STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Human and Social Needs
AGENDA DATE: August 11, 2021
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): All
DEPARTMENT: Office of Homeless Solutions
EXECUTIVE: Kimberly Bizor Tolbert
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SUBJECT
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Authorize (1) a correction to Resolution No. 20-0836, previously approved on May 27, 2020 for the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (THHSC) Healthy Community Collaborative (HCC) Program to: (a) include a one-year renewal option; (b) exercise the renewal option; (c) amend the service price agreement with Bridge Steps of Dallas, Shelter Ministries of Dallas and CitySquare; and (d) correct the total amount not to exceed from $2,000,000.00 to $4,000,000.00; and (2) an amendment to the executed service price agreement with Bridge Steps in the amount of $1,306,673.24, Shelter Ministries of Dallas in the amount of $1,279,694.00, and CitySquare in the amount of $913,632.76, for access to homeless recovery services for the Office of Homeless Solutions for a term of one year with one-year renewal option, in a total amount of $4,000,000.00 - Financing: General Fund ($2,000,000.00) and Texas Health and Human Services Commission Grant Funds ($2,000,000.00)
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BACKGROUND
Senate Bill 58 of the 83rd regular legislative session amended Subtitle I, Title 4, of the Texas Government Code to add Chapter 539 establishing or expanding community collaborative projects to improve the access to care, quality/comprehensiveness of care, and outcomes for persons who are both homeless and have a mental illness. The Texas Department of State Health Services awarded funds to five Texas municipalities in counties with populations of more than one million, including Bexar, Dallas, Harris, Tarrant, and Travis.
Acceptable uses of the grant money require one for one matching funds to include the establishment or expansion of a community collaborative of service providers focused on meeting the needs of the mentally ill homeless po...
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