To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Correct Board Order Item #C.22 with Contra Costa Interfaith Transitional Housing, Inc. (dba Hope Solutions)
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
RESCIND Board action of October 8, 2024 (C.22), which pertained to a contract with Contra Costa Interfaith Transitional Housing, Inc. (dba Hope Solutions); and APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of the County Contract #25-127 with Contra Costa Interfaith Transitional Housing, Inc. (dba Hope Solutions), a non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed $5,562,496 to provide property management and onsite supportive services at El Portal Place, a County-owned facility located at 2555 El Portal Drive in San Pablo, having fifty-four new units of permanent supportive housing for qualifying individuals who are at risk of, or experiencing, homelessness in Contra Costa County, for the period July 11, 2024 through June 30, 2027.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this action will not result in additional contractual expenditures for fiscal years 2024-2027, which will be funded 90% by Federal funds and 10% by State funds.
BACKGROUND:
On December 14, 2021, the Board of Supervisors authorized the Health Services Director to apply for and accept Homekey Program funding from the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) for the purpose of acquiring the property located at 2555 El Portal Drive in San Pablo to expand available housing for persons experiencing homelessness. On November 21, 2023, the County received a letter from HCD notifying the County that it had been awarded Homekey Program grant funds in the amount of $16 million to be used for the purchase of the property. The acquisition was completed on July 11, 2024. The facility has been named El Portal Place.
The existing building on the property has been renovated to...
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