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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 03241987 - 2.8 HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DATE: March 24, 1987 FROM: cc: Perfecto Villarreal , Executive Director SUBJECT: RESPONSE TO BOARD REQUEST OF MARCH 17, 1987 ON THE PROVISION OF COUNTY STAFF ASSISTANCE TO THE TASK FORCE ON THE HOMELESS AND THE OFFICE ON HOMELESSNESS I . RECOMMENDED ACTIONS: 1. As requested by the Board of Supervisors, staff members of the County Housing Authority, Social Services Department and Community Development Department will assist the Steering Committee of the Task Force on the Homeless and the Office on Homelessness to establish a policy and procedure for the Housing Crisis Prevention Fund. A meeting has been set for 2:30 p.m, on March 24, 1987 to review a draft of the proposed policy and procedure for this revolving loan fund. Following this meeting, the revised draft of the policy and procedure will be promptly circulated to the Steering Committee of the Task Force on the Homeless for review and final approval . The staff of the three County Departments will assist in whatever way necessary to expedite the establishment of this policy and procedure and to make the revolving loan fund operational . 2. The Board of Supervisors should take action to modify the 1987-88 Community Development Block grant (CDBG) funding condition No. 1 for the Housing Crisis Prevention Fund to be administered by the Task Force on the Homeless as follows: Condition No. 1 - County CDBG funds in the amount of $30,000 are to be released upon the securement of $20,000 in private donations and a commitment of the Task Force on the Homeless to pursue matching funds from the Concord and Walnut Creek CDBG programs. 3. The Board of Supervisors should authorize the Chair of the Board to sign letters to the cities of Concord and Walnut Creek which support the applications of the Task Force on the Homeless for CDBG funds from these two cities and strongly encourage positive funding commitments. 4. The Board of Supervisors, acting as the Board of Commissioners of the County Housing Authority, should authorize the Executive Director of the County Housing Authority to provide interim administrative assistance to CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE: RECOMMENDATION OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR RECOMMENDA ION OF BOARD COMMITTEE APPROVE OTHER SIGNATURE(S) _ ACTION OF BOARD ON Murch 24, 1987_ APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER, VOTE OF SUPERVISORS 1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT "` AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AYES: NOES. AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERV I SOR)SS O_N,THE DATE ����SHOWN.p CC: Housing Authority ATTESTED GLc� T� /90 [N ------ — Social Services Director PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF Community Development Director SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR County Administrator 0 BY ,61 DEPUTY M382%7-83 Board of Supervisors March 24, 1987 Page -2- the Office on Homelessness until CDBG funds from the County are released to pay for administrative costs for the Office on Homelessness. Interim administrative assistance from the Housing Authority will be in the form of payment of temporary services contracts to staff the Office on Homelessness and to administer the Housing Crisis Prevention Fund. 5. The Board of Supervisors should acknowledge that in addition to this Housing Crisis Prevention Fund to be administered by the Office on Homelessness, the County has a Critical Family Needs/Housing Assistance Fund which is currently in operation. This fund is administered by the Volunteer Services Program of the County Social Services Department. On January 20, 1987 the County through the Social Services Department's Volunteer Services Program received a grant of $88,750 from the San Francisco Chronicle's Season of Sharing Fund to establish this emergency assistance program. As of March 20, 1987, a total of 53 families have been assisted with $32,105 to take care of critical family needs and housing assistance. This emergency assistance program will continue until the $88,750 funding amount is exhausted. III. BACKGROUND FOR RECOMMENDATIONS: On March 17, 1987 the Board of Supervisors directed the County Housing Authority, Social Services Department and Community Development Department to provide immediate technical assistance to the Task Force on the Homeless and the Office on Homelessness to initiate use, as soon as possible, of the Housing Assistance Fund for emergency assistance to the homeless in Contra Costa County. On March 20, 1987 a meeting was held to discuss and carry out this Board directive. Those in attendance were: Bob Jornlin and Elena Hopkins of the Social Services Department; Dennis Fransen and Jim Kennedy of the Community Development Department; Carol Severin of the Office on Homelessness; and Perfecto Villarreal of the County Housing Authority. Each of the three County Departments is committed to assisting the Office on Homelessness and the Task Force on the Homeless in developing, as quickly as possible, the policy and procedure for the Housing Assistance Fund to be administered by the Office on Homelessness and to make this fund operational so it can assist individuals and families who are faced with a housing crisis. In order to achieve these two goals, the Board of Supervisors is requested to adopt the five recommendations outlined in this report.