STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Human and Social Needs
AGENDA DATE: September 11, 2019
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): All
DEPARTMENT: Office of Homeless Solutions
EXECUTIVE: Nadia Chandler-Hardy
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SUBJECT
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Authorize (1) an amendment to Resolution No. 18-1382, previously approved on September 26, 2018, to include a twelve-month renewal option to the grant agreement with CitySquare for the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (THHSC) Healthy Community Collaborative (HCC) program; (2) an amendment to the grant agreement with CitySquare (Contract No. MGT-2018-000007331) to include and to exercise the twelve-month renewal option to be funded by the THHC for the HCC (Grant No. 2016-049507-001C) in an amount not to exceed $491,598.00 for CitySquare to (a) provide coordination, assessment and supportive services, expanded housing services for temporary shelters through outreach and housing units, residential treatment and detox treatment to homeless individuals; (b) provide a private 1:1 cash match in an amount not to exceed $491,598.00; and (c) comply with all conditions of the Texas Department of State Health Services grant to provide services to the homeless through the HCC program for the period September 1, 2019 through August 31, 2020; and (3) execution of the amended grant agreement - Total not to exceed $491,598.00 - Financing: Texas Health and Human Services Commission Grant Funds
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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, Tarran...
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