Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Christina Corpus, Sheriff
Subject: Agreement between the County of San Mateo Sheriff’s Office and Enneagram Prison Project for Programming in the Correctional Facilities
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing the execution of an agreement with Enneagram Prison Project (EPP) for the teaching of the self-awareness system with the County’s correctional facilities, for the term of February 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026, in an amount not to exceed $230,190.
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BACKGROUND:
EPP teaches the Enneagram system including all nine personality styles. EPP teaches incarcerated persons to identify, observe, and self-regulate their behavioral and emotional patterns. Building self-awareness through learning the Enneagram system helps prepare individuals for reintegration into the community.
DISCUSSION:
In the Fall of 2024, the Sheriff’s Office facilitated a Request for Proposals (RFP) process for jail programming and selected EPP as one program provider. EPP’s curriculum is informed by the principles of cognitive behavioral intervention (CBI) that help offenders identify triggers, understand the impact of triggers, and support changes in behavior. Since 2015, EPP has taught the justice-involved population in the correctional facilities. San Mateo County joins other county jails and state prisons in offering the program, which consists of 24 hours of classroom time. Between classes, students engage in homework assignments and retain the textbook and workbook at the conclusion of the course. In FY 2024-25, EPP offered its program in Spanish for the first time and will include Spanish sessions in the next contract period.
PERFORMANCE MEASURE:
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New Performance Measure |
FY 2025-26 Target |
FY 2026-27 Target |
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Number of incarcerated persons enrolled in the Enneagram Prison Project class |
350 |
350 |
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Percent of incarcerated persons who “Agree or Strongly Agree” with the statement: “Learning the Enneagram has supported me in understanding how to self-regulate.” |
85% |
85% |
COMMUNITY IMPACT:
The justice-involved population enrolled in the Enneagram course can learn self-awareness using the Enneagram system. Incarcerated people learn to identify, observe, and self-regulate their behavioral, mental, and emotional patterns. Engagement in the program can increase their abilities to make conscious, positive changes upon re-entries into the community. Regardless of a person’s race/ethnicity, gender identity, socioeconomic background, or spiritual/religious beliefs, opportunities to engage in programs are vital components to self-development. The Sheriff’s Office supports opportunities for the population by offering programs, such as the Enneagram, to start or continue their journeys of personal growth.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The term of this agreement is from February 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, for an amount not to exceed $230,190. There is no Net County Cost associated with this agreement, as it is entirely funded by AB109 Public Safety Realignment Funds.