To: Board of Supervisors
From: Dr. Grant Colfax, Health Services Director
Report Title: Agreement #29-817-8 with the City of Walnut Creek
☒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 #29-817-8 with the City of Walnut Creek, to pay the County an amount not to exceed $283,915 for the Coordinated Outreach, Referral and Engagement (CORE) Program to provide homeless outreach services on weekdays, for the period from July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this Agreement will allow the County to receive an amount not to exceed $283,915 for FY 2025-26 from the City of Walnut Creek. No County match is required.
BACKGROUND:
The CORE Program services locate and engage homeless clients throughout Contra Costa County. CORE teams serve as an entry point into the County’s coordinated entry system for unsheltered persons and work to locate, engage, stabilize and house chronically homeless individuals and families. The County has been receiving funds from City of Walnut Creek for the CORE program since July 2017.
On December 17, 2024, the Board of Supervisors approved Agreement #29-817-7 to receive funds in an amount not to exceed $267,096 from the City of Walnut Creek for the provision of the CORE Program, for the period from July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025.
Approval of Agreement #29-817-8 will allow County to continue to receive funds for weekday homeless outreach services through June 30, 2026. This Agreement includes agreeing to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the City for claims arising out of County’s performance or failure to perform under this Agreement except for claims arising from the City’s negligence and willful misconduct. There was a delay in requesting approval of this Contract due to County not receiving the Agreement from the City of Walnut Creek until January 9, 2026.
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.