To: Board of Supervisors
From: Ellen McDonnell, Public Defender
Report Title: Contract amendment with California State University Long Beach Research Foundation
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Public Defender, or designee, to execute a contract amendment on contract number 4945600, between Contra Costa County and California State University Long Beach Research Foundation, to increase the payment limit by $14,000, to a new payment limit of $314,100, to provide survey incentives to Holistic Intervention Partnership (HIP) participants, effective February 1, 2025 through June 1, 2026.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The additional cost of $14,000 ($20 per participant for 700 participants) will be funded 100% by California State Board of Community Corrections.
BACKGROUND:
In August of 2022, the Contra Costa County Office of the Public Defender and the Contra Costa County Health, Housing, and Homeless Services Department secured a $6 million grant from the California Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) to expand the Holistic Intervention Partnership (HIP). HIP provides support to those involved in the criminal legal system in an effort to improve outcomes for indigent Contra Costa County residents who struggle with mental illness, substance dependence, and homelessness. The grant provides dedicated funds to preserve or provide housing for the estimated 35% of Public Defender clients who are unhoused or at risk of being unhoused and approximately half of the total amount funds housing staffing and resources as well as direct dollars for housing for people involved in the local criminal legal system.
The contract amendment increases of $14,000 will increase survey participation and contribute to quality annual and final evaluation reports to BSCC.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this amendment is not approved, the contracted evaluator's efforts to gather sufficient data to ...
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