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Home My WebLink AboutA7046 - DESERT HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION - MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING FIRST AMENDMENT TO MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS AND DESERT HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION On October 23, 2017 the Desert_Healthcare Foundation (Foundation) and the City of Palm Springs, California (City) entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the purpose of the Foundation assisting in the homelessness crisis by participating in the City's Wrap Around Services Program and expansion of the Mental Health Housing Crisis Response Team. The Foundation and City would like to amend the MOU as follows: 1. The first sentence of Section 2. Foundation Contribution of the MOU is modified to provide: "The Foundation will provide matching grants up to $100,000 for the Wrap Around Services program and up to $350,000 for increased coverage at the Mental Health Housing Response Team for fiscal year. 2018/2019 for dollar-for-dollar matches from the City." 2. The Exhibit A Deliverables and Quarterly Progress and Budget Reports are modified as shown in bold on the attached Amended Exhibit A. 2. All other terms and conditions of the October 23, 2017 MOU and Exhibit A are restated and shall remain in full force and effect. 3. The effective date of this First Amendment is March 19, 2019. Desert Healthcare Foundation City of Palm Springs d By. By. Jennife rtham, DrPH, President, Board of Directors APPROVED AS TO FORM APPROVED IJy CITY COUNCIL Aljw, A10—Io nraTr ST: ty Clerk 0 P r Amended EXHIBIT A: The West Valley Homeless Initiative by Desert Healthcare District goals and outcomes include: • Reduction in lengths of episodes of homelessness • Reduction in returns to homelessness • Reduction in number of people becoming homeless for the first time • Shifting the chronic homeless from the streets and camps into housing and connect with mental behavioral health and social services • Shifting the transitional homeless into permanent housing and connecting with social services I. Deliverables and Outcomes (Start date July 2018) 1. Full-time case manager and an employment specialist with computer and internet access will be assist individuals obtain permanent housing and supportive housing with wrap-around services, find employment and secure health, disability, social security and other benefits. Case managers would also connect individuals to behavioral health and.medical services as needed. City - $200,000 to $300,000; District/Foundation Match - $100,000 (Start date July 2018) Annual Housing Placement 75 Employment 168 Mainstream Benefits 324 2. Double the staffing of the County Housing Crises Response Team. This effort is to increase outreach, engage and refer those living on the streets resulting in extraordinary success. The desire would be for additional personnel to provide scheduling for evening and weekend hours. City- $700,000 to $800,000 District/Foundation Match - $350,000 Annual Unduplicated Contracts 84 Behavioral/Substance Placement 16 II. Quarterly Progress and Budget Reports: 1st report due 30-days following the first full three-month period; (7118—9/18) 2"d report due 30-days following the second full three-month period; (10/18—12/18) 31 report due 30-days following the third full three-month period; (1/19—3/19) 4th report due 30-days following the forth full three-month period; (4119—6/19) Final report due 30-days following the one-year completion date (10123/19) of the MOU Agreement. i V V� VO., A��O �� ®�`_ � Q�� , , , , � � . MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS AND DESERT HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION 1-d This Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") is made and entered into this 12?J day of, 8y, 2017, by and between the City of Palm Springs, a California Chartered City ("City") and the Desert Healthcare Foundation, a California 501(c) (3) public benefit corporation ("Foundation")for the purpose of the Foundation assisting in the homelessness crisis by participating in the City's Wrap Around Services Program and expansion of the Mental Health Housing Crisis response Team WHEREAS, the City provides case managers and employment specialists to assist individuals in obtaining housing, employment and other benefits ("Wrap Around Services"); and WHEREAS, the City has also established a Mental Health Housing Crisis Response Team which provides outreach efforts to engage homeless individuals and others that are in need of mental health services including increasing placement and referrals in treatment of behavioral health disorders; and WHEREAS, in 2017 the Desert Healthcare District ("District"), as part of its three- year strategic plan, challenged communities in the Coachella Valley to partner with the Foundation in combating homelessness by providing matching fund opportunities through a collective fund of the Foundation for programs like the Wrap Around Services and the Mental Health Housing Crisis Response Team that will match dollar for dollar funding for these types of programs. NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows: ORIGINAL BID 1 ANDIOR AGREEMENT i 1. City Responsibilities City will retain and manage the case managers and employment specialists who will be based at the County-owned facility when it is established, with rotation among other facilities where the homeless access services, including assisting individuals in obtaining housing and employment and benefits related to the Cities Wrap Around Services Program. City will also increase coverage from 4 to 8 personnel to cover nights and weekends of the Mental Health Housing Crisis Response Team to increase placement and referrals for individuals in the treatment of behavioral health disorders. 2. Foundation Contribution The Foundation will provide matching grants of up to $100,000 for the Wrap Around Services program and up to $350,000 for the increased coverage at the Mental Health Housing Crisis Response Team for fiscal year 2017/2018 for dollar-for-dollar matches from the City. The Foundation matching funds will only be paid upon satisfactory verification of payment from the City to the Wrap Around Services Program and to the Mental Health Housing Crisis Response Team . Matching funds shall only be used for the purposes of the Wrap Around Services Program and increased staffing of the Mental Health Housing Crisis Response Team . The Foundation intends to contribute in future years, but such contributions will be discretionary and conditioned on successful outcomes during the first fiscal year. 3. Deliverables Attached as Exhibit "A" are the deliverables and timeline for the Wrap Around Services Program and the increased personnel for the Mental Health Housing Crisis Response Team. 4. Restrictions and Reporting The funds received by City from the Foundation are designated only for the operations of the Wrap Around Services Program and the increase in coverage of personnel to cover nights 2 and weekends of the Mental Health Housing Crisis Response Team. City will provide the Foundation with quarterly written reports and budget progress reports with measurable outcomes. 5. Cancellation This MOU may be cancelled with or without cause by either party upon 45-days written notice to the other party. 6. Effective Date The effective date of this MOU shall be l0 � _, 2017. 7. Term This MOU shall continue in effect for two years from the effective date or until terminated by either party. 8. Modification This MOU may not be modified except by written agreement executed by duly authorized representatives of each party. Desert Healthcare Foundation City of Palm Springs By: &4'e� By: c?-K Carole Rogers, President David H. Ready, Esq., Ph.D., City Manager O FORM CITY ATTORN ATTEST: LL��=� knkefjity Clerk APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL 3 TAM.r7-A- 1 D'(in Aim& EXHIBIT& The West Valley Homeless Initiative by Desert Healthcare District goals and outcomes include: • Reduction in lengths of episodes of homelessness • Reduction in returns to homelessness • Reduction in number of people becoming homeless for the first time • Shifting the chronic homeless from the streets and camps into housing and connect with mental behavioral health and social services • Shifting the transitional homeless into permanent housing and connecting with social services I. Deliverables and Outcomes 1. Full-time case manager and an employment specialist with computers and internet access will be assist individuals obtain permanent housing and supportive housing with wrap-around services, find employment and secure health, disability, social security and other benefits. Case managers would also connect individuals to behavioral health and medical services as needed. City - $200,000 to $300,000 District/Foundation Match - $100,000 Annual Housing Placement 75 Employment 168 Mainstream Benefits 324 2. Double the staffing of the County Housing Crisis Response Team. This effort is to increase outreach, engage and refer those living on the streets resulting in extraordinary success. The desire would be for additional personnel to provide scheduling for evening and weekend hours. City - $700,000 to $800,000 District/Foundation Match - $350,000 Annual Unduplicated Contacts 84 Behavioral/Substance Placement 16 Il. Quarterly Progress and Budget Reports 1st report due 30-days following the first full three-month period; 2"d report due 30-days following the second full three-month period; 3rd report due 30-days following the third full three-month period; 4th report due 30-days following the forth full three-month period and Final report due 30-days following the one-year completion of the MOU Agreement.