HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 05122015 - C.29RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the County Probation Officer, or designee, to apply for and accept funding under the
Mentally Ill Offender Crime Reduction Grant Program from the Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC)
in amount not to exceed $950,000 to enhance Mental Health services for mentally ill youth on probation for the
period of October 1, 2015 through June 30, 2018.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This State grant is for $950,000 for a period of 36 months and requires a 25% county match.
BACKGROUND:
SB 1054, Steinberg. Mentally ill offender crime reduction grants.
(1) Existing law establishes, within the Board of State and Community Corrections, the California Juvenile Justice
Data Working Group, as provided, and the working group is required, among other things, to recommend a plan for
improving specified juvenile justice reporting requirements, including streamlining and consolidating requirements
without sacrificing meaningful data collection. The working group is required to submit its recommendations to the
board no later than December
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 05/12/2015 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II
Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III
Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV
Supervisor
ABSENT:Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
Contact: James Rivers, (925)
957-2712
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: May 12, 2015
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: Chris Heck, Deputy
cc:
C. 29
To:Board of Supervisors
From:Philip F. Kader, County Probation Officer
Date:May 12, 2015
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Mentally Ill Offender Crime Reduction (MIOCR) Grant
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
31, 2014.
This bill would extend, to April 30, 2015, the date to submit recommendations.
(2) Existing law requires the board to administer mentally ill offender crime reduction grants on a competitive basis
to counties that expand or establish a continuum of timely and effective responses to reduce crime and criminal
justice costs related to mentally ill juvenile and adult offenders. The grants administered by the board are required to
be divided between adult and juvenile mentally ill offender crime reduction grants in accordance with the funds
appropriated for each type of grant.
This bill would clarify that the grants be divided equally between adult and juvenile mentally ill offender crime
reduction grants.
(3) Existing law requires an application for a mentally ill offender crime reduction grant to describe a 4-year plan for
programs, services, or strategies, and requires the board to award grants that provide funding for 4 years with the
proviso that funding beyond the first year of the plan is contingent upon annual appropriations and the availability of
funds to support mentally ill offender crime reduction grants beyond the first funding year.
This bill would delete that proviso and reduce the term of the award grants to funding for 3 years.
(4) Existing law requires the board to create an evaluation design for adult and juvenile mentally ill offender crime
reduction grants that assesses the effectiveness of the program in reducing crime, adult and juvenile offender
incarceration and placement levels, early releases due to jail overcrowding, and local criminal and juvenile justice
costs. The board is required to annually submit a report to the Legislature based on the evaluation design,
commencing October 1, 2015, with a final report due on December 31, 2019.
This bill would change the due date of the final report to December 31, 2018.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
This grant money will allow mentally ill offenders to recieve enhanced mental health services, specifically Functional
Family Therapy (FFT). Without these grant monies, Probation will not be able to provide these services.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
This funding will positively impact mentally ill youth on probation by enhancing current mental health services,
specifically Functional Family Therapy will be funded by these monies.