As requested by the Community Corrections Partnership (CCP) at its May 10, 2013 meeting and recommended by the Public Protection Committee of the Board of Supervisors at their May 16, 2013 meeting, the FY 2013-14 budget for AB 109 Public Safety Realignment in Contra Costa County approved by the Board of Supervisors on May 21, 2013 included an allocation in the amount of $2,000,000 for employment support and placement services for the Central County AB 109 program.
A Request for Proposals (RFP) was issued on March 15, 2013 for employment support and placement services. The Community Corrections Partnership reviewed the RFP award recommendations from the Review Panels at their May 10, 2013 meeting. The Public Protection Committee recommended contract awards to the Board of Supervisors for Rubicon Programs, Inc. (Rubicon) for East and West County services and Goodwill Industries for the Greater East Bay, Inc. (Goodwill) for Central County services, at their May 16, 2013 meeting. At their May 21, 2013 meeting, the Board of Supervisors approved the contracts with Rubicon for $1,400,000 and with Goodwill for $600,000 to provide employment support and placement services in West, East and Central County for the AB 109 population, for the period June 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014.
For fiscal year 2014/15, the CCP-Executive Committee approved the 2014/15 AB109 Public Safety Realignment budget at the February 14, 2014 regular meeting and submitted to the Public Protection Committee for review and approval. On February 24, 2014, the Public Protection Committee accepted the CCP-Executive Committee's recommendations, including the continuation of funding in the amount of $2,000,000 for employment support and placement services and forwarded the recommendation to the Board of Supervisors. On June 24, 2014, the Board of Supervisors approved the continuation of contracts with Rubicon for $1,400,000 and with Goodwill for $600,000 for the period June 30, 2014 through June 30, 2015.
For fiscal year 2015/16, the CCP-Executive Committee approved 2015/16 AB109 Public Safety Realignment budget at the January 9, 2015 regular meeting and submitted to the Public Protection Committee for review and approval. On February 9, 2015, the Public Protection Committee accepted the CCP-Executive Committee's recommendations, including the continuation of funding in the amount of $2,000,000 for employment support and placement services. Today's action approves the contracts with Rubicon for $1,400,000 and with Goodwill for $600,000 to provide employment support and placement services in West, East and Central County for the AB 109 population, for the period June 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016.
Negative action would discontinue employment and placement services provided by Rubicon Programs Inc., and Goodwill Industries of the Greater East Bay, Inc., for the AB 109 population on June 30, 2015.