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Adopt Resolution to authorize the Auditor-Controller to amend the FY 2021-22 Adopted Budget to increase appropriations and revenues $637,000 for Public Defender Budget Unit 001-2270-PUB001-8169 financed by a previously awarded Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) Indigent Defense Grant to develop the Attorney and Case Management Enhancement project (ACME). (4/5ths vote required)
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
Adopt Resolution to authorize the Auditor-Controller to amend the FY 2021-22 Adopted Budget to increase appropriations and revenues $637,000 for Public Defender Budget Unit 001-2270-PUB001-8169 financed by a previously awarded Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) Indigent Defense Grant to develop the Attorney and Case Management Enhancement project (ACME). (4/5ths vote required)
DISCUSSION:
The Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) is an independent statutory agency that provides leadership and technical assistance to the adult and juvenile criminal justice systems, expertise on Public Safety Realignment issues, a data and information clearinghouse, and provides assistance on a wide range of community corrections issues. The BSCC also administers public safety related to grant funding, including evidence-based practices to fight gangs, and works to address the over representation of youth of color in the juvenile justice system.
The Budget Act of 2020 (Senate Bill 74) established the Indigent Defense Grant Program and appropriated $10,000,000 in funding. Per the Budget Act, $9,800,000 is available for grants to nineteen counties with a population of 550,000 residents or less. The Monterey County Public Defender is among one of the nineteen applicable counties who meet eligibility of this grant. The County's allocation is $637,000.00.
Funds awarded under the Indigent Defense Grant Program will be utilized to address the Public Defender's Attorney and Case Management Enhance...
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