File #: 20-942    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Informational Report Status: Passed
File created: 7/22/2020 In control: DHHS: Social Services
On agenda: 8/18/2020 Final action: 8/18/2020
Title: Professional Services Agreement with Redwood Community Action Agency Regarding the Provision of Housing Assistance, Case Management and Support Services to Eligible Families as Part of the Parents and Children in Transition Program
Attachments: 1. Staff Report, 2. Professional Services Agreement with Redwood Community Action Agency Fiscal Year 2020-20, 3. COI 2019-2020.pdf, 4. Endorsement CG 2026 2019-04653 COH.pdf, 5. Endorsement E61 2019-04653 COH.pdf, 6. Executed Professional Services Agreement with Redwood Community Action Agency Fiscal Year 2020-20
Previous Action/Referral: 23-810, 22-763, 24-1439
To: Board of Supervisors

From: DHHS: Social Services

Agenda Section: Consent

SUBJECT:
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Professional Services Agreement with Redwood Community Action Agency Regarding the Provision of Housing Assistance, Case Management and Support Services to Eligible Families as Part of the Parents and Children in Transition Program
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Approve, and authorize the Chair of the Board to execute, the attached professional services agreement with Redwood Community Action Agency regarding the provision of housing assistance, case management and support services to eligible families as part of the Parents and Children in Transition Program in an amount not to exceed $450,490 for the period of July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021;
2. Authorize the Department of Health and Human Services - Child Welfare Services Director, or a designee thereof, to execute any and all subsequent amendments to the attached professional services agreement with Redwood Community Action Agency, after review and approval by County Counsel, Risk Management and the County Administrative Office; and
3. Direct the Clerk of the Board to return one fully executed original copy of the attached professional services agreement with Redwood Community Action Agency to the Department of Health and Human Services - Contract Unit for further processing.

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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Social Services Fund

DISCUSSION:
Since its inception in 2016, Redwood Community Action Agency's Parents and Children in Transition (PACT) Program has been providing housing assistance, case management and support services that are designed to enable eligible families to become stabilized and transition into permanent housing. To date, 45 families referred by the Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) have been served by the PACT Program and 24 families have obtained permanent housing.

The housing assistance, case management and suppor...

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