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Substantial Amendment to the Consolidated Plan 2008 Action Plan for the <br />Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP) <br />consistent reporting of program participant information and also facilitate <br />timely quarterly reporting. City Staff will also ensure that quarterly reports are <br />submitted to HUD and that the Integrated Disbursement and Information <br />System is updated quarterly. <br />D. Collaboration <br />1. Briefly describe how the grantee plans to collaborate with the local agencies that <br />can serve similar target populations, which received funds under the American <br />Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) from other Federal agencies, <br />including the U.S. Departments of Education, Health and Human Services, <br />Homeland Security, and Labor (limit 250 words). <br />Response: ARRA provides funding opportunities for other federal agencies that <br />provide resources to agencies that may serve similar target populations as those <br />to be served by HPRP. To identify collaborative funding opportunities the City will <br />work with the Orange County Continuum of Care Forum. The Community Forum is <br />an entity comprised of agencies, individuals, and groups focused on eliminating <br />homelessness in Orange County. The Community Forum has an open membership <br />- this structure encourages broad and diverse participation. On average 100 <br />public and private agencies attend quarterly meetings. Approximately 70% of <br />attendees are nonprofit agencies; the balance represent local, regional, state and <br />federal agencies (e.g., OC Department of Education, OC Health Care Agency, <br />Orange County Workforce Investment Board -all entities that may be direct <br />recipients or subgrantees of other ARRA funding). <br />It is noteworthy that the Community Forum is the primary regional planning entity <br />for HUD's annual Continuum of Care funding competition (SuperNOFA). A primary <br />function of the Community Forum is to identify gaps in the regional Continuum of <br />Care (CoC) and to prioritize these gaps for SuperNOFA funding. This regional role <br />makes the Community Forum an ideal medium to collaborate with other ARRA- <br />program administrators. By participating in the Community Forum, the City can <br />ensure it works with regional HPRP recipients to inform potential applicants of <br />funding opportunities and to discuss the requirement of HPRP to collaborate with <br />other ARRA-programs that are serving the region's homeless and those at risk of <br />homelessness. <br />2. Briefly describe how the grantee plans to collaborate with appropriate <br />Continuum(s) of Care and mainstream resources regarding HPRP activities (limit <br />250 words). <br />7 <br />4/28/09 <br />HUD-40119 <br />19E-10 <br />