Including unaccompanied women as a subpopulation priority will be required to receive state funding to address homelessness beginning next year. Including domestic violence survivors and their children will also be required. The California Interagency Council on Homelessness will be required to set and measure progress toward goals to prevent and end homelessness among unaccompanied women…

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Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention Program (HHAP) Round 5 prioritizes funding activities that are largely different from prior rounds of HHAP. Family Homelessness Challenge (FHC) Grants and Technical Assistance Program Round 2 funds will only be awarded to Round 1 awardees who remain compliant with FHC Grants Round 1 requirements and demonstrate progress towards their objectives.…

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New Budget Trailer Bills Concern the: Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention Program Housing and Disability Advocacy Program Bringing Families Home Program Home Safe Program Trailer Bill Language is the implementing language of the California State Budget Bill. Trailer bills provide policy details that follow the main budget bill and details measures that direct how to…

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Several Bills Introduced Last Week Reveal the Kind of Actions That Legislators Want to Become Law During the 2023 Legislative Session to Further Help Mitigate the Statewide Homelessness Crisis California legislation concerning homelessness began to take shape when the Legislature reconvened last week on December 5th, which initiated the 2023 legislative session. Several bills that focused…

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The last day for each house to pass bills was August 31. The last day the Governor could approve legislation was September 30. The Legislature is scheduled to reconvene in regular session on December 5 to immediately organize to further the 2023 legislative session. Regarding homelessness, some of the approved 2022 legislation requires: “cities, counties,…

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