To: Board of Supervisors
From: Marla Stuart, Employment and Human Services Director
Report Title: CSB - Contract # 39-806-57 California Department of Community Services and Development, Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
ADOPT a resolution to approve and to authorize the Employment and Human Services Director, or designee, to execute a revenue amendment agreement with the State of California Department of Community Services and Development to increase funding by $1,313,032 for a new payment limit not to exceed $4,940,009 for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, for the period November 1, 2023, through June 30, 2025.
FISCAL IMPACT:
$1,313,032: 100% Federal funds, all of which is budgeted in FY 24-25. No County match.
AL #93.568; State Agreement 24B-2005.
BACKGROUND:
On December 12, 2023, the Board approved item C.50 authorizing execution of a contract with the State of California Department of Community Services and Development (CSD) for the term November 1, 2023 to June 30, 2025.
The County routinely receives funding from CSD wherein Contra Costa County provides energy bill assistance payments and/or weatherization services to residents who are income eligible through the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) and the Energy Crisis Intervention Program (ECIP). The priority for services is to those households with the lowest income and highest energy burden. LIHEAP priority is to serve households with the following vulnerable populations: young children (ages 5 years or under), disabled, and elderly persons (ages 60 years or older).
This Staff Report will increase funding by $1,313,032 for a new payment limit not to exceed $4,940,009 with no change to the term.
CHILDREN’S IMPACT STATEMENT:
This Contract supports the fourth community outcome in the Children’s Report Card: (4) “Families that are Safe, Stable and Nurturing.”
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Should the proposed action not be approved by the Board of Supervisors, the County will not be able to receive funding to support the LHEAP initiative in Contra Costa County.
THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
and for Special Districts, Agencies and Authorities Governed by the Board
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IN THE MATTER OF California Department of Community Services and Development, Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program Revenue Agreement 24B-2005
WHEREAS, the Employment and Human Services Department received notification from the State Department of Community Services Development on October 25, 2023 to execute a revenue agreement for the 2024-25 Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), and
WHEREAS, the County routinely receives funding from CSD to provide energy bill assistance payments and/or weatherization services to residents who are income eligible through LIHEAP and the Energy Crisis Intervention Program (ECIP), and
WHEREAS, the program offers energy saving measures to Contra Costa residents to assist with home energy efficiency, and
WHEREAS, residents may also qualify for the Utility Assistance Program, which provides credit on their energy bills, and
WHEREAS, priority for services is to those households with the lowest income and highest energy burden, and
WHEREAS, priority is to service those households with the following vulnerable populations: young children (ages 5 years or under), disabled, and elderly persons (ages 60 years or older), and
WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors originally approved the County’s allocation of $3,626,977 for the 2024-25 program year on December 12, 2023, (C. 50), and
WHEREAS, this action is to accept the County’s additional allocation of $1,313,032 for an amount not to exceed $4,940,009 for the 2024-25 program year.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Contra Costa Board of Supervisors approve and authorize the Employment and Human Services Director, or designee, to execute a contract amendment with the State of California Department of Community Services and Development to accept an increase in funding of $1,313,032 for a new amount not to exceed $4,940,009 for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, for the period of November 1, 2023, through June 30, 2025.