File #: 20-1491    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Informational Report Status: Passed
File created: 11/9/2020 In control: DHHS: Administrative
On agenda: 12/8/2020 Final action: 12/8/2020
Title: Professional Services Agreement with Arcata House Partnership Regarding the Provision of Drop-In Center, Case Management and Supportive Services to Individuals and Families Who Are Homeless or at Risk of Homelessness
Attachments: 1. Staff Report, 2. Professional Services Agreement with Arcata House Partnership Regarding the Provision of Drop-In Center, Case Management and Supportive Services to Individuals and Families Who Are Homeless or at Risk of Homelessness, 3. Certificate (5) County of Humboldt SIP, 4. Certificate, 5. Executed Professional Services Agreement with Arcata House Partnership Regarding the Provision of Drop-In Center, Case Management and Supportive Services to Individuals and Families Who Are Homeless or at Risk of Homelessness, 6. Public Comment C9, C10, C11, C12, C13, C17, C21, H2, H4.pdf
To: Board of Supervisors

From: DHHS: Administration

Agenda Section: Consent

SUBJECT:
title
Professional Services Agreement with Arcata House Partnership Regarding the Provision of Drop-In Center, Case Management and Supportive Services to Individuals and Families Who Are Homeless or at Risk of Homelessness end

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 Arcata House Partnership regarding the provision of drop-in center, case management and supportive services to individuals and families who are homeless, or at risk of homelessness, for the period of July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021;
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 Arcata House Partnership, 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 Arcata House Partnership to the Department of Health and Human Services - Contract Unit for further processing.

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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Behavioral Health Fund (1170)

DISCUSSION:
On Aug. 15, 2018 and March 21, 2019, the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) released Notices of Funding Availability (NOFA) for the California Emergency Solutions and Housing (CESH) Program. CESH Program funds are intended to allow public agencies that have been designated as the administrative entity by the local Continuum of Care to assist individuals and families who are homeless or at risk of homelessness (Target Population).

The parameters of the CESH Program are intentionally broad in order to allow local governmental agencies to implement projects that meet the specific needs of ...

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