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Receive a verbal update from County staff and consider approving an Appropriation Transfer Request (ATR) to appropriate $206,370 as a non-County contribution to Community Action Partnership (CAP) Solano Joint Powers Authority (JPA) for State approved Project Roomkey COVID-19 projects in Solano County (4/5 vote required)
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
The Department of Health and Social Services recommends that the Board receive a verbal update from County staff and approve an Appropriation Transfer Request (ATR) to appropriate $206,370 as a non-County contribution to Community Action Partnership (CAP) Solano Joint Powers Authority (JPA) for State approved Project Roomkey COVID-19 projects in Solano County (4/5 vote required)
SUMMARY:
In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill (SB) 89 on March 17, 2020, proclaiming a state of emergency for California and to support the urgent need for non-congregate sheltering. SB 89 provides $100 million in emergency grant fund awards to California counties, Homeless Continuums of Care, and the State's 13 largest cities. Solano County was awarded $206,370, and on April 7, 2020, the Board approved the grant award agreement with the California Homeless Coordinating and Financing Council and asked that the department return with additional details regarding the use of the funds.
The core purpose of this funding is to protect people experiencing homelessness and the surrounding communities through efforts to reduce the spread of the COVID-19 outbreak, and to minimize strain on the health care system related to bed capacity. Recently renamed "Project Roomkey" (Attachment A) by State officials, Governor Newsom has proposed a plan to secure up to 15,000 hotel or motel units statewide, targeting the highest COVID-19 capacity needs in communities as a core strategy to flatten the virus...
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