�.ic. FILE NUMBER RECOMMENDED ACTION Approve an appropriation adjustment recognizing $8,422,162.84 in funds from the State of California, Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency in revenue account (no. 12218002- 52025) and appropriate the same amount to expenditure account (nos. 12218715-various) to address homelessness in the City of Santa Ana. DISCUSSION The Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention Program (HHAP) was signed into law on July 31, 2019 by Governor Gavin Newsom. It is a $650 million one-time block grant, to be fully spent by 2025, that provides local jurisdictions with funds to support regional coordination and expand or develop local capacity to address their immediate homelessness challenges. Activities are to follow a best -practices framework focused on moving homeless individuals and families into permanent housing and supporting the efforts of those individuals and families to maintain their permanent housing. On April 29, 2020, City staff submitted the official application to the State of California in order to receive the $8,422,162.84 million allocated to Santa Ana. On June 16, 2020, the City Council approved an operational agreement with Illumination Foundation to operate a year-round homeless navigation center and recuperative care facility (HSNC) at 1815 Carnegie Avenue. The facility will provide resources for individuals, families with children, and special needs populations who are homeless in the City of Santa Ana. The HSNC will include supportive service programs designed to provide a safe environment for those experiencing homelessness on the streets of Santa Ana and a pathway to transition into permanent housing. The City plans to use the lion's share of the HHAP funding for the homeless navigation center and recuperative care facility. As required by the grant, eight percent of the HHAP funding must be used specifically for homeless transitional age youth (TAY). It is the intent of the City, to enter into an agreement with a non-profit service provider to create a program for homeless youth. Many of the young adults who will be served at this program such as this are challenged by homelessness as they transition from state 20B-1