THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS DIVISION RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE ABOVE MOTION.
This recommendation supports the Commission Value of “Approaching human services collaboratively and compassionately, with special emphasis on the most vulnerable,” and the Goal to “Collaborate with public and private partners to find creative, equitable, and responsible solutions to systemic community problems, especially permanent supportive, housing for persons experiencing, or at risk of, homelessness,” by continuing to provide services that focus on economic stability, child and adult behavioral health, child and adult special health, and homelessness.
Board approval is requested for the Fiscal Year 2018 funding recommendations of new (N) and renewal (R) contracts listed under Exhibit 1, Attachment A. Approval is also requested for one-year extensions (E) to previously-approved contracts listed under Exhibit 1, Attachment A. The Letter of Support from the Children's Services Board is attached as Exhibit 2. The Letter of Support from the Homeless Continuum of Care Board is attached as Exhibit 3.
New contracts for services (N) for Fiscal Year 2018 resulted from a fair, open and competitive Request for Proposals (RFP) that closed on May 31, 2017. The RFP review and rating process included staff and community participation from a broad range of representatives from not-for-profit organizations and government entities. The agencies identified in Exhibit 1, Attachment A are recommended for Fiscal Year 2018 funding based on the RFP results and previous Board funding direction.
All Agreements (N/R/E) include outcomes that offer measurable benefits to the Broward County residents served. The number of site monitoring visits is determined by the complexity and dollar amount of the contract. Individual performance measures will be developed for each provider. Contract performance is monitored and evaluated four times during the term of the contract. Performance of currently contracted providers, contract monitoring results, and impact on the community are the basis for funding recommendations.
For Fiscal Year 2016, 98% of the outcome indicators (246/251) were achieved within the general fund contracted programs administered by the Community Partnerships Division. Five outcomes were not achieved (2% of total outcome indicators) by four providers for Fiscal Year 2016: Kids in Distress, Inc., Legal Aid Service of Broward County, Inc., Henderson Behavioral Health, Inc., and The Salvation Army. Exhibit 1, Attachment B identifies the unmet outcomes, the contributing factors and the actions taken by the agency and County staff to address performance and future outcome achievement. Financial penalties were applied for unmet outcomes.
Extensions are requested for a total of nine contracts. Extension of the Children's Services Administration Section contract will allow for human trafficking victims to access services. Extension of the four Health Care Services Section contracts will allow time for the Healthy Mothers/Healthy Babies Coalition of Broward County, Inc. to complete its assessment of the pilot program impact in the area of 33311, and align the South Broward Hospital District Primary Care and Integration Pilot Agreement with the North Broward Hospital District Primary Care Agreement time frame. The Homeless Initiative Partnership Section contract extensions for Broward Partnerships for the Homeless, Inc. and Miami Rescue Mission, Inc., d/b/a Broward Outreach Center will allow additional time for the completion of the kitchen in the North Homeless Assistance Center and subsequent issuance of a Request for Proposals to provide services, reassessment of service delivery standards in addition to alignment of performance standards and outcomes. Extensions are requested for outreach services provided by Taskforce Fore Ending Homelessness and Women in Distress to allow for evaluation of services and potential Continuum of Care service recommendations. Recommended agencies listed on Exhibit 1, Attachment A were previously reviewed for compliance with applicable federal, state and County policies.
Staff will utilize the standard agreement form (Exhibit 1, Attachment C) which was developed and approved as to form by the Office of the County Attorney. The standard agreement form was also reviewed by Risk Management for its applicability to all new agreements. Amendments will be reviewed and approved by the Office of the County Attorney. |