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Board approves Measure O and state HAP awards from new NOFA after robust review and public comment
Summary
The Board of Supervisors approved staff recommendations to allocate Measure O and state HAP funds through a new NOFA process, awarding multiple community providers from roughly $6.4 million available; public commenters urged additional outreach to LGBTQ+ and other marginalized groups.
The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to approve recommendations from the Department of Health Services for awards under a new Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) using Measure O and state Homeless Housing Assistance and Prevention (HAP) funds.
Assistant Director Gabriel Kaplan and program analyst David Hyatt described a competitive NOFA that offered a maximum award of $500,000 per project, received more than 60 proposals requesting roughly $25 million, and had about $6.4 million available for awards split between Measure O (approximately $4.4 million) and HAP (about $1.4 million).
Kaplan said the county assembled a five‑member community advisory panel to evaluate applications with an eight‑criteria scoring rubric; the panel prioritized fully funding fewer programs at amounts…
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