TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Health and Human Services Agency
MEETING DATE: May 4, 2021
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Bekkie Emery
PHONE:
463-7761
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Rachel Ebel-Elliott
PHONE:
463-7836
ITEM TYPE: Consent Agenda
TIME ALLOCATED FOR ITEM: N/A
AGENDA TITLE:
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Approval of Agreement with Redwood Community Services, Inc, in the Amount of $60,000 to Provide Housing Navigation Services to CalWORKs Housing Support and Family Stabilization Customers in Mendocino County, Effective July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022
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RECOMMENDED ACTION/MOTION:
recommendation
Approve Agreement with Redwood Community Services, Inc, in the amount of $60,000 to Provide Housing Navigation Services to CalWORKs Housing Support and Family Stabilization customers in Mendocino County, effective July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022; authorize the Health and Human Services Agency Assistant Director or designee to sign any future amendments that do not increase the annual maximum amount; and authorize Chair to sign same.
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PREVIOUS BOARD/BOARD COMMITTEE ACTIONS:
Most recent action: May 19, 2020, Item No. 4(s), Approval of BOS Agreement No. 20-050.
SUMMARY OF REQUEST:
Mendocino County has administered the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) CalWORKs Housing Support Program (HSP) since 2015. Under this program, housing navigation services are provided by internal County staff with competing priorities, limiting supports available for individual case management and program improvements. During Fiscal Year (FY) 2019-20, HSP received 63 referrals for caseload management; and during FY 2020-21, 35 referrals were received as of 3/1/21. Over the span of these two years, the program has assisted 60 families with interim shelter and 34 families with permanent housing rental subsidies. The collaborative efforts of County staff and community partners has resulted in 48 CalWORKs families obtaining permanent housing.
In order to improve the program, an...
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