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To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	David Twa, County Administrator
Date:	September 13, 2016

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

AB 109 Contract for West County Reentry Success Center with Rubicon Programs, Inc.

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 09/13/2016

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:

L. DeLaney, 925-335-1097

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: September 13, 2016
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the County Administrator, or designee, to execute a contract with Rubicon Programs, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $503,943 for the operation of the West County Reentry Success Center for the County's AB 109 Realignment Program for the period July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017, subject to approval as to form by County Counsel.

FISCAL IMPACT:

$503,943 for FY 2016/17, 100% funded by State Public Safety Realignment Revenue (AB 109)

BACKGROUND:

In 2011, the California Legislature passed the Public Safety Realignment Act (Assembly Bill 109), which transferred responsibility for supervising specific low-level inmates and parolees from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to counties. This Act tasked local government at the county level with developing a new approach to reducing recidivism among this population. AB 109 took effect October 1, 2011 and realigned three major areas of the criminal justice system.

BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)

On a prospective basis, the legislation:

Transferred the location of incarceration for individuals convicted of lower-level specified non-violent, non-serious, non-sex offences from state prison to local county jail pursuant to Penal Code 1170 (h) and provides for an expanded role for their post-release Mandatory Supervision;
Transferred responsibility from the State to the County for post-release supervision of those released from prison after having served a sentence for a non-violent, non-serious, and non-sex offense by creating a new category of supervision called Post-Release Community Supervision (PRCS);
Transferred the housing responsibility for parole and PRCS revocations to local jail custody.

AB 109 also tasked the local Community Corrections Partnership (CCP) with recommending to the County Board of Supervisors a plan for implementing criminal justice realignment. The Board of Supervisors adopted the Contra Costa County Realignment Plan on October 4, 2011 (Agenda Item No. D.5), as recommended by the Executive Committee of the CCP.

The Executive Committee of the CCP is composed of the County Probation Officer (Chair), Sheriff-Coroner, a Chief of Police (represented by the Antioch Police Chief), the District Attorney, Public Defender, Presiding Judge of the Superior Court or designee (represented by the Court Executive Officer), and County EHSD Director.

For fiscal year 2016/17, the CCP-Executive Committee approved the 2016/17 AB 109 Public Safety Realignment budget at the January 22, 2016 regular meeting and submitted to the Public Protection Committee for review and approval. On February 8, 2016, the Public Protection Committee approved the 2016/17 AB109 Public Safety Realignment budget. On May 10, 2016, the Board of Supervisors adopted the Recommended Budget for Contra Costa County for FY 2016/17, including the AB 109 Public Safety Realignment budget. The FY 16-17 Budget for the Reentry Success Center was approved at $465,000.

On August 5, 2016 the CCP Executive Committee approved a request to carry-forward the remaining balance of the FY 1516 contract of $38,943 into the FY 16-17 year for continued database development and the development and implementation of a communications strategy. Approval of the carry-forward request establishes the FY 16-17 budget for the Reentry Success Center at $503,943 pending Board of Supervisors' authorization.

Today's action approves and authorizes the execution of the contract with Rubicon Programs for the operation of the West County Reentry Success Center for the AB 109 Public Safety Realignment Program, in an amount not to exceed $503,943 for the period July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If the Board of Supervisors does not approve and authorize the contracts, the contract will not be effectuated.