To: Board of Supervisors
From: Dr. Ori Tzvieli, Interim Health Services Director
Report Title: Contract #74-378-19 with Contra Costa Interfaith Transitional Housing, Inc. (dba Hope Solutions)
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Interim Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of the County Contract #74-378-19 with Contra Costa Interfaith Transitional Housing, Inc. (dba Hope Solutions), a non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed $464,438 to provide an on-site, on-demand and culturally appropriate Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) Prevention and Early Intervention (PEI) program for formerly homeless families, for the period July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this Contract will result in an annual budgeted expenditure of up to $464,438 for FY 2025-26 and will be funded 100% by MHSA-PEI funds.
BACKGROUND:
This Contract meets the social needs of County’s population by providing an on-site, on-demand and culturally appropriate PEI program to help formally homeless families. Contra Costa Interfaith Transitional Housing, Inc. (dba Hope Solutions) has been providing MHSA-PEI services to the County since July 1, 2009. 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 Behavioral Health’s Quality Management, Utilization Management and Contract Monitor Staff meet on a regular basis to ensure monitoring and performance measures in the Contract are upheld.
This provider was selected in collaboration with community stakeholder advisory bodies and was approved as part of the comprehensive Mental Health Services Act Three-Year Plan as required by State regulation. Providers interested in providing specialized services were invited proactively to participate in program development and offered the opportunity to submit interest at dozens of publicly noticed meetings. The services and vendors were identified in the formal Three-Year plan that was approved on the following schedule that was noticed to the public and approved by the Board on August 1, 2023. The Three-Year Plan was posted for public comment from June 5, 2023 through July 5, 2023, there was a Public Hearing at the Mental Health Commission meeting on July 5, 2023, and it was approved by the Board of Supervisors on August 1, 2023.
On September 24, 2024, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #74-378-18 with Contra Costa Interfaith Transitional Housing, Inc. (dba Hope Solutions), in an amount not to exceed $442,322, to provide an on-site, on-demand and culturally appropriate MHSA-PEI program to help formerly homeless families for the period from July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025.
Approval of Contract #74-378-19 will allow the Contractor to continue providing services through June 30, 2026.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this Contract is not approved, the MHSA-PEI services needed for patient care will create increased wait times due to the limited number of specialty providers available within the community.