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Probation Department recommending the Board receive and file a presentation on the status of “Stepping Up,” a nationwide initiative with the goal of reducing the number of inmates with mental illnesses in county jails.
FUNDING: The Stepping Up Initiative is funded through various grants and the Community Corrections Sub-account within the Law Enforcement Services Account in the Local Revenue Fund 2011.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND:
“Stepping Up” is a national initiative with the goal to advance county efforts across the United States in reducing the number of adults with mental illness in county jails. On January 5, 2016, the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors adopted Resolution #002-2016 in support of the Stepping Up Initiative (16-0003, #16). The “Stepping Up” initiative requests counties across the United States to offer support by engaging individuals at all levels of government, in community organizations, and from individuals with mental illness. With this support, the initiative strives to accomplish the following: 1) collect and review available data about the rates of mentally ill adults in the county jails and the rate of re-offending adults with mental illness; 2) identify barriers to individuals accessing treatment and support in the community; and 3) develop a plan with measurable outcomes to enable implementation of research-based approaches to reduce the number of adult offenders and re-offenders with mental illness in the county jails.
El Dorado County has been moving forward with Stepping Up efforts since the resolution. In 2017, the County Leadership Team met designating the Community Corrections Partnership (CCP) as the Coordinating Council and the Chief Probation Officer as the Project Coordinator for The Stepping Up Initiative.
In 2018 the County Leadership Team signed an El Dorado County Stepping Up Initiative Letter of Agreement to define the purpose, mission and vision, and agency commitments. In addition, the County wa...
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