To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Agreement #29-604-9 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 #29-604-9 with the City of Walnut Creek, which includes agreeing to indemnify the city, to pay County an amount not to exceed $20,000 for the operation of the Coordinated Outreach, Referral and Engagement (CORE) Program to provide homeless outreach services, for the period from July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this agreement will allow the County to receive funds in an amount not to exceed $15,000 ($10,000 from City of Walnut Creek's Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and $5,000 from the City of Walnut Creek's Homeless Services Fund (HSF) for Fiscal Year 2024-2025 from the City of Walnut Creek. A County match of $3,180 is required.
BACKGROUND:
The CORE Program will serve as an entry point into the Coordinated Entry System and identify, engage, stabilize and house chronically homeless individuals and families. CORE teams will contact a minimum of 1000 homeless individuals to provide basic needs supplies, counseling, benefits assistance, linkages to healthcare, shelter placement, and referrals and transportation to C.A.R.E. Centers. The County has been receiving funds from City of Walnut Creek for the CORE program since January 2017.
On December 5, 2023, the Board of Supervisors approved Grant Agreement #29-604-8 with the City of Walnut Creek to receive CDBG and HSF funds in an amount not to exceed $15,000 for the operations of the CORE Program to provide homeless outreach services from July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024.
Approval of Agreement #29-604-9 will allow County to continue to receive CDBG and HSF funds to provide outreach services through June 30, 2025. This Agreement includes Count...
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