HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 04272010 - C.32RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Sheriff-Coroner, or designee, to apply for and accept the
U.S. Department of Justice, Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program grant in an
amount not to exceed $249,322 for cross-system collaboration on mentally ill offenders, for
the period October 1, 2010 through September 30, 2012.
FISCAL IMPACT:
$249,322; 80% Federal, 20% In-Kind match. The federal grant portion is not budgeted in
the fiscal year 2010/11 Recommended Budget; however, if awarded, the in-kind match will
come from existing appropriations. (CFDA# 16.745)
BACKGROUND:
The United State Department of Justice (USDOJ) Justice and Mental Health Collaboration
Program seeks to increase public safety through innovative cross-system collaboration for
individuals with mental illness or co-occurring mental health and substance abuse disorders
who come into contact with the justice system. This program is authorized under the
Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act of 2004 (MIOTCRA) (Pub. L.
108-414) and the Mentally Ill Offender
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 04/27/2010 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I
Supervisor
Gayle B. Uilkema, District II
Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III
Supervisor
Susan A. Bonilla, District IV
Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
Contact: T. McCown, 5-1553
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board
of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: April 27, 2010
David J. Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: KATHERINE SINCLAIR, Deputy
cc:
C.32
To:Board of Supervisors
From:Warren Rupf, Sheriff-Coroner
Date:April 27, 2010
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:APPLY for and ACCEPT the U.S. Department of Justice, Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program
Grant
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
Treatment and Crime Reduction Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2008 (Pub. L.
110-416).
The County Behavioral Health Court, a collaboration of the Sheriff's Office, the Health
Services Department, District Attorney's Office, Public Defender's Office, the Office of the
Courts, and non-profit service and advocacy groups, seeks funds through this program to
implement and support an enhanced Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) project entitled, Project
Integration. Project Integration will focus training and management strategies within the
Sheriff's Office, but will continue to provide CIT training for other law enforcement
agencies across the county.
The project targets mentally ill County residents who come into contact with law
enforcement through calls for service to the Sheriff's Office (in particular crisis related calls
such as calls for assistance with psychiatric hospitalization) and those who are incarcerated.
Vulnerable by virtue of their illness, the mentally ill are more likely than non-mentally ill
people to come into contact with law enforcement, more likely to recidivate and spend
longer periods of time in jail or prison and more likely to struggle with co-occurring
disorders.
Project Integration will expand and improve access to mental health resources through
improved law enforcement services. It will also serve as the threshold at which CIT
Interventions become the norm rather than the exception in the Sheriff's Office and provide
the momentum for change by modeling the partnership between law enforcement and
mental health for the other jurisdictions.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT: