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 Samaritan House
RECOMMENDATION:
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Measure K: Adopt a resolution authorizing an amendment to the agreement with Samaritan House for Coordinated Entry System Services, extending the term through June 30, 2020 and increasing the total amount by $895,969, to an amount not to exceed $3,095,969.
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BACKGROUND:
On August 5, 2016, the Human Services Agency (HSA) released a Request for Proposals (RFP) for Coordinated Entry System (CES): Shelter Division and Coordinated Assessment for the San Mateo County Homeless System. Samaritan House was selected as the vendor offering services that best met the County's needs in implementing the system.
On January 25, 2017 a start-up agreement of $100,000 initially funded shelter diversion and staffing positions for the creation of the CES program.
On March 14, 2017, your Board, by Resolution No. 075076, approved an amendment to the Agreement that increased the total agreement amount to $2,200,000 to cover the cost for the implementation of the full scope of services.
Developing and implementing CES is part of San Mateo County's Strategic Plan to End Homelessness 2016-2020, which was published in July 2016 (the Plan). The Plan creates a unified system, invests in best practices, and reorients the current homeless
system towards a housing crisis response. The Plan 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 longest history of homelessness.
In the past three years, Samaritan House has begun the process of implementing a system of change and provided services to coordinate a housing crisis reso...
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