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a. Approve and authorize the Contracts/Purchasing Officer or their designee to execute an Agreement with GEO Reentry Services, LLC, to coordinate, deliver and oversee in-custody programming and services with an evidence based, trauma informed care approach for secure track youth facility (STYF) youth for the Monterey County Probation Department to promote and support successful reentry of youth into community, for the term May 1, 2025 through April 30, 2030, not to exceed $2,642,006; and
b. Authorize the Contracts/Purchasing Officer or their designee to execute future amendments to the Agreement where the total amendments do not exceed 10% ($264,200) of the Agreement amount and do not significantly change the scope of services, for a not to exceed maximum aggregate amount of $2,906,206.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Approve and authorize the Contracts/Purchasing Officer or their designee to execute an Agreement with GEO Reentry Services, LLC, to coordinate, deliver and oversee in-custody programming and services with an evidence based, trauma informed care approach for secure track youth facility (STYF) youth for the Monterey County Probation Department to promote and support successful reentry of youth into community, for the term May 1, 2025 through April 30, 2030, not to exceed $2,642,006; and
b. Authorize the Contracts/Purchasing Officer or their designee to execute future amendments to the Agreement where the total amendments do not exceed 10% ($264,200) of the Agreement amount and do not significantly change the scope of services, for a not to exceed maximum aggregate amount of $2,906,206.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The need for the mandated re-entry services as provided by GEO Reentry, LLC is due to Senate Bill 823 (SB), signed into law in September 2020 by Governor Newsom, which realigned the Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) population from the State of California to Counties, beginning July 1, 2021. Th...
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