On October 2, 2020, budget instructions for the FY 2021/22 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 23, 2020. This year’s budget submission process remains unchanged and continues to illustrate 1) the FY 2020/21 Budget, 2) the "baseline" budget (i.e. the cost of simply maintaining the current level of service in 2021/22 dollars), and 3) a "program modification" budget to reflect any proposed program additions or deletions for the upcoming year. All budget requests have been included in a detailed summary (Attachment A) and each individual request has been compiled and attached to this staff report (Attachment B).

On November 6, 2020, the CCP held a 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 4, 2020. The budget approved by the CCP has been submitted to the Public Protection Committee for review and approval at today's meeting.

Expenditures
The fiscal year 2021/22 recommended AB 109 Budget is $29,949,274. of which approximately 23% ($7.0 million) of the budget is allocated to community based organizations. The 2021/22 budget represents an increase of 5.9% over the current year and is composed of $29,121,808 in baseline budget requests and $827,466 in program modifications.

Revenue/Funding
This budget relies on approximately $26.5 million in FY 2021/22 Base allocation funding and $3.5 million in Community Corrections fund balance. The County will not receive any Growth revenue.

Fund Balance
Assuming a FY 2021/22 estimated beginning fund balance of $20.6 million, fund balance woudl be reduced to $17.1 million by the end of the fiscal year.