On September 28, 2018, budget instructions for the FY 2019/20 AB 109 budget were distributed to the Community Corrections Partnership (CCP) subscriber list, including Committee members, staff and interested parties, requesting formal submission no later than October 19, 2018. This year, staff had again requested budget submissions to illustrate 1) the true "status quo" budget, (2) the "baseline" budget (i.e. the cost of simply maintaining the current level of service in 2019/20 dollars), and (3) a "program modification" budget to reflect any proposed program additions or deletions for the upcoming year.

On November 2, 2018, the CCP held a budget workshop, giving departments and funded agencies an opportunity to present and discuss budget proposals. Subsequently, a final vote of the CCP-Executive Committee was held on December 7, 2018. The budget approved by the CCP has been submitted to the Public Protection Committee for review and approval at today's meeting.

The fiscal year 2018/19 Ongoing Budget for AB 109 is $27,885,959, which is composed of $27,385,959 approved by the CCP and an additional allocation of $500,000 authorized by the BOS to fund the Stand Together CoCo program in the Public Defender's Office from the AB 109 fund balance. Based on the fiscal year 2018/19 Governor’s Enacted Budget, Contra Costa County is expected to receive $24,980,233 in fiscal year 2018/19 in Base allocation funding. The County has received fiscal year 2017/18 Growth allocation (paid in fiscal year 2018/19) in the amount of $2,375,791, 10% of which will be transferred to the Local Innovation account (pursuant to Government Code section 30029.07(b), effectively reducing our Growth allocation by $237,579 to $2,138,212. Since the new Growth formula is permanent for the foreseeable future and many factors are based on year-over-year performance, future Growth allocation will continue to be difficult to estimate. A detailed calculation of the Contra Costa Growth formula allocation is included in Attachment A.

As proposed, the FY 2019/20 CCP Recommended Budget would increase expenditure appropriations by $1.7 million, from $27,885,959 to $29,599,550. The Governor's Proposed Budget includes an estimated increase to the County's Base allocation of $1,606,289, from $24,980,233 to $26,586,522. This figure will likely change in the May Revision and Enacted Budgets.