Decision details

Approval to Vary Housing Independence Service's Rough Sleeper Service Contract to include Grant Funding from the MHCLG, for the Rough Sleeper Initiative

Decision Maker: Director of Commissioning, Inclusion and Learning

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Purpose:

The Council has been successful in a bid to the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government’s Rough Sleeper Initiative Grant for Funding of £363,309 for 2018/19; £25,000 of this is to increase the commissioned Rough Sleepers Outreach Service to fund additional outreach work in 2018/19.

 

On 4 July 2018 the Director of Housing and Neighbourhoods approved the acceptance of this grant from the MHCLG for 2018-19, including the approval to make the £25,000 available to the Housing Independence Service to pay the Outreach Service Provider.

 

This report seeks approval to vary the current contract for the Rough Sleepers Outreach Service to enable £25,000 of this grant to be passed onto ‘Framework’ the provider of the outreach service.

Decision:

Variation to the Rough Sleeper Outreach Service Contract to increase the contract value by £25,000 as outlined in the report.

Reasons for the decision:

The grant from the MHCLG will provide a temporary outreach worker for one year to assist in testing approaches to tackle rough sleeping in Sheffield. It will enable the Council and its partners to target the most vulnerable people, sleeping rough or at risk of street homelessness.

 

Approval to vary the Housing Independence Service’s Rough Sleeper Service Contract will enable the grant payment for the worker to be made to Framework on a monthly basis to enable the post holder to assist with the Council’s duties.

Alternative options considered:

No other alternative options were considered as Housing Independence Service already had a contract in place with Framework Housing Association to deliver an outreach service to rough sleepers. The post will enable the extension of that service and therefore it would be appropriate to vary the contract to extend the funding for the service to meet the requirements of the successful bid.

Publication date: 03/08/2018

Date of decision: 02/08/2018

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