To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Agreement #29-808-7 with the City of Martinez
?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 #29-808-7 with the City of Martinez, a government agency, to pay County an amount not to exceed $140,733 for the Coordinated Outreach, Referral and Engagement (CORE) Program to provide homeless outreach services to the City of Martinez for the period July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this Agreement will result in County receiving funds in an amount not to exceed $140,733 from the City of Martinez to provide homeless outreach services. No County match required.
BACKGROUND:
The CORE team serves 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 CORE Program provides homeless outreach services aimed at identifying homeless individuals, youth and families living without shelter and in locations not meant for human habitations. County has been providing homeless outreach service under this Contract since August 2017.
On October 24, 2023, the Board of Supervisors approved Agreement #29-808-6 with City of Martinez to pay County in an amount not to exceed $269,729 to provide homeless outreach services for the period July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024.
Approval of Agreement #29-808-7 will allow County to receive funds and continue providing homeless outreach services through June 30, 2025. This Agreement includes County agreeing to defend, indemnify and hold harmless the City for any claims arising out of or related to County's performance under this Agreement. This Agreement is delayed due to the division not receiving the agreement until July 3, 2024.
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