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C. 37
To: Board of Supervisors
From: Ellen McDonnell, Public Defender
Date: May  23, 2023
The Seal of Contra Costa County, CA
Contra
Costa
County
Subject: APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Public Defender, or designee, to execute a contract with Contra Costa Interfaith Transitional Housing, Inc.
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On:   05/23/2023
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:     May  23, 2023
Monica Nino, County Administrator
 
BY: , Deputy

 

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Public Defender, or designee, to execute a contract with Contra Costa Interfaith Transitional Housing, Inc. (dba Hope Solutions), in an amount not to exceed $2,627,303 to provide housing services in Contra Costa County for Holistic Intervention Partnership (HIP) participants for the period April 1, 2023 through February 28, 2026. (100% State)

FISCAL IMPACT:

100% California State Board of Community Corrections.

BACKGROUND:

The Holistic Intervention Partnership (HIP) is an innovative holistic defense program funded by a three-year $6 million Proposition 47 Grant Program (PROP 47) from the California Board of State Community Corrections (BSCC). PROP 47 was a voter-approved initiative on the November 2014 ballot that reduced felonies to misdemeanors that are specific to low-level drug and property crimes. Each year, the state savings generated by the implementation of PROP 47 are deposited into the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Fund. Sixty-five percent (65%) of these savings are set aside annually for the BSCC to administer a competitive grant program.  
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
      
    HIP goals are:
    1. Collaboration between public defenders and law enforcement to reduce failures to appear for thousands of indigent people arrested on misdemeanor charges by providing immediate legal representation and procedural support.
    2. Address criminogenic needs and increase clients’ diversion out of the criminal legal system.
    3. Increase HIP’s caseload capacity to annually serve 300 indigent, mentally ill clients arrested on misdemeanors or “wobblers”.
    4. Annually support 100 mentally ill and homeless or imminently homeless clients to obtain or retain appropriate housing, including supportive harm reduction housing.
    The Contra Costa Public Defender’s Office is partnering with Contra Costa Health Services; Behavioral Health Services; Employment and Human Services; Office of the District Attorney, Office of Reentry and Justice, and Office of Education Contra Costa County. HIP’s community-based programs include multi-disciplinary case coordination to identify and coordinate client needs and services.

    CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

    Valuable services like housing to HIP participants will not be provided resulting in possible increased cost to law enforcement, justice system, and the community.

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