DATE:
February 8, 2022
12
TO:
Board of Supervisors
SUBJECT:TitlePROBATION - PRETRIAL SERVICES PROGRAM (DISTRICTS: ALL)
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OVERVIEW
On July 12, 2021, the State of California enacted the State Budget through Senate Bill (SB) 129. The Budget Act allocates funds to local courts for both one-time and ongoing resources to support pretrial services programs. In accordance with the Budget Act, courts are the lead agency and shall contract with any county department, including county probation departments, to provide pretrial services, except those departments or agencies that have primary responsibility for making arrests or prosecuting criminal offenses.
In San Diego County, the San Diego County Probation Department (Probation) and Public Safety Group Executive Office have worked with the Superior Court and criminal justice partners to develop a pretrial monitoring service program which also provides supportive services to individuals while they are in the community pending their court appearance. These services will build on the pretrial assessments and reports currently prepared by the Sheriff's Department. Probation will now offer the pretrial services monitoring component of the program which includes client progress reports to the court and linkages to supportive community services. Probation anticipates pretrial monitoring and services beginning on June 30, 2022.
Today's request is to receive a staff update on the pretrial services implementation planning efforts. Further, today's request will authorize the Department of Purchasing and Contracting to issue a Request for Proposals (RFP) to provide support services to persons participating in pretrial monitoring in the community. Services will be designed to support individuals' success in attending court appointments with no further justice involvement through linkage to critical supportive services. In addition, the Board is asked to approve the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the County...
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