AB 689

Pay for performance grant requirements

Under current law, the Department of Administration administers a number

of grant programs having the purpose of alleviating homelessness. This bill

establishes “pay for performance” requirements for certain grants issued under

those programs to grant recipients. For each eligible grant to a grant recipient, DOA

must withhold between 10 and 50 percent of the amount of the eligible grant for at

least six months after the award. DOA may then pay the amount withheld to the

grant recipient only if the recipient demonstrates that it has met one or more of the

following performance objectives compared to a base year, as determined by DOA:

1. Increased the number of homeless individuals and families securing

permanent housing after participation in programs offered by the grant recipient.

2. Increased the number of homeless individuals securing part-time or

full-time employment after participation in programs offered by the grant recipient.

3. Reduced the number of homeless individuals and families returning to

homelessness after participation in programs offered by the grant recipient.

Structured camping facilities

This bill authorizes DOA and, under the circumstances described below, cities,

villages, towns, and counties (political subdivisions) to designate public property,

other than county fairgrounds and public parks, for use as a “structured camping

facility” at which DOA may assign a homeless individual or family a specific location

for the purpose of allowing the individual or family to set up temporary residence at

the facility. DOA may allow homeless individuals and families assigned to a

structured camping facility to bring camping equipment and other personal items

onto the facility. Additionally, DOA must provide for public safety at structured

camping facilities and must ensure that potable water and adequate sanitary

facilities are available at each facility.

Also, under the bill, if a resident of a political subdivision petitions the political

subdivision to designate public property of the political subdivision as a structured

camping facility, the political subdivision may make a designation and must provide

DOA notice of the designation. If the political subdivision fails to make a designation

within 12 months after the resident's petition, DOA may designate public property

of the political subdivision as a structured camping facility without the political

subdivision's approval, but only if the political subdivision had a homeless

population above the per capita statewide average for political subdivisions in any

of the immediately preceding two statewide counts of homeless population in the

state, as determined by DOA. Otherwise, the bill provides that DOA may designate

the public property of a political subdivision as a structured camping facility only

with the approval of the political subdivision.

The bill also prohibits the setting up of a temporary residence on public

property that is not designated for recreational camping or as a structured camping