To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Payment for Services Provided by Contra Costa Interfaith Transitional Housing, Inc. (dba Hope Solutions)
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Auditor-Controller, to pay $87,873 to Contra Costa Interfaith Transitional Housing, Inc. (dba Hope Solutions), a non-profit corporation, for the provision of additional rapid re-housing and homeless prevention services for the period from May 1, 2024 through June 30, 2024.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this action will result in a one-time expenditure in an amount not to exceed $87,873 and will be funded 100% by Employment and Human Services Department (EHSD) Housing Disability Advocacy Program (HDAP) grant.
BACKGROUND:
County has been contracting with Contra Costa Interfaith Transitional Housing, Inc. (dba Hope Solutions) since July 2021 to provide homeless services 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). EHSD approves 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 houses 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.
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.
Due to a higher than expected need for re-housing subsidies for homeless residence, the Division is requesting payment be made to cover the services provided by the Contractor in good faith in the amount of $87,873.
Contractor is entitled to payment for the reasonable value of their services under the equitable relief theory of quantum meruit. That theory provides that where a contractor has been asked to provide services without a valid contract, and the provider does so to the benefit of the County, the contractor is entitled to recover the reasonable value of those services. The Contractor has provided services at the request of the county after the original contract payment limit had been reached. The Department cannot pay contractor for services rendered that exceed the contract limits. As such, the Department recommends that the Board authorize the Auditor-Controller to issue a one-time payment not to exceed $87,873.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this payment is not approved, the Contractor will not be paid for services requested by County staff and provided by Contractor in good faith.