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REC~UEST FOR H®USI~VG AUTH®R1TY ACTT®tV MEETING DATE: NOVEMBER 5, 2007 TITLE: AMENDMENT TO THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE COUNTY OF ORANGE SOCIAL SERVICES AGENCY ~~ ECUTNE IRECTOR RECOMMENDED ACTION ~;~~~ s ~~~ - ~,~, RECORDING SECRETARY USE ONLY: APPROVED ^ As Recommended ^ As Amended CONTINUED TO Direct the Authority General Counsel to prepare and authorize the Executive Director and the Secretary of the Authority to execute an amendment to the Memorandum of Understanding with the County of Orange Social Services Agency. COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION At its Regular Meeting of October 16, 2007, by a vote of 4:0 (Pedroza, Turner absent), the Community Redevelopment and Housing Commission recommended that the Housing Authority direct the Authority General Counsel to prepare and authorize the Executive Director and the Secretary of the Authority to execute an amendment to the Memorandum of Understanding with the Gounty of Orange Social Services Agency. DISCUSSION In 1992 the Housing Authority of the City of Santa Ana (SAHA) applied and received from the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) an allocation of certificates dedicated for the Family Unification Program. The l;amily Unification Program is a specific program within the Housing Choice Voucher Program. In order for families to be eligible for this program, they must meet the SAHA eligibility criteria and the local welfare agency must refer and certify that the lack of adequate housing is a primary reason that the family's child/children may be placed in out-of-home care or prevented from returning to the family from out-of- home care. Phis program also serves youth who are at least 18 and not more than 21 years of age who left foster care at age 18 or alder and who