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Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all necessary agreements, and any subsequent amendments, with Interval House and Lutheran Social Services of Southern California, to receive and expend Measure H funding in an estimated amount of $1,130,000, for the approximate period of July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019, to provide rapid rehousing and homeless prevention services. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
In May 2017, the Measure H Revenue Committee for Los Angeles County completed its recommendations for the distribution of Measure H funds for Fiscal Year 2017-2018. The funds were aligned under 19 strategies to address homelessness; six of the 19 strategies are to be managed by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA), the Continuum of Care (CoC) for Los Angeles County and the City of Los Angeles combined. The Revenue Committee recommendations were presented and approved by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on June 13, 2017. During this process, the Long Beach CoC negotiated for a direct carve out of resources specific to activities provided by CoCs. In conclusion of the negotiations, services that will be carved out specifically for Long Beach, funded under Measure H, include homeless prevention for single adults, rapid rehousing, housing location and navigation through the Coordinated Entry System, outreach services, and enhancing the emergency shelter system. These initiatives are necessary to enhance the support services within the local system of care. A portion of these funds will be subcontracted out to local non-profit organizations and the rest will be administered by the City’s Homeless Services Division.
On December 6, 2017, the Health and Human Services Department released a Request for Proposals (RFP) to select nonprofit agencies for the services of rapid rehousing and homeless prevention. The proposal review process was conducted by an Ad Hoc Proposal Committee comprised of three Homeless Services ...
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