Item 29 - Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Annual Action Plan and Budgets for CDBG, HOME and ESG Programs

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FY 2022-2023 Annual Action Plan and Budgets for CDBG, HOME and ESG Programs April 19, 2022 Page 10 2 5 9 1 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 2022-2023. Specifically, 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 2021-2022 and interested in FY 2022-2023 funding, were required to re- submit a budget and program summary for FY 2022-2023 ESG funding. The City’s ESG allocation for GY 2022, FY 2022-2023 is anticipated to be $489,141. The proposed FY 2022-2023 ESG Program and Funding Plan includes a list of recommended homeless service providers for FY 2022-2023 (Exhibit 4). The funding recommendations are based upon applications received during the 2019 RFP process, and the performance and current needs as identified by staff. The budget below is broken down by category to provide more detail on funds allocated to eligible ESG activities: 2022 ESG Program Budget General Activity Funding Amount ESG Program Administration $ 36,686 Homeless Street Outreach $ 51,880 Homeless Emergency Shelter $ 110,000 Homeless Prevention $ 25,000 Rapid Re-housing $ 125,000 ESG Data Collection Management $ 140,575 TOTAL $ 489,141 Outreach and Engagement In accordance with the regulations at 24 CFR Part 91, the City of Santa Ana’s Citizen Participation Plan requires two public hearings to be conducted annually for the development of the Annual Action Plan. The first public hearing was held before the Community Development Commission on March 23, 2022 to accept public comments on the funding priorities for the upcoming year that would be included in the draft Annual Action Plan; and the second public hearing is being held before the Santa Ana City Council on April 19, 2022 to accept public comments on the draft Annual Action Plan. In addition, the federal regulations for HUD requires that the draft Annual Action Plan be made available for a 30-day public review and comment period. On March 10, 2022, a public notice was published in the Orange County Register, La Opinión in Spanish, and Nguoi Viet in Vietnamese, that the draft Annual Action Plan was available for review and comment. The 30-day public comment period will conclude on April 10, 2022. All comments received, including all funding recommendations made by the City Council, will be included in the final document. The deadline for submission of the FY 2022-2023 Annual Action Plan to HUD is no later than May 15, 2022, 45-days before the end of the City’s Fiscal Year.