To: Board of Supervisors
From: Ellen McDonnell, Public Defender
Report Title: Contract Amendment with Rubicon Programs, Inc., Effective April 1, 2025
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Public Defender, or designee, to execute a contract amendment with Rubicon Programs, Inc., a non-profit corporation, to increase the payment limit by $13,000, to a new payment limit of $1,034,068, to support expenses in work and/or life stabilization to Holistic Intervention Partnership (HIP) participants, effective April 1, 2025, with no change in the term ending February 28, 2026.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The additional cost of $13,000 ($250 DUI class for 20 clients per year; $375 Union Dues for 15 clients per year, $60 work and/or life stabilization support for 40 clients per year) will be funded 100% by the 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 increase of $13,000 will expand participant support to include support in work and/or life stabilization including DUI class, Union Dues, or food support.
CONSEQUENC...
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