COMMUNITY CORRECTION PARTNERSHIP
Meeting Date: September 20, 2024
Subject: Community Advisory Board's Updated AB 109 Funding Recommendations for One-Time $15 Million of Reserve Funding
Submitted For: Esa Ehmen-Krause, Chief Probation Officer
Presenter: Nicole Green, Chair, Community Advisory Board
Contact: Patrice Guillory, Director, Office of Reentry & Justice - 925-313-4087
Referral History:
The County ended fiscal year 2022-23 with approximately $39 million in AB 109 Public Safety Realignment Community Corrections Partnership (AB 109) reserve fund balance. The Community Corrections Partnership reserve policy requires a fund balance of at least 50% of the annual expenditure budget. FY 2023-24 expenditures were budgeted at approximately $37.5 million, and therefore required at least $18.8 million in reserves. The current fund balance of approximately $40 million is sufficient considering the $18.8 million and the $15 million assigned for CAB and Community Corrections Partnership one-time allocation.
The Community Advisory Board (CAB) in collaboration with the Community Corrections Partnership - Community Corrections Partnership Executive Committee (CCP - CCP EC) engaged in a process to develop an AB 109 fund balance utilization plan, which would allocate $15 million of the approximate $39 million reserve funding to expand reentry services. The CAB identified four funding priority areas, which include housing, behavioral health, employment, and pre-release engagement. At its April 26, 2023, meeting, the CCP - CCP EC
approved the proposal moving forward to the Public Protection Committee (PPC) for its consideration, while the CAB further developed the application and funding processes of the proposal.
At its May 1, 2023, meeting, the PPC approved the recommendations of the CCP - CCP EC for approval of a one-time $15 million fund balance allocation, to be presented to the Board of Supervisors at a later date. The PPC directed the CCP - CCP EC and CAB to further...
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