Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Nicole Pollack, Director, Human Services Agency
Subject: Amendment to the Agreement with Abode Services for Rapid Rehousing
RECOMMENDATION:
title
Measure K: Adopt a resolution authorizing the Director of the Human Services Agency to execute an Amendment to the Agreement with Abode Services for Rapid Rehousing increasing the amount by $1,620,275 in Measure K funds and $538,684 in Housing and Disability Advocacy Program funds for a total obligation of $3,658,959 and extending the term by one year to June 30, 2019.
body
BACKGROUND:
The County of San Mateo maintains a strong commitment to prevent and end homelessness for County residents, with the goal of reaching a functional zero level of homelessness by 2020.
San Mateo County's Strategic Plan to End Homelessness by 2020 was designed to create a unified system, invest in best practices, and reorient the current homeless system towards housing crisis response. The plan addresses homelessness as a housing crisis and sets the path to develop a systematic approach targeted at helping people maintain their housing, returning unsheltered homeless people to housing as quickly as possible, and prioritizing existing system capacity for those who face the highest barriers and have the longest history of homelessness. Rapid Rehousing ("RRH") is a type of homeless service that assists people experiencing homelessness with returning to permanent housing as quickly as possible; rapid rehousing includes housing location assistance, case management, and time-limited financial assistance (also known as subsidies). RRH was the first in a series of Request for Proposals ("RFP") to procure services to implement all components of a housing crisis resolution system as identified in the County's strategic plan to end homelessness.
The Human Services Agency ("HSA") released an RFP in 2016 for RRH services. Abo...
Click here for full text