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Agenda Item - 5.b.

City of Garden Grove

INTER-DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM

To:	Scott C. Stiles	From:	Lisa L. Kim
Dept.:	City Manager	Dept.:	Community and Economic Development
Subject:	Adoption of a Resolution to authorize participation in the Encampment Resolution Funding Grant Program. (Action Item)	Date:	2/14/2023


OBJECTIVE To request approval of a Resolution to authorize participation in the Encampment Resolution Grant Funding program.


BACKGROUND A Notification of Funding Availability was issued on December 1, 2022 for the Encampment Resolution Funding Grant Program (ERF-2-R) through the California Interagency Council on Homelessness (CalICH). The CalICH has made available up to $237,301,738 to local agencies in California and the members of the Continuum of Care (CoC) to resolve the experience of unsheltered homelessness for at-risk individuals residing in encampments. This program prioritizes activities that address the safety and wellness of individuals experiencing homelessness within encampments, resolve critical encampment concerns, and transition individuals into interim shelter with clear pathways to permanent housing or directly into permanent housing, using data-informed, non-punitive, low-barrier, person-centered, Housing First, and coordinated approaches.


DISCUSSION In coordination with the Garden Grove Police Department (GGPD) Special Resource Team, Caltrans and the County of Orange, a joint effort has been established to request and utilize the grant funding to deploy a fencing pilot program and provide homeless resources to individuals experiencing homelessness in these identified encampments areas within the City. The areas are as follows: Site A- Beach and 22 Freeway Site B- Euclid and 22 Freeway Site C- Newhope and 22 Freeway Site D- Haster and 22 Freeway Summarized below is a preliminary budget of approximately $3.4 million. The proposed Garden Grove Encampment Resolution Program would allocate resources for the Navigation Center operations, additional street outreach support in coordination with the Special Resource Team, County of Orange, and Moving Forward Psychological Institute, augment costs for continuation of the Be Well OC Mobile Response Team, expand the Workforce Activation and Readiness Program, utilize 2-1-1 OC Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) for data collection, and implement the Caltrans Collaborative Fencing Pilot Project. If awarded, the grant program would be administered by the Community and Economic Development Department.

FINANCIAL IMPACT

There is no fiscal impact to the General Fund.

The Encampment Resolution Funding Grant (ERF-2-R) Program does not require a match from the City. The budget summary is as follows:

Encampment Resolution Grant Program Activities	FY 23-24	FY 24-25	FY 25-26
Low-barrier Navigation Center Operations	$500,000	$0	$0
Special Resource Team (SRT)	$150,000	$150,000	$150,000
Street Outreach – Service Providers (Moving Forward & PATH)	$190,000	$177,500	$12,500
Be Well OC Mobile Response Team	$350,000	$100,000	$100,000
Workforce Activation and Readiness Program (WARP)	$60,000	$30,000	$30,000
2-1-1 OC Homeless Management Information System Data	$60,000	$60,000	$60,000
Caltrans Collaborative Project	$1,000,000	$50,000	$50,000
Total Cost (FY 23-24, 24-25, 25-26)	$3,280,000
Administrative costs (5%)	$164,000
Total Requested Amount	$3,444,000


RECOMMENDATION It is recommended that the City Council Adopt the Resolution to authorize participation in the Encampment Grant Resolution Funding (ERF-2-R) Program by approval of the resolution; Direct the City Manager to finalize preparatoin and submittal of an Encampment Resolution Grant application, and authorize execution of necessary agreements for grant implementation. By: Christy Le, Homeless Liaison Analyst Attachment 1: Resolution