To: Board of Supervisors
From: David O. Livingston, Sheriff-Coroner
Report Title: Bay Area Chaplains, Inc.
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Sheriff-Coroner, or designee, to execute a contract with Bay Area Chaplains, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $216,100 for chaplaincy services, for the period July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this request will result in up to $216,100 in annual contractual service expenditures and will be funded 100% by State AB 109 Public Safety Realignment Funds.
BACKGROUND:
The Bay Area Chaplains, Inc., provide clergy to meet the diverse spiritual needs of inmates and housed in the Office of the Sheriff's three adult detention facilities in Contra Costa County and their families. Clergy of all denominations provide counseling, religious materials and literature, bible studies, worship services, and respond to crisis and emergencies involving inmates or staff.
The Department requested and was approved by the Purchasing Office to contract with this contractor as a sole source provider.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If the Board does not approve, chaplaincy services within the three Office of the Sheriff adult detention facilities will not be available to the incarcerated population.