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BACKGROUND <br />During the 2,018grant approval process, the City Council authorized the Human <br />Services Commission to explore a multi-year service agreement model for non-profit <br />service providers addressing the most critical human service needs in the Tri -Valley. <br />Most Critical Human Service Needs (per the Updated Human Services <br />Commission Strategic Plan). <br />• Healthcare and Behavioral Health <br />• Disability Services and Access <br />• Food ;and Nutrition <br />• Youth Services <br />• Senior Services <br />• Homelessness in the Tri -Valley <br />• Workforce Development/Unemployment <br />• Service Provider Critical Initiatives <br />On August 8, 2018, the Human Services Commission approved the strategic action to <br />Revise Human Services Commission Grant -making Protocols/RFPs including <br />exploration of multi-year contracts with core safety -net service providers. <br />Multi-year service agreements are designed to provide additional financial stability to <br />non-profit service providers to enable long-term strategic decisions. The non-profit <br />organization, Senior Support of the Tri -Valley (SSPTV) has been operating from the <br />Pleasanton Senior Center on a similarly structured agreement funded through the City's <br />general fund. During the term of the SSPTV service agreement they have not received <br />any HHSG funds through the annual process. The same would hold true if other service <br />providers were identified through the RFP process. <br />In order to make the multi-year service model/RFP approach successful, the <br />commission will need to weigh the challenges and opportunities presented with the <br />annual distribution of funds through the grants program. The amount of available funds <br />in the HHSG program will be less because the funds to pay for a new multi-year service <br />agreement will be taken from current funding. However, assuming the annual allotment <br />of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds stay somewhat stable and City <br />General Funds increase as they have in past years, the overall amount of funds for local <br />human service needs will stay close to the same or hopefully show a slight annual <br />increase. The following table shows CDBG and General Fund recent funding allocations <br />for the Human Services Commission. <br />Source FY 17 <br />FY 18 <br />FY 19 <br />CDBG $270,000 <br />$331,716 <br />$317,784 <br />City General Fund $199,251 <br />$206,379 <br />$215,888 <br />Total $469,251 <br />$538,095 <br />$533,672 <br />Page 2 of 4 <br />