To: Board of Supervisors
From: DHHS: Social Services
Agenda Section: Consent
SUBJECT:
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Agreement with Betty Kwan Chinn Homeless Foundation to Provide Support Services via its Day Center Program and/or Temporary Housing Services to Eligible Referred Families
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Approve, and authorize the Chair to execute, the attached Professional Services Agreement with the Betty Kwan Chinn Homeless Foundation to provide support services via its Day Center program and/or temporary housing services to eligible families referred from Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS) - Social Services for the period of July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020 in an amount not to exceed $625,583; and
2. Direct the Clerk of the Board to return the executed Agreement to DHHS - Contract Unit for further processing.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Social Services Fund 1160
DISCUSSION:
On May 3, 2016 (item D-6), the Board approved the execution of an agreement between DHHS and the Betty Kwan Chinn Homeless Foundation (Foundation) to provide temporary housing services to eligible homeless families to support them becoming permanently housed in Humboldt County. On June 27, 2017 (item C-23), the Board approved the execution of a renewed agreement between DHHS and the Foundation to continue to provide temporary housing and life skills education services to eligible homeless families referred by DHHS programs. On July 11, 2017 (item C-19), the Board approved the execution of an agreement between DHHS and the Foundation to provide services at the Foundation's Day Center for DHHS clients experiencing homelessness.
Since its grand opening in September, 2016, the shelter program has been sheltering eligible families referred from CalWORKs and Child Welfare Services (CWS). To date, 54 families have been sheltered and a total of 12 families have been permanently housed since June, 2017.
The shelter program's housing s...
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