To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Approval of Infrastructure Grant Funding under the Behavioral Health Bridge Housing Program
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to sign two 10-year revocable grants and related documents, subject to approval by the County Administrator and approval as to form by County Counsel, granting up to $1,450,000 to Shelter Inc. for the purpose of renovating two Shelter Inc.-owned properties, one at 935 East Street in Pittsburg and one at 1859 Clayton Way in Concord, for use as shared housing for clients referred by Contra Costa Health - Behavioral Health under the Behavioral Health Bridge Housing program.
FISCAL IMPACT:
No impact on the General Fund. The funds being granted were awarded to the County for this purpose by the California Behavioral Health Bridge Housing (BHBH) program, with no matching funds requirement.
BACKGROUND:
On November 7, 2023, the Board of Supervisors approved an agreement with Advocates for Human Potential (AHP) in the amount of $20,488,722 for the BHBH Program. BHBH is designed to address the immediate treatment and housing needs of people experiencing unsheltered homelessness who have serious behavioral health conditions.
Up to $2,007,000 of the $20,488,722 awarded to the County under the BHBH program may be applied toward bridge housing start-up infrastructure costs. (The remaining funds awarded to the County under the program are available for the operation of bridge housing.) The two revocable grants that are the subject of this staff report will be used to fund start-up infrastructure costs at two sites owned by Shelter, Inc., a nonprofit public benefit corporation, to enable the properties to be used as shared housing in the BHBH program. The two sites are:
The Landings - 935 East Street, Pittsburg
This property is the site of ...
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