RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Sheriff-Coroner, or designee, to execute a contract with Bay Area Chaplains, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $162,100 for chaplaincy services for the period July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020.
FISCAL IMPACT:
$162,100; Budgeted, 100% Inmate Welfare Fund.
BACKGROUND:
The Bay Area Chaplains, Inc., provide clergy to meet the diverse spiritual needs of inmates and their families housed in the Office of the Sheriff's adult detention facilities in Contra Costa County. Clergy of all denominations provide counseling, religious materials and literature, bible studies, worship services, and respond to crisis and emergencies involving inmates or staff.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Chaplaincy services within the three adult detention facilities will discontinue after July 1, 2019.
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