To: Board of Supervisors
From: Dr. Grant Colfax, Health Services Director
Report Title: Grant Agreement #28-372-7 with City of Richmond
Recommendation: Recommendation of the County Administrator
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of the County Grant Agreement #28-372-7 with the City of Richmond, to pay the County an amount not to exceed $1,660,151, for County to provide homeless outreach services under the County’s Coordinated Outreach, Referral and Engagement (CORE) Program for the period July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2029.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this Agreement will allow the County to receive funding in an amount not to exceed $1,660,151 over a three-year period from the City of Richmond. (No County match is required)
BACKGROUND:
The CORE Program identifies and initiates contact with homeless individuals living on the streets, assesses their housing and service needs, and facilitates connections to shelter, benefits, behavioral health and primary healthcare services throughout Contra Costa County. CORE teams serve as an entry point to County’s Coordinated Entry System for unsheltered persons and work to locate, engage, stabilize and house chronically homeless individuals and families. County has been providing homeless outreach services to the City of Richmond since May 2018.
On December 5, 2023, the Board of Supervisors approved Grant Agreement #28-372-5 with the City of Richmond, to pay County an amount not to exceed of $1,430,639, for the provision of homeless outreach services under the CORE Program for the period July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2026. This Contract included mutual indemnification to hold harmless both parties for nay claims arising out of the performance of the Contract.
On October 7, 2025, the Board of Supervisors approved Amendment Agreement #28-372-6 with the City of Richmond, to increase the amount payable to the County by $2,875,440 to an amount not to exceed $4,306,079, for the provision of additional homeless outreach services for the City of Richmond’s Encampment Resolution Funding 2-R Program, with no change in term.
Approval of Grant Agreement #28-372-7 will allow the County to receive funds from the City of Richmond and continue providing homeless outreach services through June 30, 2029. This Agreement includes a mutual indemnification provision to hold harmless both parties for any claims arising out of the performance of this Agreement. This Agreement is delayed due the County not receiving the agreement from the City of Richmond until September 27, 2026.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this Agreement is not approved, County will not receive funding and without such funding, the CORE program may have to operate at a reduced capacity.