Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Claire Cunningham, Director, Human Services Agency
Subject: Amendment No. 4 of the Agreement with LifeMoves for Navigation Center operations to add funding for a Cost of Living Adjustment
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing Amendment No. 4 to the agreement with LifeMoves to add Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) amounts of $49,330 to increase the total obligation to an amount not to exceed $23,600,647.
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BACKGROUND:
San Mateo County's Navigation Center is a key component to the County's plan to reach a functional zero level of homelessness; that is, to offer every unsheltered person who chooses assistance a bed or unit in an emergency shelter, temporary housing, or permanent housing. The Navigation Center provides 240 temporary safe living spaces to individuals and couples experiencing homelessness in San Mateo County. Services are provided onsite and include intensive client-centered and housing-focused case management designed to help clients find and maintain permanent housing.
In September 2021, the Human Services Agency (HSA) issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) to identify a provider to operate and deliver non-congregate homeless services at the Navigation Center, and the non-profit LifeMoves was selected based on their experience providing shelter services, and overall program approach as outlined in the RFP evaluation criteria.
On October 18, 2022, by Resolution No. 079229, this Board entered into an agreement with LifeMoves to provide non-congregate shelter services and operate the Navigation Center for the term of October 18, 2022, through June 30, 2027, for a total obligation amount not to exceed $22,985,417
On August 23, 2023, HSA amended the agreement to address the temporary circumstances of the Navigation Center's elevator not yet being permitted for use, such that the County intended to undertake he...
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