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Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) recommending the Board:
1) Make findings in accordance with County Ordinance 3.13.030(B) that it is appropriate to contract with Volunteers of America-Northern California/Northern Nevada (VOA-NCNN), contingent on the County’s development of a Navigation Center project, to provide operations and case management services of the County’s Navigation Center under Agreement 6722, because pursuant to 3.13.030(B) “Specialty skills and qualifications not expressly identified in classifications are involved in the performance of the work;”
2) Approve and authorize the Chair to sign Agreement for Services 6722 with VOA-NCNN, in an amount not to exceed $1,347,963 for a term of one (1) year upon execution; and
3) Authorize the HHSA Director to administer said agreement and execute subsequent amendments that do not increase the maximum dollar amount or term of the Agreement, contingent upon approval by County Counsel and Risk Management, and to further authorize the Director of HHSA or the HHSA Agency Chief Fiscal Officer to execute any required fiscal and programmatic reports.
FUNDING: 100% State Homeless Grants; Emergency Solutions Grant Coronavirus and Homeless Housing Assistance Program.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
On November 9, 2021, the Board of Supervisors directed the Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) to work with El Dorado Opportunity Knocks (EDOK) to assess potential sites for a Navigation Center with an emergency shelter component. HHSA returned to the Board on April 19, 2022 (Item 22-0630) to provide a presentation regarding potential shorter and longer-term sites for a congregate Navigation Center with an emergency shelter component. Following the presentation, the Board adopted and authorized the Chair to sign Resolution 061-2022 for a Homeless Shelter Crisis Declaration which would allow for a shorter-term Navigation Center to be operational by Fall 2022. Additionally, the Board directed staff to:
1) pur...
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