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4 of 6 <br /> <br />B. If requested, Block grant a portion of the state’s direct allocation of funds (based <br />on a jurisdiction’s share of statewide population) to direct allocation jurisdictions <br />over 200k in population that wish to administer their share of state block grant <br />funds, as well as their share of funds allocated directly from the UST, in a manner <br />consistent with state and federal law. <br />C. For Jurisdictions that wish to operate their own rental assistance program with <br />funds provided directly by the UST in a manner that does not align with the State <br />program, they will be able to do so, but their share of block grant funds will be <br />administered by the state on their behalf through the state’s rental assistance <br />program and controlling for duplication of benefits will fall to the jurisdiction. <br />Jurisdictions are encouraged to opt-in to the state administered Rental Assistance <br />Program. Given the one-time nature of these funds, rapid implementation timeframes, <br />programmatic complexity, among other considerations, the State believes that a <br />centralized administrative structure would be most effective in deploying these <br />resources in an effective and compliant manner. As part of the State’s Rental <br />Assistance Program, resources will be available to provide robust multi-lingual technical <br />support, IT, and communications capabilities needed to ensure the success of such a <br />program, including support to ensure compliance with the program requirements <br />provided under federal law, such as the prohibition of the duplication of benefits. Such <br />a solution removes a local jurisdiction’s administrative burden and risk while also <br />providing ownership, partnership, and communications tailored to local jurisdictions <br />who can utilize existing channels to refer constituents to the central application. <br />If a jurisdiction is not interested in the state CDFI program, the state would encourage <br />requesting the block grant and implementing the direct federal funds in accordance <br />with the state block grant program to enable braiding of the funds to provide <br />consistency to landlords and tenants across the state. <br />To support the implementation of ERAP, the State will also create a robust statewide <br />public education and outreach campaign to reach hardest hit communities with <br />culturally sensitive messaging to deepen awareness of rental assistance resources and <br />eviction protections. <br />A. State Rental Assistance Program <br />As part of the State’s efforts to provide coordinated relief, jurisdictions and Federally- <br />recognized tribal nations may allocate their direct share of federal assistance to the <br />state and opt into the State’s Rental Assistance Program. The State will supplement <br />jurisdictions’ resources by reserving a portion of the State’s direct share of resources for <br />each jurisdiction that elects to have the State administer their rental assistance on their <br />behalf. A set-aside of $150 million will be created for counties with populations under <br />200,000 and the cities within those counties that roughly doubles the state allocation <br />share in order to compensate for them not receiving a direct federal allocation. Within <br />this pool funds will be reserved at the County level to be administered through the <br />State’s Rental Assistance Program. <br />EXHIBIT 7EXHIBIT 1