TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Health and Human Services Agency
MEETING DATE: May 19, 2020
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Tammy Moss Chandler
PHONE:
463-7774
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Bekkie Emery
PHONE:
463-7761
ITEM TYPE: Consent Agenda
TIME ALLOCATED FOR ITEM: N/A
AGENDA TITLE:
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Approval of Retroactive Agreement with Redwood Community Services, Inc. in the Amount of $121,080 to Provide Housing Navigation Services to CalWORKs Housing Support Customers in Mendocino County, Effective July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020
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RECOMMENDED ACTION/MOTION:
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Approve retroactive Agreement with Redwood Community Services, Inc. in the amount of $121,080 to provide Housing Navigation services to CalWORKs Housing Support customers in Mendocino County, Effective July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020; authorize the Health and Human Services Agency 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:
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SUMMARY OF REQUEST:
The California Department of Social Services (CDSS), CalWORKs Housing Support Program assists homeless CalWORKs families in quickly obtaining permanent housing, and provides wrap-around supports to families to foster housing retention. This program has been administered in Mendocino County since 2015 with Housing Navigation services provided by internal staff with competing priorities. These competing priorities have led to limited supports available for individual case management and program improvements. Additionally, due to a large volume of program applicants, the County CalWORKS Program Specialist currently manages only homeless households that score high on the vulnerability index. CalWORKS refers low scoring homeless households to RCS's Building Bridges Homeless Resource Center for shelter services, including Housing Navigation services. RCS provided these services to referred households anticip...
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