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11 <br /> maintained.This provides for 70 total units plus all necessary components. Note:funds have been <br /> encumbered <br /> o FY 2021-22 Round 2: $124,000 <br /> o Total Spent as of First Quarter FY 2023-24: $96,182 <br /> o U.S.Treasury Portal Status: More than 50%Complete <br /> American Rescue Plan Act(ARPA)Coordinator—Finance <br /> This project supports and coordinates management of all Coronavirus State and Local Recovery <br /> Funds (CSLRF)/ARPA to ensure regulatory compliance, reporting, audit compliance, and maximum <br /> funding. <br /> o FY 2021-22 Round 2: $133,772 <br /> o Total Spent as of First Quarter FY 2023-24: $65,250 <br /> o U.S.Treasury Portal Status: 50%Complete <br /> Housing Helpline Coordinated Entry Specialist—Housing and Community Development <br /> This is now funded from the General Fund effective FY 2022-23 therefore funds will be <br /> reallocated.This project provides funding for a 0.5 FTE Coordinated Entry Specialist to support the <br /> Orange County Housing Helpline (HH). People in housing crisis can contact the Housing Helpline; staff <br /> their direct people to the most appropriate resources, including emergency financial assistance, <br /> homelessness prevention, homelessness diversion, shelter referrals, and permanent housing referrals <br /> through the coordinated entry by-name list. Funding for 0.5 FTE Coordinated Entry Specialist for <br /> prevention/diversion work would ensure that there are staff to field the average 1100 calls and 880 <br /> emails received each month. Funding for the 0.5 FTE Coordinated Entry Specialist would allow more <br /> staff on the Housing Helpline that is inundated with calls since launching in March 2020. Before COVID- <br /> 19, Orange County's Coordinated Entry system served about 60 households per month. Since April 2020, <br /> the Housing Helpline has served 4,411 households; 2,203 households of that total were served between <br /> October and December 2022. <br /> o FY 2021-22 Round 2: $32,202 <br /> o FY 2022-23 Round 1: $205,090 <br /> o Total Spent as of First Quarter FY 2023-24: $ 124,082 <br /> o U.S.Treasury Portal Status: More than 50%complete <br /> Landlord Incentive Program—Housing and Community Development <br /> This project provided funding for the Landlord Incentive Program (LIP), which provided <br /> payments directly to landlords signing new leases for Housing Choice Voucher/Section 8 holders and <br /> residents in search of housing as referred from partner agencies such as Compass, Local Re-entry <br /> Council, and others. LIP is managed by the Housing Access Coordinator and has been hugely successful <br /> in landlord recruitment. Since the COVID-19 eviction moratorium created stagnation in unit turnover, <br /> providing Landlord Incentives for new and renewing leases proved an effective strategy to create unit <br /> availability for people in housing search.The LIP provided up to $1,000 bonus for landlords signing new <br /> tenant participants in voucher and OCHCD partner programs and $500 for returning landlords. 166 <br /> individuals were served using this funding. <br /> 6 <br />