Item 27 - Fiscal Year 2023-24 Annual Action Plan and Budgets for CDBG, HOME, and

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FY 2023-24 Annual Action Plan and Budgets for CDBG, HOME, and ESG Programs May 2, 2023 Page 7 3 4 1 1 requirements are met including underwriting, subsidy layering, and project assessment requirements. In this Annual Action Plan, HOME Program funds are proposed for program administration, the required set-aside for CHDOs, and funds for affordable housing development and rehabilitation: The FY 2023-24 HOME Program Funding Plan is not attached as an exhibit because the plan is described in the table above. Emergency Solutions Grant The Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) program provides funds to assist sheltered and unsheltered homeless individuals, as well as those at risk of homelessness, to quickly regain stability in permanent housing after experiencing a housing crisis and/or homelessness. Recipients of ESG funding in Orange County include the following entitlement jurisdictions: County of Orange, City of Anaheim, City of Irvine, City of Santa Ana, and City of Garden Grove. Collectively, this group is referred to as the Orange County ESG Collaborative that was formed over five years ago. On November 7, 2019, three member cities of the Orange County ESG Collaborative released a combined ESG Request for Proposals (RFP) to support the Orange County Continuum of Care' s goal to end homelessness (the County of Orange and City of Irvine allocated their funding independent of the ESG Collaborative). The ESG Collaborative accepted applications until December 10, 2019, with supplemental applications and requirements for both the City of Santa Ana and Anaheim. The RFP included a provision for up to four, one-year renewals that could be exercised independently by each Collaborative member. The City chose to exercise this renewal option for FY 2023-24. While funding recommendations are made collaboratively, ESG funds are to be used to provide eligible activities within each jurisdiction in which they are funded. Subrecipients awarded funding in FY 2022-23 and interested in FY 2023-24 funding were required to re-submit a budget and program summary for FY 2023-24 ESG funding. The City’s ESG allocation for FY 2023-24 is $447,249. The proposed FY 2023-24 ESG Program Funding Plan includes a list of homeless service providers recommended for funding for FY 2023-24 (Exhibit 4). The funding recommendations are based upon applications received during the 2019 RFP process, performance, and current needs as 2023 HOME Program Budget General Activity Funding Amount HOME Program Administration $ 160,567 HOME CHDO Set-Aside $ 240,850 Affordable Housing Development and Rehabilitation $1,204,250 Prior Year Resources $6,180,123 TOTAL $7,785,790