To: Board of Supervisors
From: Ellen McDonnell, Public Defender
Report Title: Contract amendment with Contra Costa Interfaith Transitional Housing, Inc. DBA Hope Solutions, a non-profit corporation.
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Public Defender, or designee, to execute a contract amendment for contract number 4998201, with Contra Costa Interfaith Transitional Housing, Inc. DBA Hope Solutions, a non-profit corporation, to increase the payment limit by $102,545, to a new payment limit of $2,774,882, for additional contract staff support to serve Holistic Intervention Partnership (HIP) participants, with no change to the term ending February 28, 2026.
FISCAL IMPACT:
100% California State Board of Community Corrections.
BACKGROUND:
In August of 2022, the Contra Costa County Office of the Public Defender and the Contra Costa County Health, Housing, and Homeless Services Department secured a $6 million grant from the California Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) to expand the Holistic Intervention Partnership (HIP). HIP provides support to those involved in the criminal legal system in an effort to improve outcomes for indigent Contra Costa County residents who struggle with mental illness, substance dependence, and homelessness. The grant provides dedicated funds to preserve or provide housing for the estimated 35% of Public Defender clients who are unhoused or at risk of being unhoused and approximately half of the total amount funds housing staffing and resources as well as direct dollars for housing for people involved in the local criminal legal system.
The contract amendment increase of $102,545 will provide an additional Navigator position to assist with client enrollments and housing navigation.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this amendment is not approved, services which would be funded by the additional amount of $102,545 will not be provid...
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