Title
Request to Amend Contract with Community Bridges, Inc for COVID-19 Related Homeless Services - Street Outreach (Ordinance S-49213)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to amend Contract 154940 with Community Bridges, Inc. (CBI) for COVID-19 Related Homeless Services - Street Outreach to add $595,670 for a new contract total of $2,881,649. The additional funding is applicable for the period Oct. 1, 2022, to June 30, 2023. Funding is available from the Community Development Block Grant-CV. There is no impact to the General Fund.
Report
Summary
CBI provides essential services to address issues related to homelessness at and around the area of the Human Services Campus. CBI provides case management, navigation services and transportation for participants in the new project as part of the continuing efforts to address unsheltered homelessness in the City of Phoenix. This funding provides multiple outreach teams, each paired with Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT) to immediately respond to health concerns of unsheltered individuals in the area around the Human Services Campus. Funding is used to prevent, prepare for, and mitigate the effects of the Coronavirus pandemic among individuals and/or families experiencing homelessness who are at greater risk of exposure and susceptibility to alleviate the impacts of COVID-19 within the community.
Contract Term
The contract term will remain unchanged, ending on Sept. 30, 2023.
Financial Impact
The initial authorization for Contract 154940 was for an expenditure not-to-exceed $785,979. An additional $1.5 million was authorized per Ordinance S-48547. This amendment will increase the authorization for the contract by an additional $595,670, for a new total not-to-exceed aggregate contract value of $2,881,649.
There is no impact to the General Funds. The additional funding is available from the Community Development Block Grant-CV.
Concurrence/Previous Council Action
- The City Council approved Contracts 154922, 154923, 154921, 155179, 154939, 154940, 154968, 154969, 154962, and 154896 (Ordinance S-47793) on July 1, 2021.
- The City Council approved additional funding for CBI 154940 (Ordinance S-48547) on April 20, 2022.
- The City Council approved contract extension through Sept. 30, 2023, for Contracts 154922, 154923, 154921, 155179, 154939, 154940, 154968, 154969, 154962, and 154896 (Ordinance S-48975) on Sept. 7, 2022.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Gina Montes and the Office of Homeless Solutions.