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File #: 24-4107    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Consent Item Status: Passed
File created: 11/15/2024 In control: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
On agenda: 12/3/2024 Final action: 12/3/2024
Title: APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute a contract with Public Health Foundation Enterprises, Inc. (dba Heluna Health), in an amount not to exceed $6,729,762 to provide coordinated entry, outreach, referral and engagement services for chronically homeless individuals in Contra Costa County for the period July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025. (7% Federal funds; 55% State Funds; 38% Local Grants)
To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Contract #25-089-4 with Public Health Foundation Enterprises, Inc. (dba Heluna Health)
?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 Contract #25-089-4 with Public Health Foundation Enterprises (dba Heluna Health), a non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed $6,729,762, to provide Coordinated Entry, Outreach, Referral and Engagement (CORE) services for chronically homeless individuals in Contra Costa County, for the period from July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025.

FISCAL IMPACT:
This Contract will result in annual contractual service expenditures of up to $6,729,762 and is funded by 7% Federal funds, 55% State Funds, and 38% Local Grants.

BACKGROUND:
This Contract meets the social needs of county's population by providing CORE services to homeless individuals in Contra Costa County. CORE provides outreach services and serves as an entry point into the County's coordinated entry system (CES) for unsheltered persons and work to locate, engage, stabilize and house chronically homeless individuals. Public Health Foundation Enterprise, Inc. has been providing CORE services to the County under this agreement since October 1, 2020. This Contractor has a long-standing relationship with Contra Costa County and has routinely demonstrated specialized expertise in providing full scope Human Resources to employees operating under Health, Housing and Homeless Services. This includes services provided to Emergency Shelters, Transitional Housing Programs, CORE, Coordinated Entry (CE), Continuum of Care (CoC), and Research and Evaluation programs provided to individuals and families experiencing homelessness. Contractor understands the needs of the County has knowledge and experience with the complex nature of what it takes to staff street ...

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