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FROM: Supervisor Sunne Wright McPeak Contra
Costa
DATE: Introduced February 3, 1987 for Action on County
February 10, .1987
SUBJECT: Homeless Revolving Fund and a Challenge 'Grant from Contra Costa
County to Hands Across America
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION
Authorize County Administrator' s Office to pursue a two-part
"challenge grant" proposal from Contra Costa County to Hands
Across America for the Homeless Revolving Fund ( for first
and last month' s rent) that will emphasize the need for a
public private partnership to address the plight of the
homeless. The two parts of the "challenge grant" request
would be:
1. Request Hands Across America donate the $2, 200
contributed by Hands Across Contra Costa on the
basis that the Contra Costa Board of Supervisors
would match the amount to the Homeless Revolving
Fund.
2. Challenge Hands Across America to match private
sector dollars raised for the Homeless Revolving
Fund on a 1: 5 basis ( for every $5. 00 raised by the
private sector, $1. 00 would be contributed by
Hands Across America) up to $10,000 provided
Contra Costa County matched the Hands Across
America donation on a dollar for dollar basis.
If the Board of Supervisors approves the above
recommendation, the County Administrator' s Office should
consult the Homeless Task Force, the Office on Homelessness,
and the local Hands Across America Advisory Board member,
Barbara Cross, for input and advice.
BACKGROUND
Last year, Hands Across Contra Costa raised net about
$22,000 for the homeless and hungry, of which 100 or about
$2, 200 was donated to Hands Across America. The remaining
amount was divided: $10, 000 to the Task Force on the
Homeless to start the Office on Homelessness; and $10,000 to
the Community Food Coalition.
The "challenge grant" concept would return the amount to
Contra Costa raised here at home and leverage the private
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Homeless Revolving Fund and a
Challenge Grant from Contra Costa County
to Hands Across America
February 10; 1987 Page 2
sector dollars being raised for the Homeless Revolving Fund
to pay the first and last month' s rent.
The first part of the "challenge grant" would generate about
$4,400 to the Homeless Revolving Fund ( $2,200 from Hands
Across America and $2,200 from Contra Costa County) . The
second part of the grant would raise as much as $70,000:
$50,000 from the private sector, $10,000 from Hands Across
American and $10,000 from Contra Costa County.