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Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) recommending the Board:
1) Award Request for Qualifications 21-952-038, to the response identified as most appropriate by the evaluation panel, Volunteers of America-Northern California/Northern Nevada (VOA-NCNN), to provide operations and case management services at a homeless interim housing site, contingent on the County’s purchase of an as yet-to-be determined interim housing site; and
2) Authorize HHSA to negotiate a three (3) year Agreement for Services, that will be brought back to the Board for approval, with VOA-NCNN in an estimated annual amount of $326,112.45, for fiscal years 2021-22, 2022-23, and 2023-24.
FUNDING: 100% State and Federal Homeless Grants.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND:
On April 29, 2021, the Chief Administrative Office (CAO) Procurement and Contracts Division, released Request for Qualifications (RFQ) 21-952-038, which was requested by the Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) to solicit responses for Operations and Case Management services at an interim housing site located in County of El Dorado (County), contingent upon purchase of said yet-to-be determined site. The site will provide temporary housing for individuals experiencing homelessness consistent with the Core Components of Housing First Principles as defined in the California Welfare and Institutions Code (WIC) Section 8255(b).
Interim Housing Operations and Case Management
HHSA’s Housing and Homelessness Services has applied for grant funding from State and Federal sources and intends to purchase an interim housing site in the County to provide short-term housing to medically vulnerable individuals experiencing homelessness.
This RFQ was established to meet a requirement in applying for the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Stimulus (CARES) Act associated Community Development Block Grant (CDBG-CV) grant, wherein the County was required to demonstrate both site control and a plan for providing the Operations and ...
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