DATE: April 7, 2026
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Sanja Bugay, Director, Department of Social Services
SUBJECT: Standard Agreement with the California Department of Housing and Community Development for Transitional Housing Program Round 7 and Housing Navigation and Maintenance Program Round 4 Funding
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute the Standard Agreement with the California Department of Housing and Community Development for funds from Round 7 of the Transitional Housing Program and Round 4 of the Housing Navigation and Maintenance Program, effective upon execution by the State, through five years from the effective date, total not to exceed $1,491,333.
REPORT
Approval of the recommended action will allow the Department to receive funding from the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) for programs designed to assist youth, aged 18-24 years old, with securing and maintaining housing. There is no Net County Cost associated with the recommended action. This item is countywide.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
Should your Board choose not to approve the recommended action, current services would not be immediately impacted and the existing contract would continue through the end of its current term. However, the Department would forfeit $945,909 of Transitional Housing Program (THP) funds and $545,424 of Housing Navigation and Maintenance Program (HNMP) funds that support current youth housing services. As a result, once existing funding is exhausted, the Department would have reduced capacity to continue supporting youth housing services.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no increase in Net County Cost associated with the recommended action. If approved, the Department would receive $945,909 of THP and $545,424 of HNMP funding that must be expended by June 30, 2028. Sufficient appropriations and estimated revenues are included in the Department's Org 5610 FY 2025-26 Adopted Budget and will be inc...
Click here for full text