CSAC Bulletin Article

Board of State and Community Corrections Grants Available to Strengthen Law Enforcement-Community Relationships

February 5, 2016

The Board of State and Community Corrections is soliciting proposals for a $6 million grant designed to help law enforcement agencies and the communities they serve improve relationships. The Board voted February 4, 2016 to release a Request for Proposals describing the grant requirements that local law enforcement agencies, in partnership with community organizations, must meet to qualify for funding.

The Strengthening Law Enforcement and Community Relations RFP is available beginning today, February 5, on the BSCC website. The Governor has proposed $6 million in ongoing funding in the Budget Act of 2016 for competitive grants to assist law enforcement in building trust and enhancing community-police relationships, which, if approved, would allow the BSCC to finance qualifying proposals.

The RFP requires that 30 percent of successful grant funding must be passed through to the community groups and organizations with which the law enforcement agency is partnering. The maximum grant for a single law enforcement agency will be $600,000. Joint agency applications are eligible for up to $850,000. A 20 percent match is required. The grants are payable over two years.

Law enforcement agencies must notify the BSCC of their intent to apply by March 28, 2016. Proposals are due on April 1, 2016. The BSCC will hold two bidders’ conferences, tentatively scheduled for February 22 in Sacramento at the BSCC’s headquarters and February 23 in Los Angeles County, at a place to be determined.

For more information about the RFP contact Ricardo Goodridge at 916-341-5160 or Collen Curtin at 916-445-4803.

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