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C. 52

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Date:	March 22, 2022

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Contract #25-098 with Contra Costa Interfaith Transitional Housing, Inc. (dba Hope Solutions)

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 03/22/2022

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:	Christy Saxton, 925-608-6700
cc:	L Walker M 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: March 22, 2022
Monica Nino, County Administrator

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of County Contract #25-098 with Contra Costa Interfaith Transitional Housing, Inc. (dba Hope Solutions), a non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed $2,013,806 to provide housing navigation support services to individuals who are experiencing homelessness or are at risk for homelessness and referred by Employment and Human Services Department‘s (EHSD) Housing Disability Advocacy Program (HDAP), for the period from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2024.

FISCAL IMPACT:

This contract will result in contractual service expenditures of up to $2,013,806 over a 3-year period and will be funded 100% by the Employment and Human Services Department.

BACKGROUND:

This contract meets the social needs of the County’s population by providing housing navigation support services to Contra Costa County families that are homeless. The contractor will provide housing navigation and housing location services to individuals approved by EHSD’s HDAP program who are experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness. EHSD will approve individuals who meet HDAP criteria and appear eligible for Social Security Income (SSI), Social Security Disability Income (SSDI), Veterans benefits, or Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants (CAPI). The contractor will house up to fifty-six (56) homeless and twenty-four (24) individuals at risk of homelessness who are referred by EHSD and are assessed as having potential eligibility to any of the SSI/SSDI, Veterans, or CAPI benefits.

Under Contract #25-098, the contractor will provide housing navigation support services to individuals who are experiencing homelessness or are at risk for homelessness for the period from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2024.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If this contract is not approved, homeless individuals will not have access to this contractor’s housing navigation services.