To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Contract #25-098-2 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 County Contract #25-098-2 with Contra Costa Interfaith Transitional Housing, Inc. (dba Hope Solutions), a non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed $1,949,700 to provide rapid re-housing and homeless prevention services to individuals who are for individuals who are at risk of or currently experiencing homelessness and referred by Employment and Human Services Department‘s (EHSD) Housing Disability Advocacy Program (HDAP) for the period from July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This Contract will result in annual service expenditures of up to $1,949,700 and will be funded 100% by EHSD Housing Disability Advocacy Program grant funds.
BACKGROUND:
This Contract meets the social needs of County’s population by providing rapid rehousing and homeless prevention services to Contra Costa County individuals experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness. Contractor will provide these services to individuals approved by EHSD’s HDAP program individuals that are homeless who are experiencing homelessness. EHSD will approve individuals who meet HDAP criteria and appear eligible to receive Social Security Income (SSI), Social Security Disability Income (SSDI), Veterans benefits, or Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants (CAPI). Contractor will house up to seventy-two (72) homeless individuals referred by EHSD and assessed as having potential eligibility to any of the SSI/SSDI, veterans, or CAPI benefits.
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 (H3) 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 December 15, 2023 and closed on January 31, 2024. This Contractor was selected through the RFP process on May 15, 2024.
On March 22, 2022, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #25-098 with Contra Costa Interfaith Transitional Housing, Inc. (dba Hope Solutions), in an amount not to exceed $2,013,806 to provide housing navigation support services to individuals who are experiencing homelessness or are at risk for homelessness for the period from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2024.
Approval of Contract #25-098-2 will allow Contractor to continue to provide rapid rehousing and homeless prevention services through June 30, 2025. This Contract is late due to the Division not receiving the interagency agreement for the HDAP grant allocation from EHSD until June 25, 2024.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this Contract is not approved, homeless individuals will not have access to Contractor’s rapid rehousing and homeless prevention services.