Title
Request Authorization to Enter Into Agreement with Justa Center, Inc. for COVID-19 Supportive Services for Seniors Experiencing Homelessness (Ordinance S-48143)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to enter into an agreement with Justa Center, Inc. to provide COVID-19 supportive services for seniors experiencing homelessness. Further request to authorize the City Controller to disburse all funds related to this item. The total contract value will not exceed $1 million over the life of the agreement.
Report
Summary
Justa Center, Inc. provides outreach, housing placement and supportive services for seniors (55+) who are experiencing homelessness. These funds will expand outreach and engagement services, non-urgent facility-based care and housing supportive services such as move in-kits (linens, towels, kitchen items, bedding, etc.), classes on independent living, weekly check-in visits from a social worker, assistance with scheduling health care related appointments, and transportation to health care appointments, if needed.
Contract Term
The initial term of the agreement will begin on or about Dec.1, 2021, and end June 30, 2022, with two one-year options to extend through June 30, 2024, and one six-month option to extend through Dec. 31, 2024. Any extension option may be exercised by the City Manager or his designee.
Financial Impact
Expenditures are not to exceed $1 million over the life of the contract. Funding is available through the City’s allocation of the American Rescue Plan Act funding received from the federal government and is under the City’s Mitigation and Care for Vulnerable Populations category of the strategic plan.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Gina Montes and the Human Services Department.