To: Board of Supervisors
From: Dr. Grant Colfax, Health Services Director
Report Title: Agreement #29-605-8 with the City of Pleasant Hill
☒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 Agreement #29-605-8 with the City of Pleasant Hill, to pay County an amount not to exceed $147,076 to provide homeless outreach services under the Coordinated Outreach, Referral and Engagement (CORE) Program for the period July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this Agreement will allow the County to receive an amount not to exceed $147,076 from the City of Pleasant Hill for FY 2025-26 to provide homeless outreach services. No County match is required.
BACKGROUND:
The CORE team serves as an entry point into the County’s Coordinated Entry System for unsheltered persons and works to locate, engage, stabilize and house chronically homeless individuals and families. The CORE Program provides homeless outreach services aimed at identifying homeless individuals, youth, and families living without shelter and in locations not meant for human habitation. The County has been receiving funds from City of Pleasant Hill for the CORE program since March 2017.
On October 22, 2024, the Board of Supervisors approved Agreement #29-605-7 with the City of Pleasant Hill, to pay County an amount not to exceed $140,733 to provide homeless outreach services for the CORE Program for the period July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025.
Approval of Agreement #29-605-8 will allow the County to continue to receive funds from the City of Pleasant Hill and provide services through June 30, 2026. This Agreement includes a mutual agreement provision that requires the parties to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the other party for any claims arising out of the performance under this Agreement. This Agreement was delayed due to County not receiving the Agreement from the City of Pleasant Hill until June 18, 2025.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this Agreement is not approved, County will not receive funding and the CORE program will have to operate at a reduced capacity.