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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />SEPTEMBER 7, 2010 <br />TITLE: <br />AMENDMENTS TO HOMELESSNESS <br />PREVENTION AND RAPID RE-HOUSING <br />PROGRAM AGREEMENTS <br />l6 I <br />CIT MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />? As Recommended <br />? As Amended <br />? Ordinance on 1 s` Reading <br />? Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />? Implementing Resolution <br />? Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Authorize the City Manager and the Clerk of the Council to execute the attached amendment <br />with Interval House in the amount of $20,000, subject to non-substantive changes approved <br />by the City Manager and City Attorney. <br />2. Authorize the City Manager and the Clerk of the Council to execute the attached amendment <br />with the Volunteer Center of Orange County/Illumination Foundation in the amount of <br />$125,000, subject to non-substantive changes approved by the City Manager and City <br />Attorney. <br />3. Authorize the City Manager and the Clerk of the Council to execute the attached amendment <br />with WISE Place to add Homelessness Prevention services to their existing $145,000 Rapid <br />Re-Housing contract, subject to non-substantive changes approved by the City Manager and <br />City Attorney. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 ("Recovery Act") appropriated $1.5 billion <br />for communities to provide financial assistance and services to prevent individuals and families <br />from becoming homeless and to help those who are experiencing homelessness to be quickly re- <br />housed and stabilized. Santa Ana was allocated $2,831,989 under the terms of the funding <br />distribution formula established by the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development <br />(HUD) for these programs, which are titled Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing <br />(HPRP). <br />On September 8, 2009, City Council authorized the execution of agreements with nine local <br />HPRP non-profit sub-recipients, four of which are receiving funding for both the Homelessness <br />and the Rapid Re-Housing program. After one year of operating the program, two of these sub- <br />recipients have requested to transfer portions of the funds they were allocated from the Rapid <br />251-1