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The 2022-23 Budget: The Governor’s Homelessness Plan
Although the administration indicates that BH‑CIP could support people experiencing homelessness with behavioral health conditions, the funding is not limited to this population, nor is there an established set‑aside or strategy to target people experiencing homelessness. 
Since Approval, DHCS Has Developed Funding Plan and Key Program Details. When BH‑CIP was approved, several key implementation details were not fully developed yet. These outstanding details concerned (1) the funding plan, (2) what requirements local entities would need to meet to apply for and obtain funds, and (3) what the ultimate match requirement from local entities would be. Below, we discuss recent developments related to these key program details.

Funding Plan. DHCS intends to make BH‑CIP grant funds available through six rounds. Under this schedule, funding through rounds one and two were made available in 2021 and some awards were made. Round one ($150 million) is focused on mobile crisis infrastructure and round two ($16 million) is focused on local planning activities. DHCS has awarded $138.8 million through round one and $1.5 million through round two so far. For the later rounds, round three ($518.5 million) would be focused on launch ready projects, round four ($480.5 million) would be focused on children and youth facilities, and rounds five and six ($960 million combined) would be focused on priorities identified in a recently released DHCS analysis that examined the current capacity and statewide need for behavioral health services. Notably, this funding plan results in shifts in the estimated payment timing for BH‑CIP, such that less funding than anticipated will be distributed in 2021‑22 and more than anticipated will be distributed in 2022‑23. In addition, DHCS intends to apply a cap to most BH‑CIP funding for different regions of the state. (These caps would be determined by these regions’ share of 2011 realignment funds for behavioral health.) However, DHCS will reserve a small amount (not subject this cap) to distribute at its discretion depending on what statewide demand ultimately is.
Local Application Requirements. In order to obtain BH‑CIP funding, local entities will be required to participate in a pre‑application consultation on project readiness requirements.
The 2024-25 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program
The administration does not include any new SSP related proposals as part of the Governors 2024-25 budget.
Background
The SSI/SSP program provides cash grants to low-income aged, blind, and disabled individuals. Grant levels for SSI/SSP are determined by both the federal government and the state. Specifically, the federal government pays for the SSI portion of the grant while the state pays the SSP portion of the grant.
Federal Government Required to Provide Annual Cost-of-Living (COLA) Adjustment to SSI Grants… The federal government is required to provide an annual COLA each January to the SSI portion of the grant. The federal COLA is based on the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W). In years that the CPI-W is negative (as was the case in 2010, 2011, and 2016), the federal government does not decrease SSI grants, but instead holds them flat.
…While State Has Option to Provide Annual COLA to SSP Grants. The state has full discretion over whether and how to provide increases to the SSP portion of the grant. Until 2011, the state had a statutory annual COLA. These COLAs generally reflected whole-grant COLAs. Whole-grant COLAs worked by applying the California Necessity Index (CNI) to the total SSI/SSP grant. If the federal SSI COLA was not enough to increase total SSI/SSP grants to CNI-adjusted levels, then the SSP portion of the grant was increased by the remaining amount. (Despite the state statutory COLA, there were many years prior to 2011 when the COLA was not provided due to budget constraints.) After the Great Recession, SSP grants occasionally were increased by applying the CNI only to the SSP portion of the grant (in 2016-17 and 2021-22). Additionally, while not COLAs, SSP grant increases were provided in 2021-22, 2022-23, and 2023-24. We describe those increases more fully below.
During Great Recession, SSP Grants for Individuals and Couples Were Reduced to Federally Required Minimum.
The 2022-23 Budget: The Governor’s Homelessness Plan
Addressing this crisis requires a complex combination of services and infrastructure. As more information about recent state efforts becomes available, we suggest the Legislature assess which types of interventions appear most effective. This information could help guide the state’s long‑term fiscal and policy role in addressing homelessness. For instance, if Homekey were determined to be an effective state‑level intervention, the Legislature could consider establishing an infrastructure fund to support the purchase and rehabilitation of facilities over many years. 
State Appropriations Limit (SAL) Considerations. The SAL constrains how the Legislature can spend revenues that exceed a specific threshold. Given recent revenue growth, the SAL has become an important consideration in the state budget process and will continue to constrain the Legislature’s choices in this year’s budget process. However, certain types of spending, like some funding for capital outlay, are excluded from this limit. Some prior homelessness funding—such as General Fund spending on the Homekey Program—has met the SAL definition of capital outlay and has been excluded from the limit. As the Legislature crafts its homelessness package, allocating funding to homelessness programs excluded from the SAL could allow the state to allocate more funds to those programs than it otherwise could. 
For Any Authorized Funds, Set Clear Expectations and Establish Metrics to Assess Performance. We recommend the Legislature consider how the state would coordinate work related to these new proposals across programs and departments. Setting clear expectations through statute and establishing reporting requirements to facilitate oversight over the state’s progress towards addressing homelessness will be critical. Forthcoming information from the Homelessness Landscape Assessments and improvements to HDIS could help the Legislature make better‑informed budget decisions in future fiscal years and exercise stronger oversight over budget actions.
Specific Considerations for 2022‑23 Budget Proposals
How Has the Administration Assessed the Level of Need for Encampment Resolutions? While requests for encampment resolution funding in 2021‑22 exceeded availability by $70 million, the Governor’s proposal goes far beyond funding these original requests. The state’s ability to spend the major proposed augmentation is unclear. Understanding how recently introduced legislation may expand the scope of allowable usages of the funds will be important.
The 2022-23 Budget: The Governor’s Homelessness Plan
In addition, under BH‑CIP, the local match can be provided in the form of cash or in‑kind contributions (such as land or existing structures) subject to approval from the state.

Community Care Expansion Program
Community Care Expansion (CCE) Program Implementation Update. DSS received $805 million—$450 million federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) of 2021 funds, $53 million Home‑ and Community‑Based Services ARPA Fund, and $302 General Fund—in 2021‑22 to administer the CCE program. The program aims to expand and preserve residential facilities serving vulnerable adults and seniors—such as DSS‑licensed adult residential facilities and residential care facilities for the elderly. Facilities prioritized for funding will be those serving adults and seniors receiving Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) or Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants (CAPI) benefits, and/or at risk of or experiencing homelessness. CCE funding has not yet been allocated. DSS indicated that a joint request for applications (RFA) portal for CCE capital expansion projects and BH‑CIP shovel‑ready projects will be launched February 15 for counties, cities, tribes, non‑profits, and for‑profit organizations. Applications will be assessed along a number of criteria, including: efforts to advance racial equity, financial viability, long‑term operational sustainability, and comprehensive use of resources to serve the target population. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, with funding disbursed on a per‑project basis as applications are approved until funds are exhausted. 
Leading up to the release of the RFA, the administration has made a number of implementation decisions for the program:

Funding Division. Of the total funds, 75 percent will be available for capital expansion projects to acquire, construct, and rehabilitate facilities. The remaining 25 percent will be available (through a noncompetitive allocation to counties and tribes, separate from the RFA) to preserve facilities that serve the prioritized populations. The preservation funding will include $55 million for a capitalized operating subsidy reserve—for facilities running operating deficits—for use up to five years. 
Regional Approach With Set‑Asides.
Regional Early Action Planning (REAP) Grants of 2021 | California Department of Housing and Community Development
FTMBI will also provide services such as rental assistance, food, and transit passes to residents.Hoopa Valley Housing Authority: $4.89 million to develop utility, sewer, and active transportation infrastructure that will support a 35-unit affordable senior housing community in the near-term, and an additional 25 units in a future phase of development.Indian Cultural Organization (ICO), on behalf of the Winnemem Wintu Tribe: $2.06 million for Tuiimyali, the Tribe’s ecovillage revitalization project that will include the construction of approximately 18 homes that would reunite all 96 members in one location and reduce annual Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) by an estimated 280,992 miles.Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians: $2.18 million for the development of an infill housing project and connected multi-use paths. Program funds will go toward outreach, feasibility studies, predevelopment activities, and construction related to the development of housing units, as well as two multi-use bicycle and pedestrian paths.Wiyot Tribe: $4.99 million to acquire four underutilized, infill sites throughout Humboldt County to redevelop into affordable, multi-family housing projects.City of Nevada City: $300k to develop pre-approved residential designs that can be used to accommodate accessory dwelling units, SB 9 developments, or small primary homes that could be permitted without a discretionary review.County of Calaveras: $1.74 million to cover the cost of permit fees and utility connections for approximately 76 lower- to moderate-income homes near public transit and employment centers.County of Colusa: $2.4 million for planning and predevelopment activities, as well as infrastructure projects, that will support 48 income-restricted homes affordable to lower-income households.County of Inyo: $220k for zoning and General Plan updates that will reduce land use and zoning barriers.
The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of the Spending Plan (Final Version)
The 2023‑24 budget included budget‑related legislation aimed to increase oversight and accountability of the state’s housing and homelessness programs. At a high level, this legislation makes the receipt of Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention Program funding contingent on the creation of, and adherence to, a regionally coordinated homelessness action plan. It requires each plan to coordinate homelessness funding and services across the region, assign specific roles and responsibilities to each party to the plan, and set forth key actions that each party will take to reduce and prevent homelessness. 
Appendix
Note: In the online version of this report, we include a series of Appendix tables that have detailed information on the discretionary choices in the 2023‑24 Budget Act.
Appendix 1: Spending Solutions
Appendix 2: All Other Solutions
Appendix 3: New Discretionary Spending
Appendix 4: Large One-Time and Temporary Augmentations

 

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The 2022-23 Budget: The Governor’s Homelessness Plan
Additionally, the state’s Homeless Data Integration System (HDIS)—which tracks people served in the state—identified that 246,100 unique people accessed some form of homelessness service in the state in 2020—159,400 individuals and 83,500 families with children. Included in the individual and family totals are 24,300 unaccompanied youth. Finally, Figure 2 depicts how the state’s sheltered and unsheltered homeless populations have changed between 2010 and 2020. Recently, HUD released 2021 PIT count data for sheltered people experiencing homelessness. Challenges associated with the COVID‑19 pandemic means national data on unsheltered people experiencing homelessness will not be available for 2021. California had 51,400 sheltered people experiencing homelessness in 2021, a 5 percent increase in the population of sheltered people relative to 2020. The box below describes the challenges collecting accurate and timely homelessness data.

Challenges Collecting Accurate and Timely Homelessness Data
Federal Government and States Rely on Point‑in‑Time Counts. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requires Continuums of Care (CoCs) to conduct point‑in‑time (PIT) counts of people experiencing homelessness, generally on a single night in January. CoCs are required to conduct a PIT count of homeless individuals who are “sheltered” annually and a PIT count of individuals who are “unsheltered” at least once every two years, though CoCs may choose to conduct an unsheltered count annually. HUD requires CoCs to conduct PIT counts as a condition of receiving federal funding and uses the data to determine allocations of federal funds. States and local entities also rely on PIT data to inform their response to homelessness.
Homeless Population Likely Larger Than Available Data Reveals. Various factors, including difficulty reaching all unsheltered individuals, limitations on counting all forms of homelessness, and capacity constraints of CoCs complicate efforts to produce an accurate count. The expert consensus is that the HUD PIT count underrepresents the homeless population. 
COVID‑19 Further Complicates Data Availability and Accuracy. Federal reporting from the January 2020 PIT count (before the onset of COVID‑19) is available.
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The City of Dublin has below market rate rental and homeownership opportunities. The City also offers a First Time Homebuyer Loan Program to assist with down payment and closing costs when purchasing a home in the City of Dublin. To find out more about each respective program, see the City of Dublin Housing  web page. 

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Does the City of Dublin offer down payment assistance?

The City of Dublin offers first time home buyers down payment and closing cost assistance on homes purchased in Dublin. The First Time Homebuyer Loan Program is a 30-year loan term with deferred payments. The interest rate is 3.5% simple interest. The loan program offers up to $40,000 in assistance. 

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How can I get a grant or low interest loan to make home repairs or accessibility accommodations?

The City of Dublin collaborates with Alameda County’s Healthy Homes Department to offer home repair and accessibility accommodation grants and rehabilitation loans through the Fix Your Home program. Grants and loans are available to eligible low-income households. For more information, contact Alameda County at (510) 567-8280 or visit www.achhd.org. In addition, the City of Dublin has a Home Rehabilitation Program. It provides grants of up to $5,000 to assist qualifying low-income households to maintain their homes in a safe, livable condition and to improve the exterior appearance of the home. See the program flyer. Alameda County offers the Renew Alameda County program to low-income homeowners including multigenerational families, seniors and those with disabilities to access affordable, low-interest deferred payment loans for home improvement projects that maintain safe housing, increase accessibility, and ultimately prevent displacement. For more information, call (510) 803-3388 or visit www.renewac.org. 

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Who do I contact about the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program?

The Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program is administered by the Housing Authority of Alameda County (HACA). To apply for a voucher or to get information regarding your existing voucher, contact HACA at (510) 538-8876 or visit www.haca.net. HACA Website.
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Por ejemplo, califica si recibe pagos por desempleo, Medi-Cal, Cupones para alimentos (Cal Fresh), WIC, Cal-Works, Asistencia general, Seguridad de Ingreso Suplementario (Supplemental Security Income, SSI), Pagos Suplementarios del Estado (State Supplemental Payment, SSP), Ayuda Temporal Tribal para Familias Necesitadas (Tribal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Tribal TANF), Servicios de Apoyo en el Hogar (In-Home Supportive Services, IHSS) o Programa de Ayuda en Efectivo para Inmigrantes (Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants, CAPI). Tendrá que indicar qué beneficio recibe para calificar de esta manera.

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La cantidad establecida aparece en el formulario FW-001 (en español) en el punto 5b. Tendrá que proporcionar a la corte información sobre los ingresos de su hogar para calificar de esta manera.

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Tendrá que proporcionarle a la corte información sobre sus ingresos y gastos para calificar de esta manera.  

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Es posible que necesite información sobre sus ingresos y gastos para llenar el formulario de exención de cuotas.
Si recibe beneficios públicos, solo necesita verificar qué beneficio recibe en el formulario. No es necesario que llene la parte sobre sus ingresos o gastos.
Regional Early Action Planning (REAP) Grants of 2021 | California Department of Housing and Community Development
Eligible ApplicantsREAP 2.0 Funding Allocations and Eligible Applicants:       MPO Allocations (510 million)      Rural & Tribal (30 million)      Higher Impact Transformative (30 million)      Government Administration (30 million) Most of the program’s funding (85 percent, or $510 million) will flow directly to the state’s 18 Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs), and the MPOs may suballocate a portion of the funds to eligible entities (cities, counties, transit/transportation agencies) in their metropolitan region. The remaining funds are split into a set aside for Tribal entities and for eligible entities in smaller counties in non-MPO regions (5 percent, or $30 million), as well as for a Higher Impact Transformative set aside for all eligible entities (5 percent, or $30 million).Eligible ActivitiesThis is a flexible program. Funds can be utilized for planning efforts, or for implementing existing plans, as they relate to housing and infrastructure to support new housing.All REAP 2.0 applications must satisfy both housing and VMT reduction goals while emphasizing the nexus between housing and climate change in ways that advance equity and improve underlying social and health vulnerabilities that may have contributed to more severe public health outcomes of the pandemic.Statute does specify the following broad categories of eligible uses, though the program does allow some flexibility, and proposed uses must demonstrate a nexus to all program objectives:Accelerating infill housing developmentRealizing multimodal communitiesShifting travel behavior by reducing drivingIncreasing transit ridershipSee REAP 2.0 Final Guidelines for more information Accelerate InfillHousing+Affirmatively FurtherFair Housing+Reduce Vehicle MilesTraveled (VMT)

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Taking Steps to Better Serve Foster Youth

	California has made transformative changes to the way the State cares for children and youth in the foster care system. The Continuum of Care Reform (CCR) was founded upon the collective belief among stakeholders involved in California’s child welfare system that all children served by the foster care system need, deserve, and have an ability to be part of a loving family, and not to grow up in a congregate setting. When CCR implementation began in 2017, an interim foster care rate structure was created. However, statute requires a new payment structure by January 1, 2025. To this end, the Department recently unveiled a rate reform proposal, which was informed by feedback from current and former foster youth, county placing agencies, Tribes, and other interested parties.

	California is proposing to restructure rates so that they are based on the needs of each child, not placement type. By restructuring the system this way, California can help address historical racial inequities and help break the cycle of intergenerational poverty and trauma.

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Report Highlights Success of Project Roomkey

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