Title
Approve the recommended AB 109 Public Safety Realignment Growth Fund Budget in the amount of $568,243 for Fiscal Year (FY) 2013-14.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors approve the AB 109 Public Safety Realignment Growth Fund Budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2013-14 for a total of $568,243, as approved by the Community Corrections Partnership (CCP)'s Executive Committee (EC).
SUMMARY:
The Probation Department serves as lead agency and fiscal agent for the implementation of the AB 109 Public Safety Realignment. In this role, Probation is requesting the Board of Supervisors (BOS) to approve the recommended AB 109 Public Safety Realignment Growth Fund Budget for FY 2013-14, for a total of $568,243 as approved on March 12, 2014 by the CCP's Executive Committee.
DISCUSSION:
Following the original AB 109 allocation for FY 2013-14, Counties received one-time Growth Funding, which amounted to $635,023 for Monterey County. These funds can be added to the original allocation for the current fiscal year, or rolled over to the following one.
Proposals for the utilization of Growth Funds were discussed in several public meetings, and approved by the CCP-EC on March 12, 2014.
The recommended Growth Fund Budget allocates $568,243 to various projects, mostly one-time expenditures, as listed on Attachment A, while the balance of $66,780 will be rolled to FY 2014-15. The various components are managed by four County Departments as detailed below:
Probation/ Lead Agency
§ Community Resources for Justice (CRJ) Pre-trial Assessment
§ Community Oriented Correctional Health Services (COCHS) Maximization of American Care Act (ACA) reimbursement
§ Customization of Smart Probation case management system
§ Supervised Release File (SRF) Automation for State's SmartJustice participation
§ Social Solutions' Efforts to Outcomes (ETO) for collection of program data
Sheriff
§ Training and Reentry Classrooms on Jail premises
Economic Development-OET
§ OET Job Program - expansion
Public Defender
§ P.D. Alternative Sentencing Pilot program
Probation, Sheriff and Public Defender will not request an increase of their current appropriations for these projects, as some of them will be contained within the appropriation limits or will be included in the FY 14-15 Budget, due to timing. Economic Development-OET will request the Board of Supervisors, in a separate report, to increase their appropriations by the allocated $65,443 to support program cost in the current fiscal year.
OTHER AGENCY INVOLVEMENT:
The Community Corrections Partnership (CCP)'s Executive Committee has approved the recommended Growth Fund budget totaling $568,243 for FY 2013-14 (Attachment A).
CCP is chaired by the Chief Probation Officer; its membership is established by law, and includes key stakeholders such as the Board of Supervisors, Sheriff, District Attorney, Public Defender and the Directors for Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Social Services, and Employment Services, in addition to the Presiding Judge and a Chief of Police, Monterey County Office of Education, community-based provider of rehabilitative services, and a victim representative. Penal Code 1230.1 establishes the CCP's Executive Committee's authority to approve the annual plan prior to approval by the Board of Supervisors.
The BOS' Budget Committee has received this update at its meeting of April 3rd , and supports the recommendation.
FINANCING:
Public Safety Realignment funding is allocated to counties by legislative mandate in restricted revenue accounts, and distributed by the State through monthly deposits. The recommended action allocates resources in the amount of $568,243 from the State's AB 109 Growth Fund to four County Departments: Probation, Sheriff's Office, Economic Development-OET and Public Defender.
Funding allocated to the County partners is reimbursed upon validation of eligible expenses, on a cost-applied basis. The District Attorney and Public Defender manage their dedicated legal account.
There is no additional cost to the County General Fund Contribution (GFC) for program implementation.
Prepared by: Marisa Fiori, Management Analyst III, ext. 1100
Approved by: Manuel Real, Chief Probation Officer, ext. 3913
Attachment A: AB 109 Growth Fund allocations approved by CCP EC for FY 13-14