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Grant funding agreement with Boley Centers, Inc. for the Florida Department of Children and Families Treatment for Individuals Experiencing Homelessness grant program.
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Recommended Action:
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Approval of the grant funding agreement with Boley Centers, Inc. (Boley) for the Treatment for Individuals Experiencing Homelessness (TIEH) grant program funded by the Department of Children and Families (DCF).
This agreement allocates TIEH grant program funds to Boley to expand service capacity, including case management, peer recovery support, evidence based mental health and substance use treatment services, and/or housing navigation to individuals who have, or are currently at risk of experiencing homelessness and have serious mental illness, substance use disorder, and/or co-occurring disorder.
• The County will partner with the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) - Pinellas Safe Harbor Homeless Shelter, Boley Centers, and Personal Enrichment through Mental Health Services d/b/a Eleos to serve an average of 90 clients over the three-year grant period.
• The Board of County Commissioners previously approved a Notice of Award for the DCF TIEH grant program on February 28, 2025, item #24-2174A. The TIEH grant program is supported through collaborative funding efforts funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
• This agreement provides Boley an annual allocation of $400,000.00 per year, for up to three years, totaling $1.2M of DCF grant funds for the period of 2/28/2025-1/31/2028. In-kind match is required totaling $400,000.00 per year and will be provided by PCSO ($161,465.00) Human Services ($103,041.00), Boley ($99,607.00), and Eleos ($35,887.00).
• Funding for this grant and its match is included in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Amended Budget and in the FY26 requested budget in the General Fund in the Human Services Department.
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Strategic Priorities:
Healthy and Safe Communities
2.1 Improve public health
2.2 Enhance community safety
Smart Service Delivery
4.2 Achieve and maintain a high level of customer satisfaction
Summary:
Summary
This Agreement allocates DCF TIEH grant program funds to Boley to expand service capacity including case management, peer recovery support, evidence based mental health and substance abuse treatment services, and/or housing navigation to individuals who have, or are currently or are at risk of experiencing homelessness and have serious mental illness, substance abuse disorder, and/or co-occurring disorder. The County will partner with the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office - Pinellas Safe Harbor Homeless Shelter, Boley Centers, and Personal Enrichment through Mental Health Services dba Eleos to serve an average of 90 clients over the three-year Grant period.
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Background Information:
The homeless population suffers a variety of ailments and health risks at rates consistently higher, and in some cases dramatically higher, than the housed. The Point in Time study for Pinellas County showed 18.3% of the respondents reported a substance use disorder, and 23.0% reported having a serious mental health issue. Pinellas Safe Harbor serves on average, 1,385 unique individuals quarterly where 28% self-report having mental illness as a primary need and 14.5% self-report having both alcohol and drug use as a primary need.
Fiscal Impact:
Funding in an amount not to exceed $1,200,000.00 is provided by the TIEH DCF Grant, for up to three years, for the period of 2/28/2025 - 1/31/2028.
In-kind match equal to the award amount, $400,000 per year, is required and will be provided by PCSO ($161,465) Pinellas County Human Services ($103,041), Boley ($99,607), and Eleos ($35,887).
Funding for this grant is included in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Amended Budget. The FY26 requested Budget includes $400,000.00 for this grant.
Appropriate termination language is included should this funding become unavailable.
Staff Member Responsible:
Karen Yatchum, Director, Human Services
Partners:
Boley Centers
Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office, Safe Harbor - Homeless Shelter
Personal Enrichment through Mental Health Services dba Eleos
Florida Department of Children and Families
Attachments:
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