To: Board of Supervisors
From: Public Works
Agenda Section: Consent
SUBJECT:
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Additional Funding Request Regarding the Humboldt Community Corrections Reentry Resource Center Construction Project
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Approve an allocation of One Hundred Seventy-Three Thousand Eight Hundred Fourteen Dollars ($173,814.00) in additional funding from the 2020 Finance Plan for the Humboldt County Community Corrections Reentry Resource Center Project.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
2020 Finance Plan
DISCUSSION:
The proposed Humboldt County Corrections Reentry Resource Center is planned to be built next to the Humboldt County Correctional Facility ("HCCF") with a linkage between the jail and the new center. The structure would house a small minimum security in-custody, program oriented, custody unit that focuses on preparing inmates to successfully re-enter society. The minimum security in-custody unit, which will house forty-four (44) inmates, would help the HCCF to house inmates that were previously sentenced to state prison.
The facility would also focus on out-of-custody re-entry programing. The current Day Reporting Center would move into this facility and pick up much needed space. The Sheriff's Work Alternative Program would also move into this facility, thus allowing that program to expand its reentry programs. These out-of-custody programs would incorporate additional intense case management, evidence-based programs, mental health and substance abuse services geared toward reduction of recidivism in Humboldt County. The facility will provide offenders with transition from an institutional setting to independent and responsible community living.
In Feb. and Aug. of 2015, the Board of Supervisors approved funding totaling Sixty-Nine Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($69,500) to cover the cost of the Needs Assessment and California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") costs for the project. ...
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