THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS DIVISION RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE ABOVE MOTION.
This action supports the Commission Value of "Approaching human services collaboratively and compassionately, with special emphasis on persons and families experiencing homelessness," and the Goals to "Collaborate with public and private partners to find creative, equitable, and responsible solutions to systemic community problems, especially housing for persons experiencing, or at risk of, homelessness," through "Delivery of evidence-based services to the most vulnerable, many of whom are ineligible through other systems of care, and connect those customers to sustainable support" by providing supportive services to additional Broward County residents, using available Fiscal Year 2017 funds.
On August 16, 2016 (Item No. 11), the Board approved appropriations and disbursements for Fiscal Year 2017 Agreements with nonprofit organizations and governmental entities for various human services. Since then, contract utilization patterns and client demand demonstrate a need for increased services, necessitating reallocation of existing children's services and homeless services 2017 Fiscal Year funding (Exhibit 1, Attachment A, Tables 1 & 2).
In addition to the aforementioned reallocation, this agenda is seeking approval to disburse previously approved homeless funding to existing providers (Exhibit 1, Attachment A, Table 2). In September 2016, the Board adopted the Fiscal Year 2017 Budget that included $300,000 of additional homeless Rapid Rehousing funding. On December 13, 2016 (Item No. 10), the Board also approved rollover of Fiscal Year 2016 homeless funds for homeless Rapid Rehousing and an 11.5% increase for the North and South Homeless Assistance Centers consistent with the increase provided to the Central Homeless Assistance Center. Approval of the Board is required due to an increase in the funding level per the 2017 Unit of Service Shell Agreement.
All children's services and homeless providers were awarded an Agreement via a fair, open and competitive procurement process administered by the Human Services Department. The Community Partnerships Division in conjunction with the Children’s Services Advisory Board (CSB) and the Continuum of Care Board (CoC Board) recommend reallocating funds from underutilized Agreements to meet the current needs. Exhibit 1, Attachment A includes the specific Agreements to be increased and the proposed amounts; also included is the CSB recommendation (Exhibit 2) and the CoC Board recommendation (Exhibit 3).
The recommended agencies are meeting contracted outcomes and performance measures, except Legal Aid. An explanation of the outcome not met is provided in Exhibit 4. |