To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Grant Agreements #29-539-14 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 #29-539-14 (VA #36C26123D0117) with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Northern California Health Care System (VANCHCS), a Government Agency, to pay County in an amount not to exceed $750,000 for the provisions of Health Care for Homeless Veterans (HCHV) services and associated operating cost of the Philip Dorn Respite Center through the Central County's Adult Interim Housing Program in Concord, for the period from September 29, 2023 through September 28, 2028.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this agreement will result in funds from VANCHCS in an amount not to exceed $750,000 over a 5-year period for the Central County's Adult Interim Housing Program, Philip Dorn Respite Center in Concord through September 28, 2023. (No County match is required)
BACKGROUND:
The HCHV Program exists to provide a means of removing homeless Veterans from the street or habitation unfit for humans and placing them in community-based, residential environments with sufficient supportive services to meet their basic needs and ultimately, facilitate the improvement of their overall health status and housing situation.
The National Institute for Medical Respite Care has described Medical Respite Care as acute and post-acute care for people experiencing homelessness who are too ill or frail to recover from an illness or injury on the streets or in a shelter, but who do not require hospital-level care. Unlike "respite" for caregivers, "medical respite" is short-term residential care that allows individuals experiencing homelessness the opportunity to rest, recover, and heal in a safe environment while accessing medica...
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