DEPARTMENT: Social Services-Housing & Community Resources
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
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Authorization To Execute Contracts For Housing Services
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PURPOSE/ACTION REQUESTED
Authorize execution of contracts for housing services.
SUMMARY
The Social Services Department provides both in-house and contracted services across the housing service continuum. Contracted services include street outreach, emergency shelter, permanent supportive housing, apartment services and services at eviction court. To ensure continued high-quality services, Dakota County conducts a routine Request for Proposal (RFP) process every four years.
On January 21, 2025, staff issued an RFP for housing supportive services. A review committee from Social Services reviewed and scored proposals. See attached for service descriptions and determination of success for each contractor (Attachments: Solicitation Summary).
Staff recommends executing contracts for housing services for the term and the amounts listed as follows:
Two-year contracts (January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2027):
Apartment Services for Seniors:
DARTS in an amount not to exceed $424,000
* Served 287 households in 2024
* Funding Source: Local Affordable Housing Aid (LAHA)
* No increase
Apartment Services for All Ages:
Residential Transitions, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $624,000
* Served 75 households in 2024
* Funding Source: LAHA
* No increase
Housing Clinic Services:
360 Communities in an amount not to exceed $800,000
* Served 619 households in 2024
* Funding Source: LAHA
* Increase by $5,600 annually (1.4%)
Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $160,000
* Served 189 households in 2024
* Funding Source: LAHA
* No increase
Supportive Housing Services/Lincoln Place:
Amherst Wilder in an amount not to exceed $672,000
* Served 30 households in 2024
* Funding Source: LAHA
* No increase
Supportive Housing Services/Haralson Apartments:
CAP Agency in an amount not to exceed ...
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