Become Part of the Housing for Health Vendor Pool
The Housing for Health (H4H) Division of the Santa Cruz County Human Services Department maintains a list of prequalified vendors eligible to apply for specific funding opportunities managed by H4H. These funding opportunities align with the H4H mission to ensure all county residents have stable, safe, and healthy places to live.
The Vendor Pool was created to streamline the process of contracting with vendors qualified to operate time-limited and permanent housing programs, provide housing-related services, manage leasing or rental assistance funding, and/or provide consulting and project management services for H4H.
If your organization works in any of these areas, we encourage you to apply to become part of the Vendor Pool. Some funding opportunities are only made available to pre-qualified H4H vendors.
Why Should You Apply Now?
In the first three months of 2025, H4H will be seeking a lead vendor to operate a three-year, $500,000 per year, targeted homelessness prevention program in the southern part of the County. Only pre-qualified vendors will have an opportunity to apply for this funding. The funding for this project comes from a set-aside of County Collective of Results and Evidenced-based (CORE) general funds for this specific purpose.
How to Apply
To be considered for the H4H Vendor Pool, please submit your Request for Qualifications (RFQ) no later than Tuesday, December 31, 2024. All applicants will be reviewed by a team of County staff and consultants with extensive experience in health and housing-related services. Notifications regarding your qualification status will be sent by the Vendor Pool Contract Analyst.
Take this important step today to ensure your place in our H4H Vendor Pool and be part of the ongoing effort to provide essential health and housing services to our communities. We look forward to reviewing your application!
About the Vendor Pool
In 2023, the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors approved the creation of a Housing for Health (H4H) Vendor Pool to efficiently and rapidly respond to emerging opportunities to expand the number of qualified vendors willing to partner with us, utilizing time-limited funding, to achieve shared goals of reducing homelessness. The H4H Vendor Pool allows us to build the capacity of existing vendors, bring in new qualified vendors and decrease the timeline for contract execution. It is significant in accelerating efforts to prevent and end homelessness through supportive services, program operations, leasing/rental assistance, consulting and project management services.
Here on our H4H Vendor Pool website, potential H4H vendors can learn how to become a qualified vendor. Interested parties will also find information on the initial process for developing our H4H Vendor Pool, which vendors have been approved and what contracts have been executed. Learn more: