Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Ken Cole, Director, Human Services Agency
Subject: Agreements with the Core Service Agencies
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution waiving the Request for Proposals process and authorizing the Director of the Human Services Agency, or designee, to execute agreements with the Core Service Agencies to provide safety net services for the term of July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022, for the following total obligation amounts of: (1) Coastside Hope, $203,496; (2) Pacifica Resource Center, $203,641; (3) Puente de la Costa Sur, $121,165; (4) Samaritan House, $695,719; (5) Samaritan House South, $257,393; (6) Young Men's Christian Association of San Francisco (YMCA), $313,502; (7) City of Daly City - Community Service Center, $349,695; (8) City of Redwood City - Fair Oaks Community Center, $330,793.
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BACKGROUND:
The Human Services Agency ("HSA") contracts with community-based organizations to operate the eight Core Service Agencies (collectively, the "Cores") located throughout the county to ensure residents throughout the County have access to safety net services. Safety net services provided by the Cores include emergency food and referrals to food, emergency rental assistance, financial assistance for utilities, and transportation assistance. The Cores also serve as the entry point for the homeless Coordinated Entry System ("CES"), which assesses, prioritizes and connects residents to homeless services.
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Cores have been providing additional vital services to an influx of residents in need of assistance. The Cores have been operating additional emergency programs including but not limited to providing emergency rental assistance to households impacted by COVID-19, working with tenants and landlords during the eviction moratorium, and providing emergency assistance of food to households in isolatio...
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