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Probation Department recommending the Board:
1) Authorize the Chair to execute retroactive revenue-generating Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) 9908 with the Superior Court of California regarding the Collaborative Justice Courts Substance Abuse Focus Grant Program awards for Probation to provide services of alcohol monitoring, urine testing, saliva testing, and other technologies to monitor offenders’ compliance in collaboration with Superior Court of California with a term of July 1, 2025, through December 1, 2026 and a grant award period of September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2026 providing up to $19,252 in funding to the County; and
2) Delegate authority to the Chief Probation Officer to execute future amendments related to this MOU that do not increase Net County Cost, contingent upon approval by County Counsel and Risk Management, as applicable, and subsequent administrative documents or required fiscal or programmatic reports.
FUNDING: Revenue Generating Agreement - State Funding - Judicial Council of California (100%).
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The Superior Court of California, County of El Dorado (Court), first applied for the California Collaborative Justice Courts Substance Abuse Focus Grant (SAFG) Program in August of 2014. The grant is funded through the Judicial Council of California. The Court has received the SAFG every year since initial application and award.
The grant is designed to promote innovation through helping grantees maintain, expand, or enhance their collaborative courts. The program is also designed to assist the Court in using drug court principles and substance abuse treatment. The Probation Department’s (Probation) participation in this grant program will be to provide the Court with services to complete the program objectives identified in the MOU.
This revenue MOU, if adopted, will cover the term of July 1, 2025, through December 1, 2026.
Each SAFG grant award period runs from September 1 through August 31....
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