To: Board of Supervisors
From: Dr. Grant Colfax, Health Services Director
Report Title: Grant Application and award with the California Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC)
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to submit on behalf of the County Grant Application #78-092 to the California Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC), for the California Violence Intervention and Prevention (CalVIP) Cohort 5 Grant Program, and if awarded, ACCEPT grant funding in an amount not to exceed $5,000,000 for the period January 1, 2026 through June 30, 2029.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this Board action will result in the eligibility to apply for, and if selected, accept up to $5,000,000 in BSCC funding payable to the County over a three-and-a-half-year period. No County match is required.
BACKGROUND:
The BSCC CalVIP Grant aims to increase public health and safety by supporting efforts to reduce community-based gun violence in communities disproportionately impacted by it. The grant objectives are to disrupt cycles of violence and retaliatory actions so lower rates of shootings, homicides, aggravated assaults through street outreach initiatives, focused deterrence strategies and hospital-based violence intervention programs.
BSCC has made $103 million available for a grant period that covers January 1, 2026, through June 30, 2029. The grant is funded by revenues an excise tax in the amount of 11% of gross receipts from the retail sale of firearms, firearm precursor parts and ammunition in California under the Gun Violence Prevention and School Safety Act. Contra Costa County has been identified as one of twenty-one counties eligible to apply as the County has cities within it that have been disproportionately impacted by community-based gun violence.
Approval to submit Application #78-092 may result in an Award amount up to $5,000,000 payable to the County through June 30, 2029.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Community Wellness & Prevention Program (CWPP) will not be able to apply or receive the funding from BSCC to provide a Countywide comprehensive, trauma-informed community-based gun violence prevention initiative with strategies focused on street outreach conflict resolution, community healing, youth leadership and development efforts.
CHILDREN’S IMPACT STATEMENT:
Children will benefit from additional efforts to support the County’s children’s outcome: Communities that are Safe and Provide High Quality of Life for Children and Families.