Special Notice / Hearing: None
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: John T. Keene, Chief Probation Officer
Subject: Approval for Acceptance of the Mobile Probation Service Centers Grant Program administered by the Board of State and Community Corrections
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing the Chief Probation Officer or his designee to accept federal funds available from May 1, 2023, to September 30, 2027, in the amount of $956,968 through the Mobile Probation Service Centers Grant Program administered by the Board of State and Community Corrections.
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BACKGROUND:
probation departments to establish mobile probation service centers administered by the Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC). These grant funds will allow county probation departments to purchase vehicles, equipment, telecommunications, and other technology needed to operate mobile probation service centers to assist probationers, especially those individuals who are unhoused and struggling with meeting probation requirements.
DISCUSSION:
The San Mateo County Probation Department applied for and was one of the awardees for the Mobile Probation Service Centers Grant Program administered by the BSCC.
The Probation Department has identified 270, approximately 11% of the 2,403 adult clients receiving probation supervision services who are unhoused or whose residence are unknown as of September 2022. Due to their unhoused situation, these clients have failed to meet their probation requirements when compared to other clients on probation. In FY 21-22, 95.1% (58 of 61) of unhoused clients tracked by the Probation Department had unsuccessful terminations compared to 58.8% (87 of 148) of housed clients. Unhoused clients (or those with unidentified addresses) were also more likely to have a warrant for their arrest at 17% (55 of 324) compared to housed clients at 8.3% (188 of 2,272).
In addition to San Mateo County having t...
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