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Consider recommendations regarding Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention, Round 6 (HHAP 6) Subrecipient and Professional Service Agreements for the County of Santa Barbara and the Santa Maria/Santa Barbara County Continuum of Care (CoC) Allocations, as follows:
a) Approve, ratify and authorize the Chair of the Board of Supervisors to execute Subrecipient Agreements for the distribution of State of California HHAP 6 funding from the County of Santa Barbara and the Santa Maria/Santa Barbara CoC with the following providers in the specified not to exceed amounts, subject to annual appropriations and adopted budget funds during the period March 1, 2026, to March 31, 2028:
i) $231,000.00 to Channel Islands YMCA (CIYMCA) for Youth Rapid Rehousing;
ii) $92,000.00 to CIYMCA for Youth Permanent Housing Services and Services Coordination (PHSC);
iii) $40,000.00 to CIYMCA for youth Services and Services Coordination for People Experiencing Unsheltered Homelessness (SSCU);
iv) $563,012.00 to Good Samaritan Shelter (GSS) for Prevention and Diversion;
v) $87,042.00 to CIYMCA for youth Prevention and Diversion;
vi) $160,046.00 to GSS for SSCU;
vii) $300,000.00 to New Beginnings Counseling Center (NBCC), dba New Beginnings for SSCU;
viii) $458,061.00 to GSS for PHSC;
ix) $200,000.00 to Housing Authority of the County of Santa Barbara (HASBARCO) for PHSC;
x) $600,000.00 to NBCC, dba New Beginnings for Rapid Rehousing; and
xi) $324,141.00 to Partners in Housing Solutions for Rapid Rehousing;
b) Approve, ratify and authorize the Chair of the Board to execute Professional Services Agreements with the following providers in the specified not to exceed amounts:
i) $50,000.00 to Fighting Back Santa Maria Valley (FBSMV) for planning, coordinating, and operating the Santa Maria/Santa Barbara Continuum of Care Youth Advisory Board (YAB) during the period February 1, 2026, to January 31, 2027; and
ii) $50,000.00 to Uffizi Order, dba Santa Barbara Alliance for Community Transformation (SB ACT) for planning, coordinating, and operating the CoC Lived Experience Advisory Board (LEAB) during the period February 1, 2026, to January 31, 2027; and
c) Determine the above recommended actions are not the approval of a project that is subject to environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5), finding that the actions are organizational or administrative activities of government that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes to the environment.