Joint CSAC-League Homelessness Task Force Attachment 5 Funding Options to Address Homelessness Source Name Brief Description Amount awarded Link Funder Uses Eligible agency Usage

Federal Emergency A program grant operated by HUD’s Office of Total Allocation: https://www.hudex HUD Street outreach, Metropolitan cities, urban Moderate Solutions Grant Community Planning and Development that is $250M; Minimum change.info/resourc homelessness counties, territories, and (ESG) designed to help improve the quality of existing allocation: es/documents/Emer prevention, emergency State. emergency shelters for the homeless, to make $69,167 gencySolutionsGran shelter, rapid re- additional shelters available, to meet the costs of Maximum tsProgramFactSheet housing, HMSI

operating shelters, to provide essential social services allocation : .pdf to homeless individuals, and to help prevent $12,649,583 homelessness. ESG also provides short-term homeless prevention assistance to persons at imminent risk of losing their own housing due to eviction, foreclosure, or utility shutoffs. Federal The HOME A HUD program that provides formula grants to states States: $3M; local: http://portal.hud.go HUD Home purchase or State and local and Low Investment and units of local government that communities use – $500,000 v/hudportal/HUD?sr rehabilitation financing communities, including Partnerships often in partnership with local nonprofit groups –to c=/program_offices/ assistance to eligible cities and counties Program fund a wide range of activities that build, buy, and/or comm_planning/aff homeowners and new (HOME) rehabilitate affordable housing for rent or ordablehousing/pro homebuyers; build or

homeownership or provide direct rental assistance to grams/home/ rehabilitate housing for low-income people. rent or ownership

Federal Continuum of The Continuum of Care (CoC) Program is designed to Varies https://www.hudex HUD Permanent housing, State and local High Care (CoC) promote communitywide commitment to the goal of change.info/progra transitional housing, governments, nonprofit

ending homelessness; provide funding for efforts by ms/coc/ supportive services organizations nonprofit providers, and State and local governments only, HMIS, and, in to quickly rehouse homeless individuals and families some cases, while minimizing the trauma and dislocation caused to homelessness homeless individuals, families, and communities by prevention. homelessness; promote access to and effect utilization Administrative costs of mainstream programs by homeless individuals and are eligible under all families; and optimize self-sufficiency among components. individuals and families experiencing homelessness.

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Federal Community The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) $28.2 million in http://portal.hud.go HUD Low- and moderate- Counties with fewer than High Development program is a flexible program that provides 2016 v/hudportal/HUD?sr income persons, 200,000 residents in Block Grants communities with resources to address a wide range c=/program_offices/ prevention or unincorporated areas and (CDBG) of unique community development needs. comm_planning/co elimination of slums or cities with fewer than mmunitydevelopme blight, or where there 50,000 residents that do

nt/programs is no funding to not participate in the U.S. address a particular (HUD) Community urgency because Development Block Grant existing conditions (CDBG) entitlement pose a serious and program. immediate threat to the health or welfare of the community. Federal Rapid- Rapid rehousing RRH is a practice https://www.hudex HUD Provides temporary Local govern, nonprofit Low Rehousing programs help families and individuals living on the funded through change.info/resourc funding to shelter organizations serving the (RRH) streets or in emergency shelters solve the other grants like es/documents/Rapi families and some HUD non-entitlement practical and immediate challenges to obtaining ESG or CoC d-Re-Housing- individuals for short areas, and with limitations, permanent housing while reducing the amount of time Brief.pdf periods of time. HUD entitlement cities and they experience homelessness, avoiding a near-term counties that receive HPRP return to homelessness, and linking to community funds directly from HUD. resources that enable them to achieve housing stability in the long-term. Federal Section 202 Provides grants for supportive housing for the elderly $420 million http://portal.hud.go HUD Expands the supply of Private nonprofit Low (Supportive who are very low-income and at least 62 years old. v/hudportal/HUD?sr affordable housing organizations and Housing for c=/program_offices/ with supportive nonprofit consumer Elderly) housing/mfh/progd services for the elderly, cooperatives. esc/eld202 includes support activities such as cleaning, cooking, transportation, etc. Federal Section 811 Funding to develop and subsidize rental housing with $177 million http://portal.hud.go HUD Allows persons with CA HCD and DHCS, who Low (Supportive supportive services for very low- and extremely low- v/hudportal/HUD?sr disabilities to live as then allocate rental Housing for income adults with disabilities. c=/program_offices/ independently as assistance to projects

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Disabilities) housing/mfh/progd possible by subsidizing funded by tax credits, esc/disab811 rental housing HOME funds, or other opportunities which sources. provide access to appropriate supportive services. Federal Section 8 Targets low-income families, seniors, and those with $16.7 billion http://portal.hud.go HUD rental assistance and Local Public Housing High housing choice disabilities by providing a direct housing subsidy to v/hudportal/HUD?sr occasionally purchase Agencies vouchers landlords, with the enrollee paying any difference. c=/topics/housing_c of modest homes hoice_voucher_prog ram_section_8 Federal HUD-Veterans Combines Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) rental $60 million http://portal.hud.go HUD Provides both rental Local Public Housing Moderate Affairs assistance for homeless Veterans and case nationwide in v/hudportal/HUD?sr assistance and medical Agencies Supportive management and clinical services provided by their 2016 c=/program_offices/ services for veterans Housing (VASH) VA. public_indian_housi vouchers ng/programs/hcv/va sh Federal Substance Federal block grant funds available through the Center In 2016, CA ww.samhsa.gov/gra SAMHS Substance Abuse County Medicaid High Abuse and for Substance Abuse Prevention, the Center for received nts-awards-by- A Prevention and Programs/ County Mental Mental Health Substance Abuse Treatment, and the Center for $385,044,173 in state/California Treatment Block Grant, Health Plans Services Mental Health Services to support local programs for block grant funds Community Mental Administration substance use disorders and mental illness Health Services Block (SAMHSA) Grant, Projects for Grants Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH), Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness (PAIMI), Mental health, substance use treatment, and substance use prevention programs.

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Federal (SSVF) The U.S. A nationwide program intended primarily to serve $300M http://www.va.gov/ Vetera Rental Assistance, private nonprofit Low Department of individuals experiencing crisis homelessness. This homeless/ssvf/index ns Utility Payments, organizations and Veterans program provides temporary financial assistance and a .asp Affairs Moving Costs consumer cooperatives Affairs' range of other flexible services geared toward (VA) (including bedding, who can provide Supportive preventing homelessness among those at risk and utensils, other supportive services to Services for rapidly stabilizing those who do become homeless in supplies) Supportive eligible populations Veteran permanent housing. It is important to note that, Services (including Families despite its name, the program serves both families child care payments to with children and individual veterans. licensed care providers), Housing Search/ Assistance/ Placement/ Relocation, Application and Brokerage Fees, Security Deposits, First/Last Month Rent, Tenant/ Landlord Services (includes legal services), Supportive Services (health, financial planning, transportation, etc.) Emergency Housing, Employment-Related Costs and Emergency Needs Special Provisions for Persons, Fleeing Domestic Violence

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Federal Temporary The primary goal for TANF in California -- called http://www.acf.hhs. HHS/A Supportive Services, State and tribal agencies Low Assistance for CalWORKs -- is to provide families in need with a gov/ofa/programs/t CF Rental Assistance (administered by Counties Needy Families combination of financial assistance and work anf (including hotel and in CA) (TANF)/CalWO opportunities so that they can eventually become motel vouchers), Utility RKs independent Payments, Moving Costs, Case Management, Financial Planning, Legal Services, Security Deposit/First/Last Month Rent, Housing Search Assistance/ Placement/ Relocation, Program Administration Federal Supplemental Provides EBT funds to qualified households and http://www.cdss.ca. Anti-hunger program State and tribal agencies Moderate Nutrition individuals for food items, previously called Food gov/foodstamps/def (administered by Counties Assistance Stamps, called CalFresh in CA. ault.htm in CA) Program(SNAP) /CalFresh

Federal Medicaid/Medi Provides health care services to low-income $19.1 billion http://www.dhcs.ca CA Recipients are eligible DHCS (administered by Low -Cal individuals and families. proposed for state .gov/Pages/default. Dept. for health care, dental, Counties in CA) budget aspx of and mental health Health services, including Care substance use disorder Service services s

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Federal PSSF The discretionary fund activities funded by the $35 million http://www.acf.hhs. HHS Rental Assistance Child Welfare, Agencies Low Promoting Safe Promoting Safe and Stable Families (PSSF) Program are allocated to gov/cb/resource/pss (time-limited and and Eligible Indian

and Stable meant to develop a coordinated and integrated California f-program includes arrearage) Tribes Families) service system that builds on the strengths of families Utility Payments through Title and communities IV-B funding

State Proposition 41 Collaboration between California Department of Goal is to award HCD Acquisition, Sponsors and borrowing Low Veterans Veteran Affairs, California Department of Housing and at least $75 http://www.hcd.ca. construction, entities may be organized Housing Grants Community Development and California Housing million annually gov/financial- rehabilitation and on a for-profit or not-for- Finance Agency to provide $600 million in Proposition assistance/veterans- preservation of profit basis. Any public 41 general obligation bonds to fund affordable housing-and- affordable multifamily agency or private entity multifamily rental, homelessness- rental, supportive, and capable of supportive and transitional housing. prevention- transitional housing entering into a contract is program/ with a focus on eligible to apply. veterans experiencing temporary or chronic homelessness. State Mental Health Funds to provide all of the mental health services and $1.76 billion http://www.dhcs.ca MHSA, Provide all of the Counties and the 2 cities Low Services Act supports a person wants and needs to reach his or her .gov/services/MH/D DHCS mental health services eligible for MHSA (Berkeley Full Service goals. ocuments/FSP_FAQ and supports a person and Tri-City) Partnership s_04-17-09.pdf and wants and needs to funding http://www.dhcs.ca reach his or her goals. .gov/services/MH/P ages/MH_Prop63.as px

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State Mental Health Goal is to create 10,000 additional units of permanent Most recent info http://www.dhcs.ca MHSA, Funding for Counties and the 2 cities Moderate Services Act supportive housing for individuals and their families online shows a .gov/services/MH/P DHCS, development, eligible for MHSA (Berkeley Housing who have a mental illness and are homeless, or at risk per unit loan limit ages/MHSAHousing. Cal acquisition, and Tri-City) Program of homelessness. of $121,665. aspx HFA construction and/or rehabilitation of permanent supportive housing for individuals and their families who have a mental illness and are homeless, or at risk of homelessness. State Mental Health A competitive grant program to disburse funds to $31,775,383.62 http://www.treasur CHFFA Funding is limited to Counties or their nonprofit Low Wellness Act California counties or to their nonprofit or public available in most er.ca.gov/chffa/imh (author the following specific or public agency designees (SB 82) Crisis agency designees for the purpose of developing recent round of wa/ ity programs: crisis Services Grants mental health crisis support programs. funding (3/16) under stabilization, crisis the residential treatment, STO) mobile crisis support teams, and peer respite. CHFFA is currently filing Peer Respite Care Program emergency regulations with the OAL and will become effective once approved.

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State CalWORKs for CalWORKs homeless families. The major Most recent http://www.cdss.ca. DSS housing identification, Counties Low Housing components include: housing identification, rent and allocations here: gov/calworks/PG36 rent and moving Support moving assistance, and case management and http://www.cdss.c 58.htm assistance, and case Program services. a.gov/calworks/re management and s/pdf/HSP/Counti services. esOperatingHSP.p df, but up to $3.5M for LA County State CalWORKs Intensive case management and services to address ? http://www.cdss.ca. DSS Intensive case Counties Low Family immediate crisis situations. gov/calworks/res/p management and Stabilization df/LegislativeHearin barrier removal Program gs/CalWORKsOvervi services to ensure a ew2-26-14.pdf basic level of stability. Services are available to all family members, including children and unaided adults. State CalWORKs Provide temporary (2 week) motel stays for homeless ? http://www.cdss.ca. DSS Legislation increased Counties Low One-Time families while we assist them in developing a longer- gov/cdssweb/entres the daily rate for Homeless term housing plan. /pdf/CW_AnnualSu temporary homeless

Assistance mmary2016.pdf assistance, redefined homelessness criteria to include families who receive a notice to pay rent or vacate, allowed up to two months of rent in arrears to prevent homelessness and allowed a higher rent threshold to secure permanent housing.

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State Community CDBG Partners with rural cities and counties to Each year, http://www.hcd.ca. HCD CDBG-eligible activities, Counties with fewer than High Development improve the lives of their low-and moderate-income generally in gov/financial- including Community 200,000 residents in Block Grants residents through the creation and expansion of January, the CDBG assistance/communi Development, unincorporated areas and (CDBG) community and economic development opportunities program releases ty-development- Economic cities with fewer than in support of livable communities. one block-grant- Development, and the 50,000 residents that do combined Notice program/ Native American and not participate in the U.S. of Funding Colonia Set-Asides. Department of Housing and Availability(NOFA) Urban Development (HUD) Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) entitlement program. State State Address homelessness as authorized under the federal Most recent http://www.hcd.ca. HCD ESG funds may be used The Department sub grants Low Emergency HEARTH Act of 2009 and State program requirements. round of awards gov/financial- for four primary its funding to sub recipients Solutions Grant Uses HUD money, administered by the state. Some here: assistance/emergen activities: Street in Continuum of Care Funds survey responses listed it as a separate source of http://www.hcd.c cy-solutions-grant- Outreach, Rapid Re- service areas that have at funding. Looks like HCD is aligning the state program a.gov/financial- program/ Housing Assistance, least one jurisdiction that with the federal program. assistance/emerg Emergency Shelter, and does not receive ESG funds ency-solutions- Homelessness directly from HUD (“Non grant- Prevention. In entitlement”). program/docs/esg addition, ESG funds -2016-nofa- may be used for awards-funding- associated Homeless list.pdf. Up to Management $200,000. Information System (HMIS) costs, and administrative activities, for some sub recipients. *Other local sources: Public safety funding or resources, other city funds, outreach workers/case management staff, local sales and use tax, animal care and regulation, transit or transportation assistance, development fees and transient occupancy taxed. * The frequently used by counties/cities is categorized by the following: low (1%-40%); moderate (41%-70%); and high (71%-100%). Note the percentage is gathered by the amount of counties/cities using that service based on our survey results.

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