To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Agreement #78-033-1 with City of Pittsburg
?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 #78-033-1 with City of Pittsburg, to pay the County an amount not to exceed $880,848 to provide homeless outreach services for the Coordinated Outreach, Referral and Engagement (CORE) Program, for the period from July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2027.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this agreement will allow the County to receive an amount not to exceed $880,848 over a 3-year period from the City of Pittsburg to provide homeless outreach services. No County match is required.
BACKGROUND:
The CORE Program identifies and initiate contact with homeless individuals living on the streets, assess their housing and service needs, and facilitate 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. The CORE Team will assure City of Pittsburg receives an annual minimum of two thousand eighty (2,080) hours of service from the CORE Team under this Agreement.
On June 13, 2023, the Board of Supervisors approved Agreement #78-033 with City of Pittsburg, to pay County in an amount not to exceed $269,729 to provide CORE homeless outreach services for the City of Pittsburg for the period July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024.
Approval of Agreement #78-033-1 will allow County to continue to receive funds to provide CORE homeless outreach services for the City of Pittsburg through June 30, 2027. This Agreement includes mutual indemnification to defend, indemnify and hold harmless both parties for any claims arisi...
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