The Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) has recently
posted new funding opportunities, in a variety of subject areas,
on their website. A
brief description of the funding opportunities are located below.
The Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) has scheduled
Proposition 47 Request for Proposals (RFP) Bidders’ Conferences
in Sacramento and Los Angeles.
The purpose of these conferences is to provide clarity on the RFP
instructions and respond to technical questions. BSCC staff
cannot provide assistance or advice on the preparation of a
proposal at these conferences.
California Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye recently
announced a new work group to review progress on reforms to
California’s system of pretrial detention and identify next steps
to continue work on the issue, including developing
recommendations for funding allocations of the pilot projects and
examining risk assessment tools.
The Council on Criminal Justice and Behavioral Health (CCJBH)
recently released a research report on Medi-Cal Utilization Among
Formerly State Incarcerated Individuals and their 17th
Annual Legislative Report.
The National Association of Counties (NACo) and The Pew
Charitable Trusts are hosting a 3-part webinar series on
Evidence-Based Policy Making. This series is designed to showcase
strategies county leaders can use to create evidence-based
practices and programs in their jurisdiction to better serve
residents. Participants in the live webinars will have the
chance to learn about and discuss various strategies on how
county officials utilize evidence-based policymaking in their
work.
The CSAC Administration of Justice Policy Committee met on
Thursday, November 29,at the 124th CSAC
Annual Meeting in San Diego County. The agenda topics for
the meeting included: a discussion on the California Money Bail
Reform Act of 2017, a CSAC platform update presentation from CSAC
staff and a look at the 2019 legislative priorities.
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration (SAMHSA) is accepting applications for grants to
expand substance abuse treatment capacity in Family Treatment
Drug Courts (FTDC).
The purpose of this program is to expand substance use disorder
(SUD) treatment services in existing family treatment drug
courts, which use the family treatment drug court
model to provide alcohol and drug treatment to parents
with a SUD and/or co-occurring SUD and mental disorders who have
had a dependency petition filed against them or are at risk of
such filing.
The Public Policy Institute of California recently released the
report,
New Insights into California Arrests: Trends, Disparities, and
County Differences. The report discusses the arrest rate in
California in 2016; racial disparities in arrests; decline in
arrests according to age groups; an increase in arrests of women;
and arrest rates by counties: urban, suburban and rural.
The Peace Officers Standards and Training (POST) Innovations
Grant Program (IGP) is designed to grant funds on a
competitive basis to qualified public and private entities for
the purposes of fostering innovations in training and procedures
for law enforcement officers, with the goal of reducing the
number of officer-involved shootings statewide.
The California Health Facilities Financing Authority (CHFFA) is
pleased to invite California counties to submit applications for
the Community Services Infrastructure Grant Program (CSI Grant
Program) funding. The deadline to apply is April 30, 2019
at 5 p.m.
Each year, newly enacted legislation impacts trial court revenue
distributions and their guidelines. The Judicial Council and the
State Controller’s Office recently announced two statewide
training opportunities in early December to address these
changes and provide additional information related to revenue
distribution and other topics. The WebEx training sessions will
be offered for court, county, city, and parking entity staff that
perform revenue collection and distribution, on the following
dates and times:
The California Arts Council’s JUMP Starts grant
program applications are open. JUMP Starts is a program of
the California Arts Council that supports high-quality arts
education and artists-in-residency programs for youth engaged in
the juvenile justice system, including those who are incarcerated
or who are on probation. Applications are open to nonprofit arts
organizations currently serving, or who wish to serve, youth in
our state and local juvenile facilities. The grant activity
period will be June 1, 2019, through May 31, 2020.
In partnership with the California Health Care Foundation (CHCF)
and LA Care, Transitions Clinic Network (TCN) is currently
accepting applications from primary care clinics throughout
California interested in implementing the TCN program. Up to 25
sites will be selected to participate in this year-long
initiative to improve the health and reentry outcomes of
individuals with chronic health conditions returning to the
community from incarceration.
County administrators, probation officers, as well as other
public safety and behavioral health representatives from 10
counties across California attended the annual CSAC-Results First
summit in Santa Cruz County this week to collaborate on
evidence-based policymaking strategies.
