California Department of Housing and Community Development Awards $11 Million to Address Homelessness
The California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) announced awards totaling $11 million from the federal Emergency Solutions Grants program. These awards will be used to address homelessness throughout California, using a comprehensive, multipronged approach.
The award recipients below will use the grants to help individuals and families avoid homelessness; quickly get back into housing (“rapid rehousing”) if they experience homelessness; conduct outreach and connect people at-risk of or experiencing homelessness to services and temporary or permanent housing.
“Homelessness is a multifaceted, complex problem, but the Emergency Solutions Grants allow us to tackle that problem from a number of angles, which is exactly what we need,” said HCD Director Ben Metcalf. “These grants and the additional funding sources now available in California give us the resources we need to take a big step toward ending homelessness in California.”
Funds for the Emergency Solutions Grants come from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and are distributed by HCD through two separate funding pools: Continuum of Care (CoC) Allocation Pool—regional or local planning bodies that coordinate housing and services funding for homeless families and individuals — as Administrative Entities and Balance of State (BoS) Allocation Pool for Continuums of Care “service areas” that do not contain a city or county that receives Emergency Solutions Grants directly from HUD.
The next round of Emergency Solutions Grants is expected to be available in Spring 2019.
Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) Program Funding Awards
$11 Million Awarded, March 20, 2019
For full breakdown of rapid rehousing, emergency shelter, street outreach, homelessness prevention, Homeless Management Information System (HMIS), and grant administration funding and distribution, please visit the ESG webpage.
ESG Balance of State Competitive Funding
| Applicant | TOTAL AWARD AMOUNT | Region | Continuum of Care |
|---|---|---|---|
| Center for Domestic Peace | $200,000 | Bay Area | Marin County |
| County of Napa Health & Human Services | $150,000 | Bay Area | Napa City & County |
| Homeless Service Center | $92,448 | Bay Area | Watsonville/Santa Cruz City and County |
| Catholic Charities, Diocese of San Diego | $200,000 | Central & Imperial Valley | Imperial County |
| The Salvation Army, A California Corporation | $200,000 | Central & Imperial Valley | Visalia, Kings, Tulare Counties |
| Women Haven | $200,000 | Central & Imperial Valley | Imperial County |
| Inyo Mono Advocates for Community Action, Inc. | $125,000 | Central & Imperial Valley | Inyo, Mono, Alpine Counties |
| Central California Family Crisis Center, Inc. | $127,415 | Central & Imperial Valley | Visalia, Kings, Tulare Counties |
| Amador-Tuolumne Community Action Agency | $200,000 | Northern | Amador/Calaveras/ Tuolumne/Mariposa Counties |
| Empower Tehama | $200,000 | Northern | Tehama County |
| Chico Community Shelter Partnership | $200,000 | Northern | Chico/Paradise/Butte Counties |
| Redwood Community Services, Inc. | $150,000 | Northern | Mendocino County |
| Amador-Tuolumne Community Action Agency | $200,000 | Northern | Amador/Calaveras/ Tuolumne/Mariposa Counties |
| The Salvation Army | $191,308 | Northern | Chico/Paradise/Butte Counties |
| Total | $2,436,171 |
ESG Balance of State Noncompetitive Funding
| Applicant | TOTAL AWARD AMOUNT | Region | Continuum of Care |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ritter Center | $95,145 | Bay Area | Marin County |
| County of Napa Health & Human Services | $59,149 | Bay Area | Napa City and County |
| Shelter, Inc. | $78,612 | Bay Area | Vallejo/Solano County |
| Mission Samoa, Inc. | $50,000 | Bay Area | Vallejo/Solano County |
| Families in Transition of Santa Cruz County, Inc. | $79,770 | Bay Area | Watsonville/Santa Cruz and County |
| Homeless Services Center | $79,771 | Bay Area | Watsonville/Santa Cruz and County |
| Empower Yolo, Inc | $128,952 | Central & Imperial Valley | Davis/Woodland/Yolo County |
| The Center for Violence Free Relationships | $73,074 | Central & Imperial Valley | El Dorado County |
| Catholic Charities Diocese of San Diego | $154,357 | Central & Imperial Valley | Imperial County |
| Inyo Mono Advocates for Community Action, Inc (IMACA) | $53,566 | Central & Imperial Valley | Inyo, Mono, Alpine Counties |
| Sierra Saving Grace Homeless Project | $147,892 | Central & Imperial Valley | Merced City and County |
| Advocates for Mentally III Housing, Inc. (AMI) | $100,595 | Central & Imperial Valley | Roseville/Rocklin/Placer and Nevada Counties |
| The Salvation Army, A California Corporation | $193,775 | Central & Imperial Valley | Visalia, Kings, Tulare Counties |
| Amador-Tuolumne Community Action Agency (ATCAA) | $64,024 | Northern | Amador/Calaveras/Tuolumne/Mariposa Counties |
| Chico Community Shelter Partnership | $122,239 | Northern | Chico/Paradise/Butte Counties |
| Glenn County Health & Human Services Agency | $92,835 | Northern | Colusa, Glenn, Trinity Counties |
| Arcata House Partnership | $134,734 | Northern | Humboldt |
| North Coast Opportunities | $133,900 | Northern | Lake County |
| Redwood Community Services, Inc. | $67,949 | Northern | Mendocino County |
| Mendocino Coast Hospitality Center | $67,948 | Northern | Mendocino County |
| Shasta County Health & Human Services Agency | $100,000 | Northern | Redding/Shasta, Siskiyou, Lassen, Plumas, Del Norte, Modoc Sierra Counties |
| PCIRC | $36,112 | Northern | Redding/Shasta, Siskiyou, Lassen, Plumas, Del Norte, Modoc Sierra Counties |
| Poor and the Homeless Tehama County Coalition | $108,542 | Northern | Tehama County |
| Bridges to Housing | $35,000 | Northern | Yuba City and County/Sutter County |
| The Salvation Army | $84,890 | Northern | Yuba City and County/Sutter County |
| Total | $2,342,831 |
ESG Continuum of Care/Administrative Entities
| Continuum of Care Name | TOTAL AWARD AMOUNT |
|---|---|
| Bakersfield/Kern County | $274,914 |
| Daly/San Mateo County | $191,409 |
| Fresno/Madera County | $285,252 |
| Los Angeles City and County | $1,120,838 |
| Oakland/Alameda County | $350,731 |
| Oxnard/San Buenaventura/ Ventura County | $151,216 |
| Richmond/Contra Costa County | $290,527 |
| Riverside City and County | $300,452 |
| Sacramento City and County | $211,186 |
| Salinas/Monterey, San Benito Counties | $298,831 |
| San Bernardino City and County | $293,078 |
| San Diego City and County | $425,630 |
| San Jose/Santa Clara City and County | $383,493 |
| San Luis Obispo County | $105,272 |
| Santa Ana/Anaheim/Orange County | $584,187 |
| Santa Maria/Santa Barbara County | $336,401 |
| Santa Rosa/Petaluma/Sonoma County | $219,741 |
| Stockton/San Joaquin County | $178,649 |
| Turlock/Modesto/Stanislaus County | $289,501 |
| Total | $6,291,308 |
| TOTAL AWARD AMOUNT | |
|---|---|
| ESG Balance of State Competitive Funding | $2,436,171 |
| ESG Balance of State Noncompetitive Funding | $2,342,831 |
| ESG Continuum of Care/Administrative Entities | $6,241,308 |
| Grand Total | $11,070,310 |