Item 08 - Appropriation Adjustment to Recognize Homeless Housing, Assistance, & Prevention Funds Program

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EXHIBIT 2 City of Santa Ana 24-HHAP-10007 Page 29 of 31 EXHIBIT E SPECIAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS All proceeds from any interest -bearing account established by the Grantee for the deposit of HHAP-5 funds, along with any interest -bearing accounts opened by subrecipients to the Grantee for the deposit of HHAP-5 funds, must be used for HHAP-5-eligible activities. Grantees must maintain records of all expenditures of the proceeds from these interest -bearing accounts for five (5) years and report on these expenditures as required by HCD. HCD reserves the right to perform or cause to be performed a financial audit on the use of proceeds from interest - bearing accounts. 2. Per HSC section 50234 subdivision (f), any housing -related activities funded with HHAP-5 funds, including but not limited to emergency shelter (per HSC section 50236 subdivision (c)(3)(E), rapid -rehousing, rental assistance, transitional housing and permanent supportive housing, must be in compliance or otherwise aligned with the core components of Housing First, as described in Welfare and Institutions Code section 8255, subdivision (b). Individuals and families assisted with these funds must not be required to receive treatment or perform any other prerequisite activities as a condition for receiving shelter, housing, or other services for which these funds are used. In addition, HHAP-5 funding shall be used to adopt a Housing First approach within the entire local homelessness response system, including outreach and emergency shelter, short-term interventions like rapid re -housing, and longer -term interventions like supportive housing. 3. The Grantee shall utilize its local Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) to track HHAP-5-funded projects, services, and clients served. Grantee will ensure that HMIS data are collected in accordance with applicable laws and in such a way as to identify individual projects, services, and clients that are supported by HHAP-5 funding (e.g., by creating appropriate HHAP-5-specific funding sources and project codes in HMIS). 4. The Grantee shall participate in and provide data elements, including, but not limited to, health information, in a manner consistent with federal law, to the HMIS in accordance with their existing Data Use Agreements, and as required by HSC sections 50234(b) and 50220.6 and Welfare and Institutions Code section 8256. Any health information provided to, or maintained within, the Homeless Management Information System, or the State Homeless Data Integration System (HDIS), which compiles all HMIS data into a statewide data warehouse, shall not be subject to public inspection or disclosure under the California Public Program Name: Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention Program Round 5 "HHAP-5" NOFA Date: September 29, 2023 Approved Date: August 8, 2024 Prep Date: November 1, 2024