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Board approves Measure O and state HAP awards after community panel reviews 60 proposals
Summary
The Board of Supervisors approved recommendations to award Measure O and state Homelessness Assistance and Prevention (HAP) funds to about a dozen nonprofit and county programs after a community advisory panel reviewed more than 60 proposals; awards include multiple three‑year grants of up to $500,000.
The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors on March 18 approved staff recommendations to distribute Measure O and state Homelessness Assistance and Prevention (HAP) grant funds to community providers, following a community advisory panel review of more than 60 proposals.
The Department of Health Services recommended using roughly $4.4 million from Measure O and $1.4 million from the state's HAP program to fund a set of behavioral‑health and homelessness projects. Assistant Director Gabriel Kaplan and Program Planning Analyst David Hiatt described a process that relied on a five‑member community advisory panel and scoring criteria designed to improve equity and accessibility.
"One of the big innovations that we're moving forward in terms of approaching how to get the money out into the community" said Gabriel Kaplan, assistant director of the Department of Health Services, describing why staff used a Notice of Funding…
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