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Recommendation to Authorize the City Manager to Execute Documents, Agreements and Modifications with The Village of Love Foundation to Operate the Day Center and Safe Sheltering Program for Two Years from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2025 for Up to $2,176,096 with Funding from Homeless Housing Assistance and Prevention (HHAP) Program and General Fund. (City Manager 10021833)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Jennifer Ott, City Manager
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Village of Love Foundation (VOL) currently operates the Day Center services and Safe Sheltering Program for the City of Alameda (City). The VOL programming is provided year-round, seven days a week and includes:
* Day Center services (Day Center);
* A 12-bed Emergency Overnight Shelter (Emergency Overnight Shelter);
* 25 car or van Safe Parking services (Safe Parking); and
* Monitoring and support of five beds located in four trailers (Safe Sheltering).
VOL's Day Center services provide Alameda's unhoused and under housed populations access to a safe, staffed place to eat, use bathroom facilities, do laundry, and receive resources and services indoors in a dignified manner nearly 24 hours a day. The Day Center closes for one hour per day when a thorough cleaning is done. Staff is recommending that the City Council authorize the City Manager to execute two contracts with the VOL to continue to operate and provide the Day Center, Emergency Overnight Shelter, Safe Parking, and Safe Sheltering services (collectively referred to as the Day Center and Safe Sheltering Program) through two funding sources. Executing the agreements for the programs under two agreements, as described below, allows the City to observe fiscal reporting requirements of the County of Alameda.
First, staff recommends execution of an agreement with VOL in the amount of $338,198, with funding from the Homeless Housing Assistance and Prevention Program (HHAP) ($213,747 HHAP Round 3 and $124,451...
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