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County of Santa Barbara
 Community Services Department, Div. of Housing and Community Development
 2020 State Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) Program 		CLOSED  Deadline  6/10/2020
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Description  [hide this]

The State of California Department of Housing and Community Development (State HCD) receives an annual allocation of Emergency Solutions Grant Program (State ESG) funds from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to assist individuals and families who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. The State HCD distributes State ESG funds to qualifying cities and counties, which are responsible for administering State ESG funds for their respective service areas. State HCD designated the County of Santa Barbara (County) as the Administrative Entity (AE) for the Santa Maria/Santa Barbara County Continuum of Care Service Area (CoC Service Area), which geographically encompasses Santa Barbara County. The Housing and Community Development Division (County HCD) will administer State ESG funds on behalf of the County and announces the availability of these funds to support homelessness assistance projects throughout the CoC Service Area.

The ESG program provides funding to: (1) engage homeless individuals and families living on the street; (2) improve the number and quality of emergency shelters for homeless individuals and families; (3) help operate these shelters; (4) provide essential services to shelter residents; (5) rapidly re-house homeless individuals and families; and (6) prevent families/individuals from becoming homeless. Under this NOFA 2020 State ESG funds may be used for three program components:

  • Street outreach (SO) in conjunction with Rapid Rehousing or Emergency Shelter,
  • Emergency Shelter (ES), and;
  • Rapid Re-housing (RR).

This NOFA should be read in conjunction with the following regulations, which establish HUD and State HCD requirements (See Exhibit A – Resources):

  • Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Title 24, Part 576; and
  • Department of Housing and Community Development Emergency Solutions Grants Program State Regulations, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Title 25, Division 1, Chapter 7, Subchapter 20.
Requirements  [hide this]

ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS Private non-profit organizations and units of general purpose local government may apply for ESG Program funds. ELIGIBLE BENEFICIARIES The minimum eligibility criteria for ESG Program beneficiaries are as follows: - For essential services related to street outreach, beneficiaries must meet the criteria under paragraph (1)(i) of the “homeless” definition under 24 CFR 576.2; - For emergency shelter, beneficiaries must meet the “homeless” definition in 24 CFR 576.2; - For essential services related to emergency shelter, beneficiaries must be “homeless” and staying in an emergency shelter (which could include a day shelter); - For homelessness prevention assistance, beneficiaries must meet the requirements described in 24 CFR 576.103; and - For rapid re-housing assistance, beneficiaries must meet requirements described in 24 CFR 576.104.
Restrictions  [hide this]

Per State guidelines a minimum of 40% ($121,343) of State ESG funds will be allocated to rapid re-housing activities across the Continuum of Care.

The minimum request amount per application is $80,000. 
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Description File Name Date Uploaded File Type
County HCD Webpage LINK 5/19/2020 5:04:29 PM LINK
Home for Good CoC Coordinated Entry System LINK 5/19/2020 5:04:59 PM LINK
HMIS User Central LINK 5/19/2020 5:05:25 PM LINK
CA Housing First Policy CaliforniaHousingFirstPolicy1.pdf 5/19/2020 5:07:55 PM PDF


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