Community Corrections Partnership meets September 28, 2023

September 25, 2023

SOLANO COUNTY – The Community Corrections Partnership (CCP) meeting will be held on Thursday, September 28, 2023 at the County Events Center, located at 601 Texas Street in Fairfield at 9:30 a.m. 

The agenda includes a request to fund additional social work resources to the Public Defender and Alternate Defender, information regarding a proposal to develop a Request for Proposal (RFP) to provide community grants for reentry services, an update of the 2011 Public Safety Realignment Plan, a presentation on the Safety and Justice Challenge: Impact Network, as well as a discussion of the nominating process for the Victim Advocate representation at the CCP.  

ABOUT THE COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS PARTNERSHIP
The mission of the CCP is to discuss issues related to the implementation of various pieces of state legislation that focus on adult criminal offenders, including the realignment of many state public safety functions to local jurisdictions. The overall objective is to reduce the recidivism rate of adult offenders in the local criminal justice system. 

COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS PARTNERSHIP MEMBERSHIP
The membership of the CCP is outlined in California Penal Code Section 1230 and defined by the Community Corrections Performance Incentive Act of 2009 (SB 678) and includes the Chief Probation Officer (Chair), Presiding Judge of the Superior Court or his or her designee, a County Supervisor or County Administrator, District Attorney, Public Defender, Sheriff, the head of the Department of Social Services, the head of the County Department of Mental Health, the head of the County Department of Employment, the head of the County Alcohol and Substance Abuse programs, the County Superintendent of Education, a local chief of police, a representative of a community-based organization with experience in successfully providing rehabilitative services to persons convicted of criminal offenses, and an individual who represents the interests of victims.  

LEGISLATIVE PARAMETERS OF THE COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS PARTNERSHIP
AB 109 establishes the Chief Probation Officer as the chair of the Community Corrections Partnership.  Information presented is fully discussed by the committee members and voted on by the Executive Committee in accordance with the legislation parameters.  

FOR MORE INFORMATION
Additional information about the Community Corrections Partnership can be found at www.Solanocounty.com/CCP.