To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Amendment Agreement #25-111-1 with Contra Costa Interfaith Transitional Housing, Inc. (dba Hope Solutions)
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of the County Amendment Agreement #25-111-1 with Contra Costa Interfaith Transitional Housing, Inc. (dba Hope Solutions), a non-profit corporation, to amend Contract #25-111, effective May 1, 2024, to increase the payment limit by $782,450, from $782,450 to a new payment limit of $1,564,900 and to extend the termination date from June 30, 2024 to June 30, 2025 to provide additional rapid rehousing and homeless prevention services to seniors over 60 years of age and adults with disabilities in Contra Costa County who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless and enrolled in the Employment and Human Services Department (EHSD) Adult Protective Services (APS) Bureau’s Home Safe Program.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this amendment will result in additional budgeted expenditures of up to $782,450 and is funded 100% by the APS Home Safe Program funds. (No increase)
BACKGROUND:
This contract meets the social needs of county’s population by providing rapid rehousing and homeless prevention services to adults over 60 years of age and adults with disabilities referred by the Employment and Human Services Department (EHSD) to the Health Housing and Homeless Services Division (H3) who are enrolled in EHSD’s Adult Protective Services (APS) Bureau’s Home Safe Program and who are at risk of or currently experiencing homelessness. These services include case management which will assist participants with food assistance, substance use treatment, education and training, employment and benefits assistance, health care, mental health counseling, childcare, and credit repair. Rapid rehousing services will include providing financial assistance for security deposits, utility deposits/payments, moving costs, hotel/motel vouchers, paid shelter costs, housing application and credit/background check fees, partial, tiered, or full rental subsidies.
This contract is entered into under and subject to the following legal authorities: California Government Code § 26227 and 31000. This contract was approved by Health Services Personnel to ensure there is no conflict with labor relations. The Health, Housing and Homeless Services Division Contract Monitoring staff meet on a regular basis to ensure monitoring of performance measures set forth in the contract are upheld. The request for proposal (RFP) was posted on January 11, 2023 and closed on March 3, 2023. Contra Costa Interfaith Transitional Housing, Inc. (dba Hope Solutions) was selected through the RFP process on April 28, 2023.
On October 3, 2023, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #25-111 with Contra Costa Interfaith Transitional Housing, Inc. (dba Hope Solutions), in an amount not to exceed $782,450 to provide rapid rehousing and homeless prevention services to seniors and adults with disabilities in Contra Costa County through June 30, 2024.
Approval of Amendment Agreement #25-111-1 will allow the contractor to provide additional rapid rehousing and homeless prevention services through June 30, 2025.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this amendment is not approved, adults over 60 years of age and adults with disabilities who are homeless or at risk of being homeless will not have access to the contractor’s rapid rehousing and homeless prevention services further putting their health and safety at risk.