File #: 19-1708    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Informational Report Status: Passed
File created: 11/21/2019 In control: DHHS: Administrative
On agenda: 12/16/2019 Final action: 12/16/2019
Title: Professional Services Agreement with Redwood Community Action Agency Regarding the Provision of Rental Assistance, Case Management and Supportive Services to Individuals Under 22-Years of Age who are Experiencing, or at Risk of Experiencing, Homelessness in Humboldt County
Attachments: 1. Staff Report, 2. Professional Services Agreement with Redwood Community Action Agency Regarding the Provision of Rental Assistance, Case Management and Supportive Services to Individuals Under Twenty-Two (22) Years of Age who are Experiencing, or at Risk of Experiencing,, 3. County Risk Manangement 2019-2020, 4. Endorsement E61 2019-04653 COH, 5. Executed Professional Services Agreement with Redwood Community Action Agency Regarding the Provision of Rental Assistance, Case Management and Supportive Services to Individuals Under Twenty-Two (22) Year.pdf
To: Board of Supervisors

From: DHHS: Administration

Agenda Section: Consent

SUBJECT:
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Professional Services Agreement with Redwood Community Action Agency Regarding the Provision of Rental Assistance, Case Management and Supportive Services to Individuals Under 22-Years of Age who are Experiencing, or at Risk of Experiencing, Homelessness in Humboldt County
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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 rental assistance, case management and supportive services to individuals under 22-years of age who are experiencing, or at risk of experiencing, homelessness in Humboldt County for the period of Dec. 17, 2019 through Dec. 16, 2020;
2. Authorize the Department of Health and Human 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 route 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:
Mental Health Fund

DISCUSSION:
On Sept. 5, 2018, the California Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency issued a Notice of Funding Availability for the Homeless Emergency Aid Program (HEAP). HEAP funds are intended to allow counties and cities throughout the State of California to provide immediate emergency assistance to people experiencing, or at risk of experiencing, homelessness (Target Population).

The parameters of HEAP are intentionally broad in order to allow local governmental agencies to craft programs that meet the s...

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