REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: JENNIFER CLARK, Director
Planning and Development Department
PHIL SKEI, Assistant Director
Planning and Development Department
BY: JILLIAN GAYTAN, Senior Management Analyst
Housing and Community Development Division
SUBJECT
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Approve the fourth Amendment to the Agreement with Turning Point of Central California, Inc., to increase the number of beds from 50 to 100 for triage center services at the Golden State Triage Center using HHAP funds.
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the City Council approve the amendment to the homeless services agreement with Turning Point of Central California (Turning Point) to increase the number of triage beds from 50 to 100 at the Golden State Triage Center site using HHAP funds; and authorize the City Manager to sign all implementing agreements.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The City of Fresno (City) has existing agreements with Turning Point to provide homeless services at Golden State Triage Center funded through the Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention (HHAP) Program. The City has received indication that it will be awarded several Homekey 2.0 awards at various sites requiring the temporary relocation of residents from those motel shelters in order to facilitate their rehabilitation. In order to accommodate the temporary relocation of those residents Golden State has agreed to increase capacity to accommodate them. Staff recommends increasing the agreement with Turning Point to increase capacity and shelter services.
BACKGROUND
In February 2020, the City was awarded HHAP funding in the amount of $6,158,246.18 from the California Homeless Coordinating and Financing Council to address homelessness and has received $2,911,171 in additional HHAP dollars through a second allocation in September 2021. In April 2022, the City receive an initial disbursement of HHAP round 3 dollars in the amount of $1,504,851.43 and expects the remaining disbursement of $6,019,405.72 before the end of...
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