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FY 2025-29 Five-Year Consolidated Plan, FY 2025-26 Annual Action Plan and Budgets <br />for CDBG, HOME, and ESG Programs <br />June 3, 2025 <br />Page 7 <br />5 <br />0 <br />7 <br />3 <br />At least 15% of HOME funds must be set aside for specific activities to be undertaken by <br />a special type of nonprofit called a Community Housing Development Organization <br />(CHDO). A CHDO is a private nonprofit, community-based organization that has staff <br />with the capacity to develop affordable housing for the community it serves. In order to <br />qualify for designation as a CHDO, the organization must meet certain requirements <br />pertaining to their legal status, organizational structure, and capacity and experience. <br />The City’s HOME allocation for FY 2025-26 is $1,159,062. In this Annual Action Plan, <br />funds are proposed for program administration, the required set-aside for CHDOs, and <br />funds for affordable housing development and rehabilitation. <br />FY 2025-26 HOME Program Budget <br />General Activity Funding Amount <br />HOME Program Administration $115,906 <br />HOME CHDO Set-Aside $173,859 <br />Affordable Housing Development and Rehabilitation $869,296 <br />TOTAL $1,159,061 <br />The FY 2025-26 HOME Program Funding Plan is not attached as an exhibit because <br />the funding plan is described in the table above. <br />Emergency Solutions Grant <br />The Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) program provides funds to assist both <br />sheltered and unsheltered homeless individuals, as well as those on the brink of <br />homelessness, enabling them to swiftly regain stability in permanent housing after <br />experiencing a housing crisis and/or homelessness. Recipients of ESG funding in <br />Orange County include the following entitlement jurisdictions: the County of Orange, <br />City of Anaheim, City of Irvine, City of Santa Ana, and City of Garden Grove. <br />Collectively, this group is referred to as the Orange County ESG Collaborative that was <br />formed over ten years ago. <br />The City's ESG allocation for FY 2025-26 is $377,330. The proposed FY 2025-26 ESG <br />Program Funding Plan includes a list of homeless service providers recommended for <br />funding for FY 2025-26 (Exhibit 4). These funding recommendations are based upon <br />applications received during the 2019 RFP process, taking into account performance <br />metrics and current needs as identified by staff. The budget below is broken down by <br />category to provide more detail on funds allocated to eligible ESG activities: <br />FY 2025-26 ESG Program Budget <br />General Activity Funding Amount <br /> ESG Program Administration $28,300 <br />Emergency Shelter & Outreach $176,885