California Health and Safety Code 50804 – (a) Each designated local board shall submit to the department …
(a) Each designated local board shall submit to the department for approval, a local emergency shelter strategy for its region, describing the procedures for complying with requirements pursuant to this chapter and the regulations promulgated thereunder. The department shall establish, by regulation, the types of information that each designated local board shall include in the strategy, including, but not limited to, each of the following:
(1) A statement of goals and how goals will be achieved.
Terms Used In California Health and Safety Code 50804
- Department: means the Department of Housing and Community Development. See California Health and Safety Code 50801
- Designated local board: means a group, including social service providers and a representative of local government, that has met department requirements for distribution of grants allocated by the department pursuant to this chapter. See California Health and Safety Code 50801
- Emergency shelter: means housing with minimal supportive services for homeless persons that is limited to occupancy of six months or less by a homeless person. See California Health and Safety Code 50801
- Region: means a county or a consortium of counties voluntarily banding together by action of a designated local board. See California Health and Safety Code 50801
- Transitional housing: means housing with supportive services for up to 24 months that is exclusively designated and targeted for recently homeless persons. See California Health and Safety Code 50801
(2) A statement of priorities and how the priorities complement the local continuum of care planning process.
(3) A description of the application process and ranking criteria for the Emergency Housing and Assistance Program.
(4) Copies of application forms for the Emergency Housing and Assistance Program that the designated local board will use to evaluate requests for grants.
(5) A statement of how grant recipients shall be encouraged to develop year-round emergency shelters and transitional housing to meet the diverse needs of the homeless populations that include families, youth, and persons with physical and mental disabilities, people who are addicted to alcohol and drugs, people living with HIV/AIDS, veterans, the elderly, and pregnant women. Also, a description of how the local plan serves the needs of individuals and families at risk of homelessness as a result of eviction.
(b) The department shall establish a deadline, by which date the designated local board shall be required to submit a strategy for the department’s review.
(c) Upon the department’s approval of a strategy, the designated local board shall make the strategy broadly available to shelter and service providers and to other interested persons in its region.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 667, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 2001.)