On September 22, 2017, budget instructions for the FY 2018/19 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, 2017. This year, staff had again requested budget submissions to 1) maintain the status quo funding level at the fiscal year 2017/18 Ongoing budget level, and 2) contemplate new funding requests based on programming needs.

On November 3, 2017, 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 1, 2017. 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 2017/18 Ongoing Budget for AB 109 is $25,920,149, which is composed of $25,420,149 previous 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. The California State Association of Counties (CSAC) is projecting that Contra Costa County will receive $23,342,798 in fiscal year 2017/18 in Base allocation funding. The Growth allocation for fiscal year 2016/17 (paid in 2017/18) is projected by CSAC to be $1,195,045 has been received by the County, 10% of which has been transferred to the Local Innovation account (pursuant to Government Code section 30029.07(b), effectively reducing our Growth allocation by $119,505 to $1,075,540. Since the new Growth formula is permanent for the foreseeable future, it is likely that any future Growth allocation will not exceed the 2016/17 amount described above. A detailed calculation of the Contra Costa Growth formula allocation is included in Attachment A.

As proposed, the FY 2018/19 CCP Recommended Budget would increase expenditure appropriations by $1.9 million, from $25,920,149 to $27,802,938. The Governor's Proposed Budget includes an estimated increase to the County's Base allocation of $1,584,770, from $23,342,798 to $24,927,568. This figure will likely change in the May Revision and Enacted Budgets.