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Sheriff's Office and Health and Health & Human Service Agency recommending the Board consider the following:
1) Accept the grant award for the Mentally Ill Offender Crime Reduction (MIOCR) Grant in the amount of $950,000 with a 29% in-kind match funded through the State Recidivism Reduction Fund and administered by the Board of State and Community Corrections;
2) Authorize the Sheriff to sign the MIOCR Grant Program Agreement for the term July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2018;
3) Authorize the Chair to sign the MIOCR grant required Governing Body Resolution 131-2015 for the purpose of authorizing the submission of the grant proposal, grant agreement, and providing grant required assurances; and
4) Authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 127-2015 amending the Authorized Personnel Allocation Resolution by adding 3.5 Limited Term Full Time Equivalent Mental Health Worker I/II.
FUNDING: MIOCR Grant Funds, 29% County Match, $388,400 (to be delivered as in-kind contributions).
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DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION
Sheriff’s Office and Health and Human Services Agency recommend acceptance of the MIOCR Grant to provide funding for services to prevent recidivism of mentally ill offenders.
DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
Research shows that offenders with mental illness recidivate at a much higher rate than non-mentally ill offenders. At the recommendation of the MIOCR Strategy Committee, El Dorado County has applied for and was awarded the MIOCR Grant funding because it was determined that seriously mentally ill inmates and those with co-occurring substance abuse issues in the South Lake Tahoe area have demonstrated an inability to maintain the treatment gains achieved through services provided in custody. Once released, these offenders face a variety of impacting factors including housing, employment, access to treatment services, and crisis intervention and management.
The El Dorado project is a multi-faceted service approach for the seriously mentally ill offender population...
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