To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Amendment/Extension #25-075-10 with Trinity Center Walnut Creek
?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 Amendment/Extension Agreement #25-075-10 with Trinity Center Walnut Creek, a non-profit corporation, effective May 1, 2024, to amend Contract #25-075-9, to increase the payment limit by $200,000, from $200,000 to a new payment limit of $400,000, and extend the termination date from June 30, 2024 to June 30, 2025 for additional housing-focused case management services to individuals experiencing homelessness in Contra Costa County.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this amendment/extension will result in additional expenditures of up to $200,000 and budgeted by the department for FY 2024-25 and is funded 100% by Federal Housing and Urban Development (HUD) grant funds.
BACKGROUND:
This contractor operates the Coordinated Assessment and Resource (CARE) Center and provides housing focused case management services to individuals experiencing homelessness, including financial planning, benefits and employment assistance, reporting, training, managing a household and shopping for food, substance use treatment, education and training, employment assistance, benefits assistance, health care, mental health counseling, childcare, and credit repair from community-based agencies and meeting attendance, in support of the Continuum of Care (CoC) Project for County's Coordinated Entry System (CES). The CARE Center provides a safe, accessible place for individuals and families to access housing focused case management and to connect to other homeless services. Housing focused case management helps participants develop and pursue a housing plan, apply for benefits and increase income, problem-solve housing, and obtain documents needed for E...
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