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Recommendation to Authorize the City Manager to Execute a One-Year Agreement from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2024 with The Village of Love Foundation to Provide Homeless Outreach Team Services for Alameda's Homeless Population in an Amount Not-to-Exceed $296,415; and
Adoption of Resolution Amending the Fiscal Year 2023-24 General Fund Budget to Appropriate an Additional $131,415 from General Fund Residual Fund Balance to the Homelessness Program. (City Manager 10021833)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Jennifer Ott, City Manager
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
At the first stage of intervention, the City of Alameda (City) serves its unhoused population on the streets through a Homeless Outreach Team (HOT). The need for mobile homeless outreach is present and growing as Alamedans continue to be adversely affected by the impact of rising housing prices, the inflation of costs for basic needs like food and toiletries, family trauma, and serious mental health illnesses. According to the February 2022 Point-In-Time count, the City has 264 homeless individuals. Staff recommends the following: 1) continue to offer the HOT services; 2) add a second full-time outreach worker, who would be a mental health case manager, to work with unhoused individuals who need intensive mental health support; and 3) continue to engage The Village of Love Foundation (VOL) to provide the HOT services. Staff recommends that City Council authorize the City Manager to execute a one-year agreement beginning October 1, 2023 and continuing to September 30, 2024 with VOL for an amount not-to-exceed $296,415 for the HOT services.
BACKGROUND
In May 2022, staff issued a request for proposal (RFP) for the continuation of HOT services. Two providers returned applications - The Village of Love Foundation (VOL) and Operation Dignity. Staff evaluated both proposals, interviewed both organizations, and identified VOL as the stronger candidate. For the past seven months...
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