DATE: August 24, 2021
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Dawan Utecht, Director, Department of Behavioral Health
SUBJECT: Retroactive Amendment to PATH Agreement with Kings View
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute retroactive Amendment I to Agreement No. 21-214 with Kings View Corporation to add a mobile outreach project component in FY 2021-22, effective July 1, 2021 with no change to the term of July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2026 and increasing the maximum by $233,900 to a total of $3,461,436.
REPORT
Approval of the recommended action will utilize Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act and Community Development Block Grant-Coronavirus (CDBG-CV) funds to continue the mobile outreach project (Project) in the Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH) Program through FY 2021-22. The Project provides mobile outreach, housing services and linkages to rural, incorporated, and unincorporated communities throughout the County, while addressing needs related to the COVID-19 pandemic. This item is countywide.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
There is no viable alternative action. If the recommended action is not approved, services to adults experiencing homelessness and serious mental illness and/or co-occurring disorders would be impacted.
RETROACTIVE AGREEMENT:
The Department of Behavioral Health received notice of allocated CARES Act funding and the opportunity to extend CDBG-CV after your Board’s review and approval of the agreement on June 22, 2021.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no increase in Net County Cost associated with the recommended action. The FY 2021-22 compensation will increase by $233,900 to $905,172; increasing the term maximum to $3,461,436. The remaining CDBG-CV allocation administered by the Department of Public Works and Planning and CARES Act funding will fund the increase; $93,900 and $140,000, respectively. Sufficient appropriations and estimated revenues are included in the Department’s Org 5630 FY 2021-22 Recommended Budget.
DISCUSSION:
On June 16, 2015, the Board approved Agreement No. 15-257 with Kings View to operate the PATH program from July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2020. On June 6, 2017 Amendment I increased the contract term maximum. On October 22, 2019, Amendment II added a rural mobile outreach component using one-time HMIOT grant funding from October 22, 2019 through June 30, 2020. On April 28, 2020, Amendment III extended the program a year to continue services through the COVID-19 pandemic.
On August 14, 2020, your Board approved Amendment IV, adding the Project as a dedicated a mobile outreach team to implement COVID-19 screening, education, assessment, and linkage capabilities in rural and unincorporated areas of the County from July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021. The Project was funded with CDBG-CV.
On June 22, 2021, your Board approved Agreement No. 21-214 with Kings View to deliver integrated mental health and supportive housing services to adults who are homeless, or who are at imminent risk of becoming homeless, and have a serious mental illness and/or co-occurring disorder, to enable this population to live in the community and to avoid homelessness, hospitalization, and/or jail detention.
With your Board’s approval of the recommended action, the amendment will extend the Project through June 31, 2022, using the remaining CDBG-CV allocation and identified CARES funding.
REFERENCE MATERIAL:
BAI #39, June 22, 2021
BAI #26, August 14, 2020
BAI #31.1, April 28, 2020
BAI #31, October 22, 2019
BAI #39, June 6, 2017
BAI #45, June 16, 2015
OTHER REVIEWING AGENCIES:
The Behavioral Health Board was notified of this amendment at the June 16, 2021 meeting.
ATTACHMENTS INCLUDED AND/OR ON FILE:
On file with Clerk - Amendment I to Agreement No. 21-214 with Kings View
CAO ANALYST:
Sonia M. De La Rosa