2023-061 - Community Outreach Team Development and Operation

As a continuation of its response to both homelessness and homeless encampments, the City seeks an individual or firm (Consultant) to launch a Community Outreach program serving the City. This Community Outreach team is expected to work directly with people experiencing homelessness and with businesses and other stakeholders that are close to homeless encampments and/or engage regularly with people who are homeless. The team is also expected to work closely with other local homelessness service providers, the Loveland Police Department, and other emergency responders.
The City is seeking a Consultant to develop, launch, and operate a Community Outreach program within the boundaries of the City of Loveland and in partnership with the Community Partnership Office and the Loveland Library. The Consultant will receive support from Outreach Fort Collins, an established outreach program based in Ft Collins, and in partnership with a new outreach team that is managed by United Way of Weld County.
The City has received about $275,000 in Opioid Settlement Funding for the first two years that will be used to contract with a Consultant interested in providing outreach in Loveland and is seeking additional funding to supplement the budget. Currently, the City does not have enough funding to fully pay for a community outreach team and is interested in partnering with an organization that may have additional resources to provide this effort.