To: Board of Supervisors
From: Dr. Grant Colfax, Health Services Director
Report Title: Agreement #78-085 with City of Hercules
☒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 #78-085 with the City of Hercules, a municipal corporation, to pay the County an amount not to exceed $48,965, to provide homeless outreach services under the Coordinated Outreach, Referral and Engagement Program, for the period from July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this Agreement will allow the County to receive an amount not to exceed $48,965 from the City of Hercules to provide homeless outreach services. No County match is required.
BACKGROUND:
The CORE team serves as an entry point into the county’s coordinated entry system for unsheltered persons and works to locate, engage, stabilize and house chronically homeless individuals and families. The CORE Program provides homeless outreach services aimed at identifying homeless individuals, youth, and families living without shelter and in locations not meant for human habitation.
Under new Agreement 78-087, City of Hercules will pay County to provide homeless outreach services under the CORE Program through June 30, 2026. This Agreement includes a mutual agreement provision that requires the parties to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the other party for any claims arising out of the performance under this Agreement. This Agreement is late due to County receiving the finalized documents from the City on June 18, 2025.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this Agreement is not approved, County will not receive funding and without such funding, the CORE program may have to operate at a reduced capacity.