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File #: 24-3525    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Consent Item Status: Passed
File created: 10/4/2024 In control: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
On agenda: 10/22/2024 Final action: 10/22/2024
Title: APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute a contract amendment with Matthew Aronson (dba Matthew Aronson Consulting), to increase the payment limit by $55,134 to an amount not to exceed $214,359 for additional consultation and technical assistance for the youth needs assessment and Youth Homelessness Demonstration Project with no change in the term ending December 31, 2024. (47% Tipping Point Grant; 53% Homeless Housing and Assistance Program Grant)
To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Amendment Agreement #25-104-4 with Matthew Aronson (dba Matthew Aronson Consulting)
?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 Amendment Agreement #25-104-4 with Matthew Aronson (dba Matthew Aronson Consulting), a sole proprietor, to amend Contract #25-104 (as amended by Amendment Agreements #25-104-1 through #25-104-3), effective October 1, 2024, to increase the payment limit by $55,134, from $159,225 to a new payment limit of $214,359 to provide additional consultation and technical assistance for the youth needs assessment and Youth Homelessness Demonstration Project (YHDP) with no change in the term June 1, 2023 through December 31, 2024.

FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this Amendment will result in additional budgeted expenditures of up to $55,134 funded 100% by Homeless Housing and Assistance Program (HHAP) grant funds. (No rate increase)

BACKGROUND:
This Contract meets the social needs of County's population by providing support to the planning and implementation of a youth needs assessment and application to the YHDP grant offered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to address youth homelessness in Contra Costa County. Contractor will support the development and establishment of an effective Youth Action Board (YAB), including coaching and direct facilitation to ensure active youth and young adult (YYA) engagement and provide technical assistance for transition planning for the YYA homeless response system and the development of a Request for Proposal (RFP), including supporting the YAB's participation in RFP development and scoring.

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...

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