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Health and Human Services Agency, Public Health Division recommending the Board approve and authorize the Chair to sign Agreement 484-S1210 with Progress House, Inc. in an amount not-to-exceed $175,000 for the term March 1, 2012 through June 30, 2012, for the provision of substance abuse treatment services for those offenders who are eligible for treatment pursuant to Assembly Bill 109.
FUNDING: 2011 Public Safety Realignment.
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BUDGET SUMMARY:
Total Estimated Cost $175,000
Funding
Budgeted $175,000
New Funding $
Savings $
Other $
Total Funding Available $175,000
Change To Net County Cost $0
Fiscal Impact/Change to Net County Cost: There is no Net County Cost associated with this Agreement. All expenditures will be funded through Assembly Bill (AB) 109 “2011 Public Safety Realignment”
Background: April 4, 2011, Governor Brown signed into law Assembly Bill (AB) 109, commonly referred to as “2011 Public Safety Realignment”, as later amended by AB 117. The 2011 Public Safety Realignment (hereinafter referred to as AB 109) was intended to address the State’s need to reduce prison overcrowding, have a positive impact on the State’s budget crisis, and transfer (or realign) the responsibility for certain offenders to the local level.
AB 109 requires the local Community Corrections Partnership (CCP) be created with members representing the Presiding Judge of the Superior Court; County Supervisor or Chief Administrative Officer; District Attorney; Public Defender; Sheriff; Chief of Police; Department of Social Services; Department of Mental Health; Department of Employment; the County Alcohol and Substance Abuse programs; Office of Education; and stakeholders from the community. The CCP developed the Public Safety Realignment Plan for Fiscal Year 2011/2012, which was presented to and approved by the Board on September 26, 2012 via board item 11-0841.
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