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County staff brief Task Force on HAP 6 requirements, encampment documentation and recent ERF awards
Summary
Tulare County staff reviewed the sixth round of the state's Homelessness Action Plan (HAP 6), new requirements to inventory encampments and bed capacity, and timeline pressures. County and city partners reported recent awards and housing project openings, including ERF funds and Homekey activity.
Tulare County staff and partner agencies used the March 19 task force meeting to review state HAP 6 application requirements, explain new encampment documentation demands, and outline a short timeline for completing a regionally coordinated plan.
Noah (county staff) said HAP 6 maintains a state emphasis on regional applications and system performance measures (SPMs) — including counts of people accessing services, point‑in‑time counts, exits to permanent housing, returns to homelessness within six months, and average time to housing. He said the application requires a regionally coordinated homeless action plan that lists partners, roles, and a budget for each eligible activity, and that the state is now asking for an inventory of interim and permanent supportive housing beds along with capital and operating costs for those beds. "This is a very heavy lift in a relatively short time frame," Noah said; staff estimated…
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