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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 06221993 - X.1 XJ TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Contra FROM: Costa Richard Martinez, Executive Director d. Housing Authority of the County of Contra Costa ••►rl. Countyijt ATrM I.` I DATE: June 22, 1993 SUBJECT: Authorization to Submit Preliminary Application for Shelter Plus Care Program SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)6 BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION I . RECOMMENDATIONS AUTHORIZE the Executive Director of the Housing Authority of the County of Contra Costa, on behalf of the County, to execute and transmit an application for the Shelter Plus Care Program along with the necessary certifications and assurances to the U. S. Department of Housing and Community Development, Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs . The proposal, if funded, would provide rental assistance for persons who have acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) or related diseases . II . FISCAL IMPACT No General Funds are involved. III . BACKGROUND/ REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS The only eligible applicants for the Shelter Plus Care Program are States and units of general local government, including public housing agencies . The application deadline is July 9 , 1993 . The Board of Supervisors will not be meeting again before this date. The Shelter Plus Care Program provides grants for rental subsidies . Applicants are to provide supportive services on a dollar-for-dollar match. The plan is to work with the Contra Costa County Public Health Department AIDS Program who will coordinate with other community-based organizations the provision of the supportive services match. The AIDS Program CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE: RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE APPROVE OTHER SIGNATURE S : ACTION OF BOARD ON ��'�' APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED Y OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS X I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE XUNANIMOUS(ABSENT ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. ATTESTED 'e o2 . f 3 Contact: PHIL BATC OR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF CC: all distribution via Housing Authority SUPERVIS RS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR BY ,DEPUTY is funded by Ryan White funds and Housing Opportunity for Persons with AIDS funding, which do not have County General Fund match requirements . The Health Services Department AIDS Program will certify that supportive services will be available to the recipients of the rental assistance for the term of the grant, which is five years. Shelter Plus Care Purpose: The purpose of the shelter Plus Care (S+C) program is to provide long-term rental assistance, in connection with supportive services funded from sources other than this program, to homeless persons with disabilities. Assistance is targeted primarily to homeless persons who are living in places not ordinarily intended for human habitation or in emergency shelters and are seriously mentally ill; have chronic problems with alcohol, drugs, or both; or have acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (Aws) and related diseases; and the families of such persons. The program is designed to allow applicants to provide housing in a variety of settings, such as group settings or individual units in the community. Housing also may be provided in one setting with intensive supportive services followed by more independent housing with fewer supportive services, provided that eligible participants receive rental assistance on a permanent basis. Appropriate supportive services designed to enable participants to' achieve and maintain independent living must be made available to the proposed participants. I Eligible applicants: states, units of general local government, public housing agencies (PHAs) and Indian tribes. jApplicants other than States and State FBAs may submit only one s+C application. A state or State PHA may submit applications for more than one jurisdiction but must submit a separate application for each and may only submit one application for each jurisdiction. Applications may include proposals for one s+c component or for A combination of components. uo one application may request more than 510 million. comrponentso The s+C program providesilong-term rental assistance through four components. The four components are: (1) Tenant-based Rental Assistance tTRAj . which provides grants for rental assistance over a five-year period. Participants reside in housing of their choice, except that, where necessary to facilitate the coordination of supportive services, grant recipients may require participants to live in a specific area for their entire period of participation or in a specific structure for the first year and in a specific area for the remainder of their period of participation. (2) sponsor-based Rental Assistance tSRAt, which provides grants for rental assistance through contracts with sponsor organizations, over a five- year period. A sponsor may be a private, nonprofit organization or a community mental health agency established ae a public nonprofit organization. Participants reside in housing owned or leased by the sponsor. Applicants must identify in their applications the nonprofit sponsor(s) and the housing site(s) to be provided. I (3) Project-based Rental Assistance tPRAi, which provides grants for rental assistance, through contracts between the grant recipient and owners of existing structures, where the owners agree to lease the subsidized units to, or on behalf of, participants. Rental subsidies are provided for a period of five or ten years. To be eligible for 10 years of rental subsidies, the owner must complete, at his or bar expense, at least $3,000 of rehabilitation for each unit (including the units prorated share of work to be accomplished on common areas or systems), to make the structure decent, safe and sanitary. The rehabilitation must be completed withi.n112 months of the date of the grant agreement. (4) section 8 Moderate Rehabilitationlfor Single Room Occupancy Dwellings for Homeless individuals (SRO) , which provides grants for rental assistance in connection with the moderate rehabilitation of SRO housing units. Resources to fund the cost of rehabilitating the dwellings must be obtained from other sources. However, the rental assistance covers operating expenses of the rehabilitated SRO units, including debt service for rehabilitation financing, provided the monthly rental assistance per unit does not exceed the fair market rent for a rehabilitated SRO unit. Assistance is available for ten years. No single application may receive assistance for more than 100 units. I i 6 For purposes of this competition, applicant States,. units of general local government and Indian tribes must subcontract with a PHA to administer the S+C/SRO, assistance. At such time as a system is in place to allow applicants other than PHAs to administer the assistance, a subcontract will no longer be required. unlike last year's competition, Appendices 31 and 34 of HUD Handbook 7420.3 will not be used to calculate bass and contract rer�.If or to determine eligible rehabilitation costs fo: the SRO co-nronent. Thit information will be specified in the application package ai.d technical assistance materials. Authority: The Shelter Plus Care program is authorized by title IV, subtitle F, of the McKinney Act (42 U.S.C. 11403), as amended by section 1406 of the 1992 Act. A final rule for the shelter Plus Care program, which incorporates changes made by the 1992 Act, is being published elsewhere in today's Federal Register. Funds made available under this NOFJL are subject to the requirements of that rule. Allocation: Approximately $300 million is available for assistance under the shelter Plus Care program. Unlike the 1992 S+C funding, separate allocations for each component have not been made. in accordance with section 459(a) of the McKinney Act, as amended by the 1992 Act, HUD will allocate at least 10 percent of the available funds for each component. After applications are rated and ranked, based on the criteria described below, BUD will determine if the conditionally selected projects achieve these Minimum percentages. if necessary, HUD will skip higher-ranked applications for a component for which the minimum percent has been achieved in order to achieve the minimum percent for another component. if there is an insufficient number of approvable applications in a component to achieve its minimum percent, the unused balance will be used for the next highest-ranked approvable application in the competition. Section 455(a) (2) of the McKinney Act includes geographic diversity as one of the selection criteria. In order to achieve geographic diversity, BUD will determine, after applications are rated and ranked, whether each of the four census Regions contains at least three conditionally selected applications. If not, BUD will substitute the highest ranked approvable applications in the necessary Census Region for applications at the bottom of the list of conditionally selected applications. Zligi,ble Activities: S+C funds may be used only for rental assistance, including security deposits, and for costs related to administering the rental assistance. Up to eight percent of the amount awarded may b used for such administrative costs. Recipients must make available supportive services that are at least equal in value to the aggregate amount of rental assistance provided by the grant. HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA Inter-Office Correspondence Board Of 'Supervisors I June 22, 1993 TO: DATE. FROM: .rtinez, Exective Director cc: Housing Authority Of Contra County SUBJECT: Request To Submit Preliminary Application For Shelter Plus Care Program The HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA is seeking authorization to submit a preliminary application for the Shelter Plus Care Program to the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs. The proposal , if funded, would provide rental assistance for persons who have acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) or related diseases. The only eligible applicants for the Shelter PlUs Care Program are states and units of general local goverment,. including public housing agencies. The deadline for the application is July 9, 1993 in Washington D.C. ' The Board of Supervisors will not be meeting again before this date. The Shelter Plus .Care Program requires that thelapplicant provide support services for the targeted disability group on an equal match to the housing assistance requested. This year, HUD will allow the supportive service "matches" to be funded from local , state and federal dollars. Shelter Plus Care funds can not be used to offset costs dollars. Shelter Plus Care funds can not be used to offset costs related to grants management, nor do they provide reimbursement for indirect charges, nor does the grant fund any of the costs related to supportive services. The grant only provides funds for rental subsidies, on a Fair Market Rent formula similar to the Federal Section 8 rental assistance program. The Housing Authority proposes to work with they Contra Costa County Public Health Department AIDS Program to coordinate the supportive services match. The AIDS Program is funded by Ryan White funds and Housing Opportunity for Persons with AIDS funding, which do not have County General Fund match requirements. The Health Services' Department AIDS Program, through the AIDS Network, will certify that supportive ser- vices will be available to the recipients of the rental assistance for the term of the grant, which is five years; The -Housing Authority will manage the Shelter Plus Care Tenant-based Rental Assistance. Due to the short timelines allowed for planning and the lack of funds to pay for supportive services, the development of a sound proposal was difficult. However, the dramatic increase in the numbers of persons being diagnosed with AIDS/HIV in Contra Costa County whose number one unmet need is for housing, coupled with the availability of state and federal funds to address the service needs of this popula- tion in Contra Costa County, present both an opportunity and an ,urgent..need that could be met under the Shelter Plus Care proposal .