Item 29 - Fiscal Year 2024-25 Annual Action Plan and Budgets for CDBG, HOME, and ESG Programs

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FY 2024-25 Annual Action Plan and Budgets for CDBG, HOME and ESG Programs May 7, 2024 Page 7 4 2 1 2 Emergency Solutions Grant The Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) program provides funds to assist both sheltered and unsheltered homeless individuals, as well as those on the brink of homelessness, enabling them to swiftly 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: the 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 jointly 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 stipulations required for both the City of Santa Ana and Anaheim. The RFP also included a provision for up to four, one-year renewals, that could be exercised independently by each Collaborative member. The Collaborative has opted to exercise its last renewal option for FY 2024-25. Although funding recommendations are made collaboratively, ESG funds must be used to provide eligible activities within each respective jurisdiction in which they are funded. Subrecipients awarded funding in FY 2023-24 and interested in FY 2024-25 funding were required to submit a revised budget and program summary. The City's projected ESG allocation for FY 2024-25 is $447,249. The proposed FY 2024-25 ESG Program Funding Plan includes a list of homeless service providers recommended for funding for FY 2024-25 (Exhibit 4). These funding recommendations are based upon applications received during the 2019 RFP process, taking into account performance metrics 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: 2024 ESG Program Budget General Activity Funding Amount ESG Program Administration $33,544 Homeless Street Outreach $50,000 Homeless Emergency Shelter $80,000 Homeless Prevention $25,000 Rapid Re-housing $155,000 ESG Data Collection Management (HMIS)$103,705 TOTAL $447,249 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