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HA - ACTION ITEM: Approval of an Amendment to the Existing Professional Service Agreement with Saint Joseph Center to Continue Expanded Homeless Outreach Services During Weekdays, Evenings, and Saturdays in an Amount Not-to-Exceed $844,426.
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Meeting Date: April 25, 2022
Contact Person/Dept.: Tevis Barnes, Christina Stoffers/CDD
Phone Number: 310-253-5782 or 310-253-5989
Fiscal Impact: Yes [X] No [] General Fund: Yes [] No [X]
Attachments: Yes [X] No []
Commission Action Required: Yes [] No [X]
Public Notification: (E-Mail) Meetings and Agendas - Advisory Committee on Housing and Homelessness (04/20/2022); Saint Joseph Center (04/20/2022); Upward Bound House (04/20/2022);(E-Mail) Meetings and Agendas - City Council (04/20/2022)
Department Approval: Sol Blumenfeld, Assistant Executive Director Housing Authority (04/19/2022)
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the Culver City Housing Authority Board (Board) approve an amendment to the existing professional services agreement with Saint Joseph Center to continue expanded homeless outreach services during weekdays, evenings, and Saturdays for the period of April 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023 in an amount not-to-exceed $844,426.
BACKGROUND
Since 2005, Culver City has contracted with Saint Joseph Center (SJC) to provide outreach services to unhoused individuals in Culver City. In 2010, the SJC homeless outreach contract was expanded to include homeless outreach to four days a week, 70 nights of emergency motel stays, and transportation assistance in the form of bus tokens (TAP cards).
On August 12, 2019, the City Council approved an amendment to the existing agreement to expand the level of SJC homeless outreach services from four days to six days a week from 7:30AM to 4:30PM on Mondays, from 7:30 to 10PM Tuesday - Friday, and from 2PM to 10PM on Saturdays. The expansion of outreach and eng...
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