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Recommendation to Authorize the City Manager to Execute a 16-Month Contract with Building Futures with Women and Children, in an Amount Not to Exceed $106,000, to Operate the Alameda Winter Warming Shelter During Fiscal Years 2019-20 and 2020-21. (Community Development 267)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Staff is recommending that the City Council authorize the City Manager to execute a contract with Building Futures with Women and Children (BFWC) to operate the Alameda Warming Shelter at Christ Episcopal Church for two winter seasons from December 2019 to April 2020 and December 2020 to March 2021. The Warming Shelter is part of the group of projects adopted by the City Council on July 16, 2019, for the use of the Homeless Emergency Aid Program (HEAP) funds. In 2018, the State allocated the City of Alameda (City) $756,524 in HEAP funds to address its most pressing homeless challenges and support service needs.
BACKGROUND
Senate Bill (SB) 850 established HEAP in 2018, a $500 million block grant to provide immediate emergency assistance to people experiencing homelessness in California. Funds are allocated by formula to counties and to large cities with populations over 330,000. The City has been allocated $756,524 in HEAP funds, which must be fully spent by June 30, 2021.
On January 15, 2019, the City Council authorized staff to work with the Social Service Human Relations Board (SSHRB) to finalize the HEAP allocation plan and oversee implementation of projects. SSHRB established the HEAP Ad Hoc Committee for this purpose at its March 28, 2019 meeting. After a series of planning meetings that included investigation of best practices in other communities, the HEAP Ad Hoc Committee developed a final list of projects and spending plan, which was adopted by the City Council at its July 16, 2019 meeting. One of the projects listed on this plan is the winter Warming Shelter.
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