TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Sheriff-Coroner
MEETING DATE: October 22, 2019
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Thomas D. Allman
PHONE:
463-4085
ITEM TYPE: Consent Agenda
TIME ALLOCATED FOR ITEM: n/a
AGENDA TITLE:
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Approval of Retroactive Agreement with the Board of State and Community Corrections in the Amount of $15,930 to Provide Mental Health Training to the Corrections Division of the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office for the Term of May 1, 2019 through September 30, 2020
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RECOMMENDED ACTION/MOTION:
recommendation
Approve retroactive Agreement with the Board of State and Community Corrections in the amount of $15,930 to provide mental health training to the Corrections Division of the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office for the term of May 1, 2019 through September 30, 2020; and authorize Chair to sign same.
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PREVIOUS BOARD/BOARD COMMITTEE ACTIONS:
None.
SUMMARY OF REQUEST:
This grant agreement is to facilitate disbursement of the Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) Mental Health Training Grant made available through the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) program. The BSCC is disbursing $7 million to local corrections agencies for a statewide mental health training initiative. The goal of this training initiative is to provide funding to local corrections agencies for critical mental health related training to their staff from May 1, 2019 through September 30, 2020.
This funding is being provided for two purposes:
1) Mental health training for local corrections staff;
2) Instructor training for new behavioral health training required by the Standards of Training for Corrections (STC) and is part of the Adult Corrections Officer Core Course.
The funds can only be used to send STC participating staff to mental health related training within the State of California. Mental health related training is broadly defined to include single classes or multiple class courses of training that include cont...
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