BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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Date of Hearing: May 20, 2015
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Jimmy Gomez, Chair
AB
388 (Chang) - As Amended April 22, 2015
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| |Veterans Affairs | |9 - 0 |
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Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program: NoReimbursable: No
SUMMARY:
This bill requires the Department of Housing and Community
Development (HCD), in collaboration with the Department of
Veterans Affairs (CalVet) to include specified information
relating to the effectiveness of the Veterans Housing and
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Homeless Prevention (VHHP) Bond Act of 2014 in an annual report.
FISCAL EFFECT:
Annual costs, for three years, of approximately $123,000 (GF)
for up to one position for the likely need to establish a new
data collection system. On-going costs of approximately $57,000
for half a position thereafter.
COMMENTS:
1)Purpose. According to the author, "Under the program
guidelines adopted in February, entities that receive funding
pursuant to Proposition 41, also known as sponsors, will be
required to submit reports on their respective programs.
However information on the effectiveness of these programs is
not required in these reports. AB 388 will provide
Californians and policy makers with the data necessary to
demonstrate that the $600 million approved under Prop. 41 is
providing sufficient services for California's veterans."
2)Background. The VHHP Act was created to expand housing and
service options for veterans, cost-effectively leverage public
dollars, reduce the number of homeless veterans and the
attendant public costs. The focus of the VHHP Act is on
housing for veterans who are homeless or at risk for
homelessness and in need of services such as mental health
counseling, substance abuse treatment, job training, and
physical therapy to address injuries.
Existing law requires HCD to submit an annual report to the
Governor and the Legislature on the operations and
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accomplishments of the housing programs administered by HCD.
The annual report must include an evaluation, in collaboration
with CalVet, of any program established by HCD pursuant to the
VHHP Act.
The VHHP Program guidelines require local governments and
non-profits receiving VHHP Act funds for supportive and/or
transitional housing to report to HCD and/or CalVet on client
data and performance outcome data. While these data are
mandatory, there are no required criteria for what this data
must include. AB 388 would require the inclusion of a
specific set of data, partially based on suggested criteria
within the program guidelines, in HCD's annual report.
3)Prior Legislation. AB 639 (Perez), Chapter 727, Statutes of
2013, established the VHHP Act, an initiative measure enacted
by the voters as Proposition 41 at the June 3, 2014 primary
election.
Analysis Prepared by:Jennifer Swenson / APPR. / (916) 319-2081
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