To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Grant Agreement #28-789-17 from the U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs Northern California Health Care System
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute Agreement #28-789-17 (VA #36C26124D0015) with the U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs Northern California Health Care System (VANCHCS), a Government Agency, in an amount payable to the County not to exceed $2,000,000 for the provisions of Health Care for Homeless Veterans (HCHV) services and associated operating cost of West County's Adult Interim Housing Program in Richmond, for the period from October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2028.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this agreement will result in funds from VANCHCS in an amount not to exceed $2,000,000 over a 5-year period for the West County's Adult Interim Housing Program in Richmond through September 30, 2028. (No County match is required)
BACKGROUND:
Ending homelessness among Veterans was established as a national priority by the Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary, Eric Shinseki, in November 2009 at the National Summit on Ending Veterans Homelessness. In June 2010, the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) released Opening Doors: Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness, which is fully aligned with this goal. Eliminating Veteran Homelessness remains one of three agency priority goals.
The HCHV program provides a gateway for eligible Veterans who are homeless to receive outreach services including care, treatment and rehabilitative services, case management services; and therapeutic transitional housing assistance. The program uses County's West County's Adult Interim Housing Program in Richmond to engage homeless Veterans who have been underserved.
The Health Services Department seeks continuous funding to provi...
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