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C. 63

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Date:	January 5, 2021

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Grant Agreement #28-945 with Kaiser Permanente, Community Benefit Program

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 01/05/2021

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:	Lavonna Martin, 925-608-6701
cc:	Marcy Wilhelm

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: January 5, 2021
Monica Nino, County Administrator

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of the County, Grant Agreement #28-945 with Kaiser Permanente, Community Benefit Program, to pay the County an amount not to exceed $95,000, for the Built for Zero Accelerator Project and support the Health, Housing and Homeless Services Division's efforts to reduce unsheltered homelessness in Contra Costa County, for the period from January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021.

FISCAL IMPACT:

Approval of this grant agreement will result in up to $95,000 in funding from Kaiser Permanente to support the County’s Built for Zero Accelerator Project. No County match is required.

BACKGROUND:

The goal of the Built for Zero Accelerator Project is to reduce unsheltered homelessness by 15% by January 2022 based on unsheltered clients identified in the annual Point-in-Time counts. The drivers toward that goal (and the larger aim of ending homelessness) are two-fold: (1) reduce inflow through prevention, and (2) accelerate outflow to permanent housing. The County has been a participating community agency in the Built for Zero Accelerator Project since its inception in 2015. Since that time the community has achieved quality data for both the veteran and chronic sub-populations supported by a strong data infrastructure and dedicated staffing. Additionally, the community has developed a functioning coordinated entry system with multiple leadership tables formed and focused on population-level reductions. Local Continuum of Care Program leadership has participated in quality improvement training through the Institute for Healthcare Improvement as well as participating in multiple training and improvement coaching through Built for Zero Project. The County has identified a number of strategies to acheive goals that reflect the community aims and priorities, and are aligned with multiple regional and local initiatives.

One of the goals the County has identified is the addition of an Improvement Advisor to support quality improvement work and allow for expanding unsheltered homelessness service capacity. Unsheltered homelessness is of increasing concern and an Improvement Advisor will ensure that the County’s system is set up to best serve and measure service delivery to that population over time. The Improvement Advisor will also help ensure that those same skills and processes are built into the larger system for continuous quality improvement beyond the Built for Zero Accelerator Project.

Approval of Grant Agreement #28-945 will allow the County to receive funds from Kaiser Permanente to incorporate an Improvement Advisor in support of the Built for Zero Accelerator Project through December 31, 2021.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If this application is not approved, the County will not receive funding to provide an Improvement Advisor for the Built for Zero Accelerator Project.