City of Culver City, California
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RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends the City Council approve an amendment to the contract with St.
Joseph Center for the provision of homeless outreach, supportive service and data
collection in the amount of $40,000 for a one-year period.
BACKGROUND:
On July 26, 2004 the City Council adopted short-term and long-term goals for a
comprehensive strategy to address homelessness in Culver City, including, but not
limited to, joining the Westside Shelter and Hunger Coalition; forming a Citizens
Homelessness Ad Hoc Committee consisting of City staff, residents and members of
the business community to advise the City Council on additional strategies to
address homelessness in Culver City; soliciting and securing an organization to
provide homeless outreach, supportive services linkages, as well as data collection
regarding the City’s homeless population; and conducting a homeless study in
collaboration with the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA).
Through the request for proposals (RFP) process in FY 2004/05, St. Joseph Center
was selected to conduct homeless outreach, supportive service, and data collection.
On June 6, 2005 the City Council approved entering into a contract for FY 2005/06
with St. Joseph Center for the provision of homeless assistance, outreach, data
collection and case management services to be in effect from July 1, 2005 through
June 30, 2006 (Attachment 1).
Meeting Date: 7/10/06 Item Number: C-7
AGENDA ITEM: Approve Amendment to Contract with St. Joseph Center for the
Provision of Homeless Outreach, Supportive Service and Data Collection in the
Amount of $40,000 for a One-Year Period.
Contact Person/Dept.:
Bill La Pointe
Phone Number: (310) 253-6682
Fiscal Impact: Yes [X] No [] General Fund: Yes [X] No []
Public Hearing: [] Action Item: [X] Attachments: [X]
Public Notification: Homelessness Ad Hoc Committee (6/27/06); Rhonda Meister,
Executive Director, St. Joseph Center (6/27/06); Master Notification List (7/5/06)
Department Approval:
Bill La Pointe (06/29/06)
CAO Approval: Martin R. Cole for Jerry
B. Fulwood (07/03/06)
City Controller Approval:
Marlee Chang (07/03/06)
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DISCUSSION:
St. Joseph Center has been providing a wide array of social services to low-income
and homeless men, women and children on the Westside of Los Angeles County
since 1976. Their programs include a family center, food assistance, child care, job
training, money management services and housing placement. St. Joseph Center
provides an extensive matrix of supportive services which support a homeless
person in all stages of their progress toward self-sufficiency. In addition, St. Joseph
Center has managed a Homeless Service Center since 1981 and has fielded a Dual
Diagnosis Outreach Team since 1996 and a Homeless Senior Outreach Team since
1997.
St. Joseph Center outlined a plan in their proposal to provide outreach, assessment,
supportive service, case management and data collection for twenty-five to forty (25-
40) Culver City based homeless individuals. They have homeless outreach on a
daily basis and have provided monthly written reports and quarterly oral reports to
the Ad Hoc Committee on the Homeless regarding progress on their goals. The Ad
Hoc Committee on the Homeless has been very pleased with St. Joseph Center in
their provision of outreach service and assistance in working with the homeless
population in Culver City.
St. Joseph Center has a strong understanding of Culver City and its homeless
individuals. The Center’s Outreach Teams have been operating in Culver City for
eight (8) years in an informal manner and the last year under contract with the City
of Culver City. They are familiar with the general location and characteristics of
Culver City’s homeless population as well as the concerns of the business owners,
City staff, residents and other social service providers. Through their years of
providing homeless outreach to Culver City, St. Joseph Center has established
relationships with business owners, the Police Department and the homeless
population.
Staff recommends that the contract be amended to extend its term for one additional
year and an additional $40,000, and to include the following changes to the Scope of
Services:
• Continue to contact selected Culver City employees, business owners, police and
social service providers, as needed, in order to further map known areas of
homeless encampment and activity
• Continue cooperative relationships with police (Culver City and Los Angeles) and
other social service providers and establish open communication with business
owners and residents. City of Culver City, California
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• Through a field outreach team, provide outreach to no less than 5 and up to 10
newly encountered homeless persons within the city of Culver City in an effort to
establish rapport and allow for ongoing relationships
• Collect base line data regarding these 5-10 homeless individuals. Data will include
identifying information (coded for confidentiality) gender and perceived racial/ethnic
information and may (when individuals are willing to report) include age, family
status, time homeless, veteran status, income source and amount and disability(s).
• Provide ongoing case management to 25 homeless Culver City residents in the field
or at St. Joseph Center's Homeless Service Center. Assist clients in the
development and/or reassessment of their case management plan that identifies
barriers to stability. Monitor and provide resources to support plan.
• Provide mental health and/or substance abuse assessments and appropriate
referrals to treatment to 5 homeless individuals.
• Provide ongoing support to 10 homeless clients so that they will maintain mental
health and/or substance abuse treatment.
• Assist 10 clients to obtain or maintain permanent housing.
• Collect, analyze and report on outcome data on a monthly basis. These reports will
include statistical data, complaint descriptions and summaries of outreach activities.
FISCAL ANALYSIS:
Funding for outreach services has been budgeted in the Community and Social
Services Division budget for FY 2006/2007, account no. 10134100.619800 for this
purpose.
ATTACHMENTS:
1. St. Joseph Center Contract No. 2005-125
MOTION:
That the City Council: City of Culver City, California
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1. Approve extending the contract with St. Joseph Center for the provision of
homeless outreach, supportive services and data collection in the amount of
$40,000 for a one-year period; and
2. Authorize the City Attorney’s Office to prepare the amendment to the contract
and authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to execute the amendment.
or
3. Provide direction to staff as deemed appropriate.