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| PUBLIC PROTECTION COMMITTEE |
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| Information |
| Referral History: |
In September 2015 the Community Advisory Board (CAB) of the Community Corrections Partnership (CCP) convened an ad hoc workgroup with the specific task of developing recommendations to be considered in the CCP 2016-17 budget cycle. After the workgroup met twice in September, CAB held a Special Session on October 22. In this Special Session CAB voted on the general framework of the budget, decided to recommend contracts be put back out to a competitive bidding process, and agreed to request a modest cost of living adjustment (COLA) for main staff of the Reentry Success Center and Network System of Services.
The workgroup met once more in November before drafting a 2016-17 an initial set of recommendations. During a subsequent Special Session that was held in Richmond at the Reentry Success Center on November 30. Both the Network System of Services Manager and Success Center Director were invited to the Special Session, and offered time on the Agenda to discuss their specific requests. CAB approved an amended version of these recommendations that was then presented to the CCP at its Budget Workshop on December 4, 2015. This set of recommendations to the CCP included a community programs budget of $5,250,000 – $1,255,000 more than the prior year’s allocation.
CAB’s budget workgroup met for the final time on December 30, 2015, at Goodwill Industries in Concord; a No Wrong Door Site. Again, both the Network Manager and Center Director were provided with an opportunity to further discuss their impending budget requests. I final revision of the recommendations were developed and submitted to the full CAB for consideration. To ensure CAB’s timely approval of these recommendations, CAB advanced its January General Meeting to January 6, 2016. CAB’s approved recommendations for fiscal year 2016-17 was subsequently submitted to the CCP for consideration, and included a streamlined budget in the amount of $4,850,000. In addition to reducing the incremental budget amount by nearly one-third, CAB also prioritized the programs recommended for increased funding.
After hearing considering CAB’s recommendations at its January 22 meeting, the CCP approved CAB’s status quo budget, including an incremental $25,036 COLA for the main staff of the Network and Success Center. The CCP also approved an additional $160,000 allocation for the community programs with direction that CAB provide the CCP with recommendations on how to allocate this additional incremental funding. When CAB’s final recommendations were considered this Committee (Public Protection Committee), an additional incremental allocation of $500,000 was provided to the community programs with similar direction for CAB to provide this body with recommendations on how to best allocate this $660,000 of combined incremental funding.
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| Referral Update: |
In fulfillment of this Committee’s wishes, and using the program funding priorities recently developed for its budget narrative, CAB approved the following recommended allocations for the $660,000 of combined incremental funding at its February 2016 General Meeting:
- Short and Long Term Housing Access – $530,036
- Reentry Success Center - $56,344
- Network System of Services - $3,620
- Legal Services - $70,000
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| Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s): |
1. Recognize that the total allocation approved for community programs in fiscal year 2016-17 is currently $4,680,036. Unless additional funding is contemplated, round this amount down to $4,680,000 to make developing and responding to forthcoming RFP’s less cumbersome.
2. Approve CAB’s recommended services and allocation amounts for the AB 109 2016-17 fiscal year community programs as follows ($4,680,000 in total):
- Employment Support and Placement - $2,000,000
- Short and Long Term Housing - $1,030,000
- Implementation of Reentry First Stops - $1,285,000
- Mentoring and Family Reunification - $200,000
- Civil Legal Services - $150,000
- Reentry Resource Guide - $15,000
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| Fiscal Impact (if any): |
| No additional fiscal impact. |
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