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Carlsbad approves memorandum of agreement with Oceanside for $11.4 million encampment grant and authorizes related agreements
Summary
The council authorized a memorandum of agreement with Oceanside and professional-service agreements tied to an $11.4 million state Encampment Resolution Funding grant; staff said the program will serve 350 people over three years and requires state reporting and a $5.3 million appropriation into the grant fund.
The Carlsbad City Council voted unanimously to authorize a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the city of Oceanside and to approve related professional service agreements as part of a joint application to the state's Encampment Resolution Funding program. The joint proposal secured an $11,400,000 award and is the only award in San Diego County among 20 statewide recipients, staff said.
Why it matters: the multi-jurisdictional grant will fund multidisciplinary outreach teams, street medicine, housing navigation, rapid rehousing and motel vouchers intended to move people out of encampments and into stable housing. Staff said Carlsbad's portion of the project will administer contracts for mental health support, housing navigation, a whole-person-care clinic for street medicine, and shelter services at La Posada. Oceanside will serve as the lead applicant and manage the state contract and reporting.
Staff presentation and details: Homeless services manager Chris Schelling told the council the grant funds will support four multidisciplinary teams with outreach social workers, peer support specialists, substance abuse coordinators, mental-health clinicians and housing navigators; a street-medicine team will address medical barriers to shelter and housing. The grant will use La Posada, Oceanside's navigation center, Oceanside's safe-parking program and motel vouchers as interim housing options. Schelling said the grant will serve approximately 350 people over three years and that the state requires quarterly reporting; cities must enter timely outcome data into the regional homeless-management information system.
Budget and restrictions: staff said the grant increases capacity without cost to the general fund. The presentation listed specific funding actions: Oceanside accepted the grant on August 21 and staff requested council authorization for the city manager to execute the MOA and to appropriate $5,300,000 to the state grant special revenue fund for fiscal year 2024-25. Staff also requested authorization for professional-service agreements and a procurement exemption. Staff noted that the state restricts use of some grant funds and that grant dollars are not eligible for law-enforcement or public-works activities.
Council action: Councilmember Bhatt Patel moved to adopt both resolutions for agenda item 4; the motion was seconded and passed unanimously. Councilmembers thanked Oceanside staff for the partnership and noted that the grant reporting requirements are robust. Staff said the city will report the shared by-name list data separately for the joint area when updating council.
Next steps: City staff will execute the MOA, finalize the professional-service agreements and appropriate the requested funds to the grant special revenue fund for FY 2024-25. Staff will return with implementation details and ongoing reporting as required by the state.
