To: Board of Supervisors
From: Dr. Grant Colfax, Health Services Director
Report Title: Contract #74-723-3 with A Place to Call Home
?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 #74-723-3 with A Place to Call Home, a non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed $588,993, to provide transitional housing services for homeless adults with serious behavioral conditions and/or Opioid Use Disorder and co-occurring Substance Use Disorder (SUD), for the period July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2029.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this Contract will result in annual budgeted expenditures of up to $588,993 over a three-year period and will be funded by 60% Behavioral Health Services Act; 30% Behavioral Health Bridge to Housing (BHBH) and 10% Opioid Settlement Funds.
BACKGROUND:
The BHBH program is an initiative of the California Department of Health Care Services to operate housing settings to address the immediate housing needs of people experiencing homelessness with serious behavioral health conditions, including mental illness and/or substance use disorder. The primary focus of the BHBH Program is to help people experiencing homelessness who have serious behavioral health conditions that prevent them from accessing help and moving out of homelessness.
This Contract is entered into under and subject to the following legal authorities: California Government Code ?? 26227 and 31000. Health Services Personnel approved this Contract to ensure no conflicts with labor relations. The Behavioral Health's Quality Management, Utilization Management and Contract Monitor Staff meet on a regular basis to ensure monitoring and performance measures in the Contract are upheld. Per Administrative Bulletin 600.3, the Department has posted a continuous Request for Qualifications and maintains a current qualified list of vendor...
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