To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Agreement #29-817-7 with the City of 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 Agreement #29-817-7 with the City of Walnut Creek, to pay the County an amount not to exceed $267,096 to provide homeless outreach services under the Coordinated Outreach, Referral and Engagement (CORE) Program, for the period from July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this Agreement will allow the County to receive an amount not to exceed $267,096 for FY 2024-25 from the City of Walnut Creek. No County match is required.
BACKGROUND:
The CORE Program services locate and engage homeless clients throughout Contra Costa County. CORE teams serve as an entry point into the County's coordinated entry system for unsheltered persons and work to locate, engage, stabilize and house chronically homeless individuals and families. The County has been receiving funds from City of Walnut Creek for the CORE program since July 2017.
On June 25, 2024, the Board of Supervisors approved Agreement #29-817-6 to receive funds in an amount not to exceed $253,889 from the City of Walnut Creek for the provision of the CORE Program, for the period from July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024.
Approval of Agreement #29-817-7 will allow County to continue to receive funds for homeless outreach services through June 30, 2025. This Agreement includes agreeing to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the City for claims arising out of County's performance or failure to perform under this Agreement except for claims arising from the City's negligence and willful misconduct. There was a delay in requesting approval of this Contract due to County not receiving the Agreement from the City of Walnut Creek until October 24, 2024.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEG...
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