Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Nicole Pollack, Director, Human Services Agency
Subject: Measure K: Amendment to the Agreement with Abode Services for Rapid Re-housing Services
RECOMMENDATION:
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Measure K: Adopt a resolution authorizing an amendment to the agreement with Abode Services for Rapid Re-housing services, increasing the amount by $1,256,883 in Measure K funds for a revised total obligation of $4,915,842 and extending the term by one year through June 30, 2020.
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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.
Since July 2016, the Human Services Agency (HSA) has focused on system changes and the implementation of the strategies outlined in the County's strategic plan around homelessness. The strategic plan has created a unified system, invested in best practices, and reoriented the homeless system towards housing crisis response. The plan has also shifted programming to a systemic 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 longest history of homelessness. Rapid Re-housing (RRH) is a type of homeless service that assists people experiencing homelessness with returning to permanent housing as quickly as possible. It 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.
On November 15, 2016, by Resolution 074892, this Board approved an agreement with Abode Services fu...
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