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a. Approve Agreement between the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the Probation Department, allocating State funding in the amount of $540,000 for fiscal years 13-14 and 14-15 to provide services to adult parolees participating in the Day Reporting Center operated by Behavioral Interventions, Inc.; and
b. Approve and authorize the Contracts/Purchasing Officer to execute the Agreement with the State, and any related amendments.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Approve Agreement between the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the Probation Department, allocating State funding in the amount of $540,000 for fiscal years 13-14 and 14-15 to provide services to adult parolees participating in the Day Reporting Center operated by Behavioral Interventions, Inc.; and
b. Approve and authorize the Contracts/Purchasing Officer to execute the Agreement with the State, and any related amendments.
SUMMARY:
The Probation Department operates a Day Reporting Center (DRC) for adult offenders in Monterey County, in collaboration with Behavioral Interventions, Incorporated (B.I.). The State's CDCR is partnering with local government to create access to these rehabilitative services for parolees residing in Monterey County after their prison incarceration.
DISCUSSION:
Probation has been a partner with Behavioral Interventions, Incorporated since 2010 in the operation of the Day Reporting Center, which provides treatment and supervision services in a one-stop setting for adult offenders.
The DRC was implemented in 2010, initially with federal stimulus funding from the U.S. Department of Justice - Office of Justice Programs under the Recovery Act Edward Byrne Memorial Competitive grant. Probation is currently utilizing funding from Public Safety Realignment Act funds to continue services to eligible adult offenders under its supervision.
The DRC offers an evidence-based model with a variety of programs, including counseling, treatment, life skill classes and employment services to eligible participants. The center is open seven days a week, and has an expanded capacity of up to 100 clients per day.
CDCR has been interested in partnering with local government to provide these services to parolees who are residing in Monterey County after their State incarceration. These services fill a critical gap in the post-custody transition of adult offenders and provide needed rehabilitative services, which historically have been underfunded.
This collaboration will optimize the DRC's service capacity, and extend rehabilitative services to parolees resident in Monterey County, who, with the implementation of Public Safety Realignment, would now serve a sentence for technical violation in County Jail instead of State prison.
OTHER AGENCY INVOLVEMENT:
The Agreement has been approved by County Counsel as to legal form.
FINANCING:
The State will allocate a total of $540,000 in funding, and specifically: $216,000 for the remainder of FY 13-14 and $324,000 for FY 14-15 as a reimbursement to Probation for services provided to parolees through a subcontract with B.I.
These amounts are calculated on the basis of 30 parolee clients, at a daily cost of $30 per client, for an estimated 240 days in FY 13-14, and 360 days in FY 14-15.
There is no anticipated increase in County General Fund Contribution with the current recommended action.
Prepared by: Sandra Shaffer, Management Analyst II, ext. 3985
Approved by: Manuel Real, Chief Probation Officer, ext. 3913
Attachments: Agreement Probation and CDCR