REPORT/RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
AND RECORD OF ACTION
July 9, 2024
FROM
TRACY REECE, Chief Probation Officer, Probation Department
SUBJECT
Title
Amendment to Contract with You Go International Network, Inc. dba House of Redemption for Housing Services to Adult Offenders
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RECOMMENDATION(S)
Recommendation
1. Approve Amendment No. 1 to Contract No. 22-434, effective July, 9, 2024, with You Go International Network, Inc. dba House of Redemption to provide housing services to adult offenders for the Probation Department, increasing the daily cost per person housed from $45 to $65 to cover cost of living increases.
2. Authorize the Chief Probation Officer or Assistant Chief Probation Officer to execute amendments, as needed, for future cost of living increases to the per person daily cost, subject to review by County Counsel, with no increase to the total aggregate amount of $16,000,000 for the period of July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2027, to the following agencies for the provision of housing services for adult offenders:
a. A1 Living, Inc., Contract No. 22-418
b. Avector Community Group Inc., Contract No. 22-419
c. Citadel Community Development Corporation, Contract No. 22-420
d. Family Assistance Program, Contract No. 22-421
e. Hope Homes LLC, Contract No. 22-422
f. Inland Empire Community Outreach Center, Contract No. 22-423
g. Inland Empire Rebound, Contract No. 22-424
h. Inland Valley Recovery Services, Contract No. 22-425
i. Integrated Transitional Resources, Contract No. 22-426
j. Mary’s Mercy Center, Inc., Contract No. 22-427
k. Molding Hearts.Org, Contract No. 22-428
l. Optima Transitional, Inc., Contract No. 22-429
m. Restoration House of Refuge, Inc., Contract No. 22-430
n. Social Science Services, Inc. dba Cedar House Life Change Center, Contract No. 22-431
o. Victor Valley Family Resource Center, Contract No. 22-432
p. VARP, Inc., Contract No. 22-433
q. You Go International Network, Inc. dba House of Redemption, Contract No. 22-434
3. Direct the Chief Probation Officer or Assistant Chief Probation Officer to transmit all contract amendments to the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors within 30 days of execution.
(Presenter: Tracy Reece, Chief Probation Officer, 387-5692)
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COUNTY AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER GOALS & OBJECTIVES
Provide for the Safety, Health and Social Service Needs of County Residents.
Pursue County Goals and Objectives by Working with Other Agencies and Stakeholders.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
Approval of this item will not result in the use of Discretionary General Funds (Net County Cost). Costs for the provision of housing services to adult offenders over the five-year period will be fully funded by State Realignment funding received under Assembly Bill (AB) 109. Adequate appropriation and revenue have been included in the Probation Department’s (Department) 2024-25 budget and will be included in future recommended budgets.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
On April 4, 2011, the Governor of California signed AB 109, the Public Safety Realignment Act (Realignment). The bill created a provision for the adjudication of parole violations at the local level, rather than returning these offenders to the state prison system. Essentially, Realignment displaced responsibility for supervision of these offenders from the state to the local level.
Parolees are titled "Post Release Community Supervision" or PRCS offenders after their current offense is determined to be non-serious, non-violent, and non-sex related. Realignment dictates that these individuals be released for supervision to the local county where they were originally sentenced. The legislation also requires that best practices be utilized for treatment and rehabilitation.
Since 2013, the County has been contracting with vendors to provide housing services to adult offenders under supervision of the Department. On June 14, 2022 (Item No. 44), as the result of Request for Proposals PROB22-PROB-4436, the Board of Supervisors (Board) approved 17 contracts for housing services for a five-year period effective July 1, 2022.
On December 15, 2022, the Inland Empire Community Outreach Center, one of the 17 contracted agencies, contacted the Department to request an increase in the current daily rate. On February 28, 2023 (Item No. 37), the Board approved Amendment No. 1 to Contract No. 22-423 to increase the daily cost per person rate.
On March 19, 2024, You Go International Network, Inc. dba House of Redemption (You Go International) contacted the Department to request an increase in the current rate ($45) that is charged to house adult offenders. The requested rate increase ($65) reflects cost of living increases. The Department considers this increase reasonably competitive relative to current market rates. Approval of the recommended amendment would allow You Go International to continue to provide housing services to adult offenders.
Due to nationwide cost of living increases, the Department foresees that other agencies might be requesting increases in the daily per person rate.
Approval of Recommendation No. 2 will allow the Chief Probation Officer or Assistant Chief Probation Officer to execute amendments to the contracts, as needed, with no change to the aggregate amount of $16,000,000, upon County Counsel review.
PROCUREMENT
N/A
REVIEW BY OTHERS
This item has been reviewed by County Counsel (Maria Insixiengmay, Deputy County Counsel, 387-5455) on June 11, 2024; Purchasing (Ariel Gill, Supervising Buyer, 387-2070) on June 12, 2024; Finance (Jevin Kaye, Principal Administrative Analyst, 387-3078) on June 13, 2024; and County Finance and Administration (Robert Saldana, Deputy Executive Officer, 387-5423) on June 13, 2024.