The Board of State and Community Corrections today approved grant
awards for three programs. The first is the second round of
Proposition 47 funding approved by the Board, to which voters
allocated the bulk of the state savings for rehabilitative grants
targeting Prop 47-impacted individuals. Approximately $96 million
will go to 23 applicants whose rehabilitative programs were
deemed most promising.
In this second round of grant awards, 43 applicants had asked for
roughly $193 million in funding. Agencies could apply for large
awards of up to $6 million, or up to $1 million for smaller
projects. The County of Los Angeles could apply for up to $18.6
million. The new grant cycle begins August 15, 2019 and ends May
15, 2023.
Also, the Board of State and Community Corrections approved two
grants worth millions of dollars for programs designed to prevent
young people from entering the justice system or from furthering
their involvement in it.
Just over $1 million was awarded to Native American tribes, and
$29.1 million was awarded to counties and cities. Preference
points for the larger grant were given to local governments that
also plan to serve Native American youth.
The Youth
Reinvestment Grant Program was established in the 2018 State
Budget Act for evidence-based, trauma-informed and culturally
relevant diversion programs, especially those serving communities
with high rates of arrests that are racially disproportionate.
Counties and cities could request up to $1 million over the
three-year grant cycle; tribes could apply for $1.1 million to
spend over three and a half years. For the larger grant, winning
proposals had to meet a minimum scoring threshold to receive
funding.
BSCC received 44 proposals requesting $41.5 million, but not all
met the minimum scoring threshold. The Board awarded $29 million
to 30 proposals, and will await legislative guidance for the
remaining $5.9 million.
For additional information regarding the Board’s actions taken
today, please visit: http://www.bscc.ca.gov/.
