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
Homeless Services Division
SUBJECT
Title
Approve an Agreement with Turning Point of Central California to operate the Bridge Point Triage Center emergency shelter in the total amount of $888,385 in Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention funds (HHAP).
Body
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the City Council approve the agreement with Turning Point of Central California (TPOCC) to operate the Bridge Point Triage Center using HHAP funds; and authorize the City Manager to sign all implementing agreements.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The City of Fresno (City) has an existing agreement with TPOCC to operate and provide homeless services at Bridge Point Triage Center funded through Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention (HHAP) funds. The current agreement is expected to be fully expended and will expire on June 30, 2023. In order to continue operations without disruption through June 30, 2024, a new agreement for emergency shelter services must be executed.
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, in September 2021 received $2,911,171 in a second round of HHAP allocations, and on January 18, 2023 received a total of $7,524,257.15 in a third round of HHAP allocations. Health and Safety Code Section 50220.5 (d) allows grantees to use the HHAP funding allocation for operating subsidies in new and existing emergency shelters and for services coordination for homeless populations.
In February 2023, the Planning and Development Department released a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) seeking qualified community-based organizations to develop motels into homeless shelters and/or operate homeless sh...
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