Homeless youth emergency service projects.

Existing law establishes homeless youth emergency service projects in the Counties of Los Angeles, Santa Clara, San Diego, and in the City and County of San Francisco for the purpose of providing specified services to homeless youth, including food and access to overnight shelter, counseling to address immediate emotional crises and problems, and screening for basic health needs. Existing law requires the Office of Emergency Services to monitor these projects, which are funded through a grant program to eligible private, nonprofit agencies with a demonstrated record of success in the delivery of services to homeless youth. This bill would establish an additional homeless youth emergency service project in the County of Sacramento. The bill would require the office to prepare and disseminate a request for proposal for the grantee by June 1, 2019, and would require the office to enter into a grant award agreement and the grantee to commence operation of the project by October 1, 2019.