HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 03202001 - C.88 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director Contra
DATE: rebruary 27, 2001 - • " Costa
SUBJECT: Application for City of Walnut Creek CDBG funding for the #28-661 s}���"""` County
Emergency Shelter for Families for FY 2001-2002.
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
I. RECOMMENDATIONS:
A. Approve and Authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee, to develop and transmit an application
along with the necessary certification and assurances to the City of Walnut Creek Community Development
Block Grant (CDBG)for the operation of the Emergency Shelter for Families.
B. Authorize the Director of Health Services or his designee to accept up to $38,000 in City of Walnut Creek
CDBG funding and enter into a contract with the City of Walnut Creek to perform all responsibilities in
relationship to receipt of the funding and contracted provisions for FY 2001 - 2002.
ll. FISCAL IMPACT:
.The funds requested of the City of Walnut Creek CDBG are essential to providing adequate emergency housing
and supportive services to families year-round. No additional County funds are required.
III. BACKGROUND:
According to the Continuum of Care Gaps Analysis 2000, there are approximately 282 emergency shelter beds
available for families in Contra Costa, 90 of which are only available during the cold weather season of November
through March. The demand for shelter far exceeds the County's current capacity forcing homeless service
providers to turn away an average of 40 families per night, many of which are from Central and East County
where there are no year-round facilities. It is with this knowledge that the Contra Costa County Homeless
Continuum of Care 5 yr. Plan (1996), approved by the County Board of Supervisors, identified the need for the
expansion of year-round emergency shelter beds for families and ranked it a high priority.
An emergency shelter for families was constructed for the winter season with the support of the County
Administrator. The family shelter, located in Concord, accommodates 24 individual family members. In August
2000, construction on a new transitional housing facility for homeless families began with the approval and
support of the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors and the Department of Housing and Urban
Development. Aimed at creating additional supportive housing units in the County for parents and their children,
the East County Transitional Family Center will offer families currently receiving services at the County's old
transitional housing facility in Martinez, CA to move to the new state of the art facility in Antioch in April 2001.
This expansion in transitional housing units creates a unique opportunity and creates a space for a year-round
emergency shelter for 5-8 families at a time (24 beds).and fill a much need gap in emergency services. With the.
expansion of the winter shelter in Central County to a year-round program, the County can provide a total of 48
beds to homeless families.
Designed to meet the-immediate shelter need's of parents and their children, Mt. View and the Central County
shelter will be year-round, 24-hour facilities aimed at stabilizing each family by offering a safe environment with
critical support services over a 90-day period.;i Every family will meet with a case manager to identify the short-
term needs of each family member that will enable the family to move to a more stable living situation. These
supportive services are the building blocks necessary to assist families in making the transition off the streets.and
into more stable housing.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: _Y.�TS ! SIGNATURE:
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✓ RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
L APPROVE _OTHER
SIGNATURE (S):
ACTION OF BOARD ON APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED ASH
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
UNANIMOUS (ABSENT) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: . NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
ATTESTED
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JOHN SWEETEN,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Contact Person: Lavonna Martin (313-6140);
CC: Health Services AdministrationZ
Department of Public Health, Homeless Program PV DEPUTY
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