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Approve and authorize the Director of the Department of Social Services to retroactively sign Amendment #2 to Agreement #5010-19788 with Community Homeless Solutions to expand the Warming Shelter operations to 24 hours/7 days per week due to the COVID-19 County's Shelter -in-place order; adding $67,859, increasing the contract total to $459,459 with a term unchanged of July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
Approve and authorize the Director of the Department of Social Services to retroactively sign Amendment #2 to Agreement #5010-19788 with Community Homeless Solutions to expand the Warming Shelter operations to 24 hours/7 days per week due to the COVID-19 County's Shelter -in-place order; adding $67,859, increasing the contract total to $459,459 with a term unchanged of July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Community Homeless Solutions operates the Salinas Warming Shelter and provides supportive services. Since the County's March 18th COVID-19 shelter-in-place order, families that had previously exited the shelter for work and school now depend on the shelter 24 hours a day. The 24/7 contract amendment requires an increase in funding by $67,859, for a contract total of $459,459.
The additional expenses associated with extending the shelter's normal 16 hour (4:00 PM to 8:00 AM) daily operations to 24 hours a day includes: staff, supervision, meals, cleaning, hygiene supplies, and security. The shelter operator must also provide 3 meals a day for each of the residents. Prior to COVID-19, the shelter budget only allowed for the purchase of meals 4 nights per week and depended on church donations for the remaining meals. Because donations are no longer reliable due to the Pandemic, the shelter operator must now procure sufficient food for the men, women, and children housed at the shelter.
OTHER AGENCY INVOLVEMENT:
The Auditor-Controller and Purchasing have reviewed and...
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