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Subject: Permanent Access To Housing (PATH) Strategy
From: Human Services Department
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator To: 1. Enter Into Grant Agreements With Agencies Selected Under The City Of Oakland's 2014-2015 Request For Proposals (RFP) Process For The Permanent Access To Housing (Path) Strategy In An Amount Of $1,101,022 With An Option To Extend For An Additional Two Years Without Returning To Council; 2. Allocate A General Purpose Fund Match Up To $133,000 To East Oakland Community Project (EOCP) For The City's Families In Transition (FIT) Program, Funded By The U.S. Department Of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) Supportive Housing Program (SHP) Grant; 3. Allocate A General Purpose Fund Match Up To $52,750 To EOCP For The City's Matilda Cleveland Transitional Housing Program (MCTHP), Funded Under HUD/SHP; 4. Allocate Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Funds Up To $23,064 To Cover Lease Costs At The Matilda Cleveland Transitional Housing Facility For The Fiscal Year (FY) 2014-2015; 5. Accept And Appropriate Funding Up To $268,943 Awarded To The City Of Oakland By Alameda County And Enter Into A Grant Agreement With Bay Area Community Services, Inc., For Shelter Services From July 1, 2014 To June 30,2015; 6. Allocate Funds Up To $91,000 To Cover Mortgage Costs At EOCP For The Crossroads Shelter For The FY 2014-2015 And Enter Into A Grant Agreement With EOCP In The Amount Of $126,504 For The Operation Of The Shelter; 7. Allocate Funds Up To $40,020 To Fulfill The City's Annual Obligation To The Alameda County Everyone Home Strategy And Alameda County Homeless Management Information System (HMIS); 8. Allocate Match Funds $17,103 For The Abode Services Supportive Housing Program Grant To Increase Supportive Housing Services In Oakland Through The Oakland Path Rehousing Initiative (OPRI); 9. Enter Into A Grant Agreement With Alameda County Community Food Bank In The Amount Of $100,000 For The City's Hunger Program From July 1 2014 To June 30, 2015, And Accept Any Additional Funds Up To $50,000 Donated To The Hunger Program And Amend The Agreement With The Food Bank Without Returning To Council; And 10. Specify The Funding Sources Of Grant Funds For A Memorandum Of Understanding And Grant Agreement With Alameda County Behavioral Health Care Services (BHCS) Agency For Path Activities In The Amount Of $200,000 As Authorized By Resolution No 84927 C.M.S.