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Homeless Budget

2020-21 Adopted 2021-22 Proposed
Budget Budget

● Midnight Stroll Transgender Café – Funding is provided to support a safe 100,000 100,000
haven for unsheltered transgender individuals in Hollywood between the hours of
9:00 pm and 7:00 am.

● Mobile Laundry Truck – Funding is provided to offer individuals and families 67,600 67,600
experiencing homelessness a place to wash clothes. Funding includes the Mobile
Laundry Truck.

● Multidisciplinary Teams (MDTs) – One-time funding is provided for MDTs to - 900,000
facilitate the sharing of information between professionals who work on building
trust and relationships with people experiencing homelessness. Funding in the
amount of $450,000 will be provided to Council District 4 and Council District 11.

● Project Roomkey – Funding is provided for General Services Department, - 42,774,000
Personnel Department, and Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority costs to
extend and expand non-congregate shelter at hotels and motels to assist
individuals experiencing homelessness to maintain social distancing and other
critical COVID-19 prevention measures.
Proposition HHH
● Proposition HHH Project Expenditures – Reflects projected Proposition HHH 179,033,312 361,886,249
Permanent Supportive Housing Program expenditures in 2021-22. All project
costs are directly tied to project construction.

State Grants
● Homeless Emergency Aid Program (HEAP) – HEAP is one-time State grant for 41,519,265 -
emergency homeless needs. These funds support the construction and
operations of a A Bridge Home sites, outreach teams, hygiene facilities, and other
services throughout the City. All interest proceeds from its HEAP allocation be
used for HEAP-eligible activities.

● Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention Program (HHAP) – HHAP is a 59,964,970 34,955,554
one-time State grant to address immediate homeless needs. These funds will be
used to support A Bridge Home sites (interim housing) construction and
operations, prevention and diversion, rapid rehousing, outreach, hygiene
facilities, and other services. Funding is set aside for nine positions consisting of
● City Administartive Officer – one Administrative Analyst,
● City Attorney – one Deputy City Attorney III,
● General Services – one Senior Real Estate Officer,
● Mayor – one Director of Interim Housing Strategies, one Senior Project
Manager for A Bridge Home, one Senior Operations Manager for the United
Homelessness Response Center,
● Public Works, Bureau of Engineering – one Civil Engineer, one Civil
Engineer Associate III, and one Senior Management Analyst II
to provide administrative support for HHAP Program grant. Funding for these
positions will be provided through interim appropriations pending Mayor and
Council approval.

● Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention Program (HHAP 2) – HHAP is - 29,901,289
a one-time State grant to support regional coordination and expand or develop
local capacity to address immediate homelessness challenges. These funds will
be used to support COVID-19 Homelessness Roadmap operations, A Bridge
Home operations, outreach, public health services, hygiene facilities, programs
for youth experiencing homelessness or at-risk of being homeless, and other
services.

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