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City of Santa Ana <br />21-H HAP-00012 <br />Page 1 of 23 <br />Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention Program Round 2 (HHAP-2) <br />Standard Agreement <br />EXHIBIT A <br />AUTHORITY, PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF WORK <br />1) Authority <br />The State of California has established the Homeless Housing, Assistance, and <br />Prevention Program Round 2 ("HHAP-2" or "Program") pursuant to Chapter 6 <br />(commencing with Section 50216) of Part 1 of Division 31 of the Health and Safety <br />Code. (Added by Stats.2020, c. 15 (A.B. 83), § 7, eff. June 29, 2020.) <br />The Program is administered by the California Homeless Coordinating and <br />Financing Council ("HCFC") in the Business, Consumer Services and Housing <br />Agency ("Agency"), HHAP-2 provides one-time flexible block grant funds <br />to Continuums of Care, large cities (population of 300,000+) and counties as defined <br />in the November 13, 2020 HHAP-2 Notice of Funding Availability ("NOFA") to build <br />on the regional coordination created through previous HCFC grant funding and <br />support local jurisdictions in their unified regional responses to reduce and end <br />homelessness. <br />This Standard Agreement along with all its exhibits ("Agreement") is entered into by <br />the Agency and a Continuum of Care, a city, or a county ("Grantee") under the <br />authority of, and in furtherance of the purpose of, the Program. In signing this <br />Agreement and thereby accepting this award of funds, the Grantee agrees to comply <br />with the terms and conditions of the Agreement, the NOFA under which <br />the Grantee applied, the representations contained in the Grantee's application, and <br />the requirements of the authority cited above. <br />2) Purgose <br />The general purpose of the Program is to continue to build on regional coordination <br />developed through previous rounds of funding of the Homelessness Emergency Aid <br />Program (Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 50210)), the program established <br />under this chapter, and COVID-19 funding to reduce homelessness. This funding <br />shall: <br />a) Continue to build regional collaboration between continuums of care, counties, <br />and cities in a given region, regardless of population, and ultimately be used to <br />develop a unified regional response to homelessness, <br />b) Be paired strategically with other local, state, and federal funds provided to <br />address homelessness in order to achieve maximum Impact. Grantees of this <br />