Project name rfp-hhs-2025-08 - homelessness prevention pilot date august 29 2025 description this homelessness prevention pilot provides short-term flexible financial assistance and stabilization support to households at imminent risk of homelessness the county will invest in short-term flexible assistance to help residents maintain stable housing and avoid entering the homelessness system according to the 2025 affordable housing needs report 67 of extremely low-income households in marin pay more than half of their income on housing costs compared to 4 of moderate-income households simultaneously a 26 reduction in state and federal funding for housing production and preservation has further limited resources for rental relief and social services with rents rising by 10 in 2024 alone efforts to establish permanent housing solutions must also address the growing risk of homelessness to be truly effective this proposal aims to intervene prior to the experience of homelessness by providing short-term targeted support to prevent displacement before it occurs it prioritizes services for extremely low-income households and other underserved populations including residents living in high-risk zip codes across marin county it is not a housing placement or long-term rental subsidy program rather it is designed to intervene upstream before households experience literal homelessness by addressing immediate financial and systemic barriers to housing stability this project seeks qualified applicants with demonstrated capacity and experience in delivering homeless prevention services to both rural and urban populations including flexible financial assistance wrap-around case management services and legal referrals the ultimate goal is to deliver critical stabilization resources to vulnerable marin county residents at imminent risk of homelessness reducing displacement and promoting long-term housing security regional model for homelessness prevention all home works to advance regional solutions that disrupt the cycles of poverty and homelessness redress racial disparities and create more economic mobility opportunities for people with extremely low incomes with a group of regional and national experts all home developed a regional prevention model partnering with bay area community services bacs all home and bacs developed a technology platform to help regionally scale the model effectively all home also provides strategic and technical assistance across the bay area to advance homelessness prevention and promote a data-driven equity-focused model to keep individuals housed and out of the homelessness response system currently across the bay area approximately three individuals are becoming homeless for every one person being housed through existing systems the region s undersupply of housing combined with extreme income inequality and low incomes that don t cover high housing costs drive high-risk households into homelessness even more to support implementation and coordination this project will utilize the bacs online platform the bacs platform provides a secure data-informed screening and coordination tool that assigns risk-based priority scores to applicants based on factors such as prior experiences of homelessness residence in high-risk zip codes and other social determinants the platform enables service providers to track referrals document services and financial assistance as well as monitor household outcomes the extensive capabilities of bacs are crucial to the development and result tracking of the project all proposers must adopt the screening and coordination technology platform that is administered by bacs as part of their service delivery model applicants should describe how they will integrate this tool with their existing workflows and collaborate with all home cbos and county partners to ensure seamless data sharing and client tracking department division health and human services

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Tender Organisation:

County of Marin

Tender Sector:

Infrastructure and construction Tenders

Tender Service:

Worldwide

Tender Region:

Americas

Tender Country:

USA

Tender CPV:

45211200 : Sheltered housing construction work
70331000 : Residential property services
70333000 : Housing services

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Tender Description:

Project name rfp-hhs-2025-08 - homelessness prevention pilot date august 29 2025 description this homelessness prevention pilot provides short-term flexible financial assistance and stabilization support to households at imminent risk of homelessness the county will invest in short-term flexible assistance to help residents maintain stable housing and avoid entering the homelessness system according to the 2025 affordable housing needs report 67 of extremely low-income households in marin pay more than half of their income on housing costs compared to 4 of moderate-income households simultaneously a 26 reduction in state and federal funding for housing production and preservation has further limited resources for rental relief and social services with rents rising by 10 in 2024 alone efforts to establish permanent housing solutions must also address the growing risk of homelessness to be truly effective this proposal aims to intervene prior to the experience of homelessness by providing short-term targeted support to prevent displacement before it occurs it prioritizes services for extremely low-income households and other underserved populations including residents living in high-risk zip codes across marin county it is not a housing placement or long-term rental subsidy program rather it is designed to intervene upstream before households experience literal homelessness by addressing immediate financial and systemic barriers to housing stability this project seeks qualified applicants with demonstrated capacity and experience in delivering homeless prevention services to both rural and urban populations including flexible financial assistance wrap-around case management services and legal referrals the ultimate goal is to deliver critical stabilization resources to vulnerable marin county residents at imminent risk of homelessness reducing displacement and promoting long-term housing security regional model for homelessness prevention all home works to advance regional solutions that disrupt the cycles of poverty and homelessness redress racial disparities and create more economic mobility opportunities for people with extremely low incomes with a group of regional and national experts all home developed a regional prevention model partnering with bay area community services bacs all home and bacs developed a technology platform to help regionally scale the model effectively all home also provides strategic and technical assistance across the bay area to advance homelessness prevention and promote a data-driven equity-focused model to keep individuals housed and out of the homelessness response system currently across the bay area approximately three individuals are becoming homeless for every one person being housed through existing systems the region s undersupply of housing combined with extreme income inequality and low incomes that don t cover high housing costs drive high-risk households into homelessness even more to support implementation and coordination this project will utilize the bacs online platform the bacs platform provides a secure data-informed screening and coordination tool that assigns risk-based priority scores to applicants based on factors such as prior experiences of homelessness residence in high-risk zip codes and other social determinants the platform enables service providers to track referrals document services and financial assistance as well as monitor household outcomes the extensive capabilities of bacs are crucial to the development and result tracking of the project all proposers must adopt the screening and coordination technology platform that is administered by bacs as part of their service delivery model applicants should describe how they will integrate this tool with their existing workflows and collaborate with all home cbos and county partners to ensure seamless data sharing and client tracking department division health and human services

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