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C. 65

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Ellen McDonnell, Public Defender
Date:	March 21, 2023

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Public Defender, or designee, to execute a contract with California State University, Long Beach Research Foundation

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 03/21/2023

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Ken Carlson, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:

Sylvia Wong Tam 925-335-8062

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: March 21, 2023
Monica Nino, County Administrator

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Public Defender, or designee, to execute a contract amendment with California State University, Long Beach Research Foundation (CSULBRF), a public agency, to extend the termination date from June 30, 2023 to August 31, 2023, and increase the payment limit by $104,470 to a new payment limit of $249,450, to provide evaluation services in support of the Holistic Intervention Partnership (HIP) project.

FISCAL IMPACT:

100% California State Board of Community Corrections. ($216,328 funded by JAG; $33,122 funded by PROP 47)

BACKGROUND:

The Holistic Intervention Partnership (HIP) is an innovative holistic defense program funded by a three-and-a-half year $3 million Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) in 2019 from the California Board of State Community Corrections (BSCC). CSULBRF was chosen at that time to be the evaluator for the HIP program. In 2022 the CCPD was awarded a three-year $6 million Proposition 47 Program (PROP 47), also from BSCC, to expand the existing program. PROP 47 was a voter-approved initiative on the November 2014 ballot that reduced from felonies to misdemeanors specified low-level drug and property crimes. CCPD have retained CSULBRF to provide evaluation services for the Prop 47 program.

HIP goals are to:

Reduce the financial and human resource burden of misdemeanor cases on law enforcement, the justice system, and the community.
Reduce future criminal justice system involvement among program participants.
Establish early coordination, collaboration, and linkages across system partners to better serve indigent individuals involved in the criminal justice system.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

Unable to follow Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) evaluation report requirements, and potentially losing PROP 47 grant fund to support the HIP project.