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i <br /> City of Santa Ana <br /> 23-HHAP-10015 <br /> Page 1 of 24 <br /> Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention Program Round 4 (HHAP-4) <br /> Standard Agreement <br /> Contract for Funds <br /> EXHIBIT A <br /> AUTHORITY, PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF WORK <br /> 1) Authority <br /> The State of California has established the Homeless Housing, Assistance, and <br /> Prevention Program Round 4 ("HHAP-4" or "Program") pursuant to Chapter 6 <br /> (commencing with Health and Safety Code (HSC)section 50216) of Dart 1 of <br /> Division 31 of the Health and Safety Code, (Amended by Slats. 2021, Ch, 111, Sec, <br /> 4. (AB 140) Effective July 19, 2021.) <br /> The Program is administered by the California Interagency Council on <br /> Homelessness ("Cal ICH") in the Business, Consumer Services and Housing <br /> Agency ("Agency"). HHAP-4 provides flexible block grant funds <br /> to Continuums of Care, large cities (population of 300,000+) and counties to build on <br /> the regional coordination created through previous Cal ICH grant funding and <br /> support local jurisdictions in their unified regional responses to reduce and end <br /> homelessness. <br /> This Standard Agreement/Contract for Funds along with all its exhibits ("Agreement") <br /> Is entered Into by Cal ICH and a Continuum of Care, a city, or a county ("Grantee") <br /> under the authority of, and in furtherance of the purpose of, the Program. In signing <br /> this Agreement and thereby accepting this award of funds, the Grantee agrees to <br /> comply with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and the requirements <br /> appearing in the statutory authority for the Program cited above, <br /> 2) Purpose <br /> The general purpose of the Program is to (1) reduce homelessness by expanding or <br /> developing local capacity to address immediate homelessness challenges informed <br /> by a best-practices framework focused on moving homeless individuals and families <br /> Into permanent housing and supporting the efforts of those individuals and families <br /> to maintain their permanent housing; and (2) continue to build on regional <br /> coordination developed through previous rounds of HHAP funding (Chapter 6 <br /> (commencing with HSC section 50216). <br /> This funding shall: <br /> a) Continue to build regional collaboration between continuums of care, counties, <br /> and cities in a given region, regardless of population, and ultimately be used to <br /> develop a unified regional response to homelessness. <br /> Iriitial HereTE <br />