HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 02152011 - C.27 (2)RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee (Haven Fearn), to
execute and transmit an application to the California Emergency Management Agency (Cal
EMA) for funding in an amount not to exceed $525,000, for the 2010 Comprehensive Drug
Courts Implementation (CDCI) Program, for the period from January 1, 2011 through
December 31, 2011.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this Funding Application will result in an amount not to exceed $525,000 in
Federal Funds American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), of which funding is
administered by the California Emergency Management Agency (CAL EMA), through
December 31, 2011. No County match required.
BACKGROUND:
The Comprehensive Drug Court Implementation (CDCI) Act created a funding stream for
state drug courts (Assembly Bill 1111, Chapter 147, 2999 Statutes, Health and Safety Code
Section 11970.1-11970.4). CDCI was originally designed to serve adult pre-plea and
post-plea offenders
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 02/15/2011 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I
Supervisor
Gayle B. Uilkema, District II
Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV
Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
ABSENT:Mary N. Piepho, District III
Supervisor
Contact: Haven Fearn 335-3340
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: February 15, 2011
David J. Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: June McHuen, Deputy
cc: J Pigg, B Borbon
C.27
To:Board of Supervisors
From:William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:February 15, 2011
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Submission of Federal Funding Application #29-531 with the California Emergency Management Agency
(Cal EMA)
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
and misdemeanants; any juveniles and parents of children who are detained by, or are
dependents of, the juvenile court. In the year of 2003, CDCI was amended to focus
exclusively on convicted felons placed on formal probation.
At present, there is inadequate capacity to provide treatment for persons eligible under our
existing Adult Felony Drug Court. Non-Violent Offenders who can be helped through
substance treatment to achieve sobriety and recovery and break the cycle of recidivism are
not able to find that help.
The Health Services Department Alcohol and Other Drugs Services Division’s application
to Cal EMA would allow Alcohol and Other Drugs Services (AODS) to expand treatment
capacity for our existing Adult Felony Drug Court and to strengthen the existing countywide
drug collaborative structure. Through this project, AODS expects to divert non-violent
offenders and probationers charged with non-violent offenses, drug possessions, low level
possessions for sales, sales, or transportation and other possible offenses from incarceration
into community-based treatment including case management and sober living. Approval of
this funding application will allow the Alcohol and Drugs Services to: 1) Expand residential
treatment; 2) Provide case management and coordination of support services necessary to
achieve recovery; and 3) Provide sober living housing combined with outpatient treatment
for after care support.
The goal of the program will be to enhance treatment services; increase proportion of
offenders who enter, remain in, and complete treatment; reduce delays in the availability of
appropriate services based on our existing drug court model, including a dedicated court
calendars with regularly scheduled reviews of individual’s performance in treatment, and
strong collaboration by the courts, probation and treatment, through December 31, 2011.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this contract is not approved, the County’s Alcohol and Other Drugs Services will not
receive funding to be able to: 1) Expand residential treatment; 2) Provide case management
and coordination of support services necessary to achieve recovery; and 3) Provide sober
living housing combined with outpatient treatment for after care support.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
Not applicable.