CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT
City of Anaheim
HOUSING & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
DEPARTMENT
DATE: JUNE 17, 2025
FROM: HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
SUBJECT: APPROVAL OF PROPOSITION 47 AND JUSTICE MENTAL
HEALTH COLLABORATION PROGRAM AGREEMENTS FOR
EXPANSION OF ACCESS PROGRAM
ATTACHMENT (Y/N): YES ITEM # 12
GOVERNMENT CODE § 84308 APPLIES: YES
RECOMMENDATION:
That the Anaheim City Council, by Motion:
1. Approve the Interdepartmental Memorandum of Understanding for Use of Proposition 47 and Opioid Settlement Funds (Court Coordinator Role) between the Housing and Community Development Department and the City Attorney’s Office, for an initial three-year term from July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2028, with an optional three-year renewal, in the amount of $345,293; and
2. Approve agreements with Mariposa Women and Family Center, Anaheim Community Hospital, LLC, and JMh-Anaheim Foundation, Inc. dba Love Anaheim, to receive a subgrant of Proposition 47 funds for the participation in the Anaheim Collaborative Court Evaluating Strategies and Solutions Program (ACCESS), each for an initial one-year term from July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026, with two one-year optional renewals, in the collective amount of $3,888,750; and
3. Approve agreements with Strength and Resilience Family Counseling Inc. Going Forward and Justice Innovation, Inc., to receive subgrants of Proposition 47 and Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program funds for the participation in the ACCESS Program, each for an initial one year term from July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026, with two one-year optional renewals, in the collective amount of $1,340,000; and
4. Authorize the Housing and Community Development Director, or her designee, to execute all agreements and other documents necessary to implement and administer the grant activities on behalf of the City, provided that the maximum compensation authority is not increased.
Approval of Proposition 47 and Justice Mental Health Collaboration Program Agreements for Expansion of ACCESS Program June 17, 2025
BACKGROUND:
On November 19, 2024, the City Council ratified the submission and funding acceptance of the Proposition 47 grant application to the California Board of State and Community Corrections and the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (JMHCP) grant application to the Department of Justice in the amount of $8,000,000 and $550,000, respectively. The two grant applications facilitate the expansion of the Anaheim Collaborative Court Evaluating Strategies and Solutions (ACCESS) program. The November 19, 2024, action by City Council also authorized the entirety of the $8,550,000 in grants to be added to the Housing and Community Development Department (HCD) budget while waiving Council Policy 4.1 with the intent of entering into service contracts with named organizations and nonprofits that have been instrumental to the initial success of the ACCESS program.
ACCESS, led by the City Attorney’s Office Prosecution Division (CAO) in collaboration with the Orange County Superior Court and the Orange County Public Defender’s Office, focuses on misdemeanor offenders with acute drug addictions and mental health issues, most of whom are chronically homeless and have been resistant to services in the past. The program utilizes validated criminogenic risk-need assessments administered by a licensed clinician to create individualized diversion plans for participants. Individuals who agree to participate in the program must actively work with a case worker to fully engage in their treatment plans, which may include medical and/or psychosocial needs, drug rehabilitation, employment, and housing. The goal of the program is to reduce or possibly eliminate repeat offenses by providing the services necessary for participants to fully reintegrate into the community, thus keeping people from living in public spaces, reducing the burden on city resources, and improving community quality of life overall. As of May 2025, the ACCESS program has evaluated 444 participants and accepted 321 individuals into diversion plans.
Of engaged individuals, 61 have graduated and have had the opportunity to expunge their misdemeanor records to further reduce barriers to housing and stability.
HCD has acted as a key partner in the pilot phase of ACCESS by leveraging existing departmental homelessness and public services contracts to support early efforts. Although City Council has authorized HCD to enter into agreements with existing partners, the agreements are being brought back to City Council for full transparency and approval of the finalized scopes of work and budgets before contract execution. Staff at CAO and HCD have taken the last seven months to work with service providers on the terms and conditions of their agreements and have finalized six of eight agreements that are ready to execute. The two remaining partnerships, an interdepartmental Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Orange County Public Defender’s office and an agreement to facilitate inpatient treatment services, will be brought to the City Council at a later date once City staff is able to confirm work scopes and budgets.
DISCUSSION:
The following table outlines the proposed grant funding, amounts, and contract status by organizations that were named in the original City Council authorization for agreement execution and program implementation. Included in the table below are non-contractual costs of program implementation including software costs to better track participant data, equipment costs for in-court staff, training costs for ACCESS staff to attend statewide Approval of Proposition 47 and Justice Mental Health Collaboration Program Agreements for Expansion of ACCESS Program June 17, 2025
conferences and hold City-led conferences, and the administrative costs for reporting, contract invoicing, regulatory monitoring.
Organization Funding Source Amount Service Status
Strength and Resilience
Family Counseling Inc.
Going Forward
Proposition 47 &
JMHCP $700,000 Mental Health Clinician
Services and Assessment
Ready
Mariposa Women and
Family Center
Proposition 47 $2,100,000 Case Management and
Housing Navigation
Ready
Anaheim Community
Hospital, LLC Proposition 47 $1,500,000 Acute Care and Intensive Outpatient Treatment Ready
Love Anaheim Proposition 47 $288,750 Workforce Opportunities Ready Justice Innovation, Inc. Proposition 47 &
JMHCP $640,000 Technical Evaluation and
Project Monitoring Ready
City Attorney’s Office
Proposition 47 &
Opioid
Settlement Funds
$345,293 Court Coordination and
Program Administration Ready
Subtotal of Finalized Grants $5,574,043
OC Public Defender’s
Office Proposition 47 $385,826 Social Worker Court
Administration
Pending
Inpatient Treatment
Provider
Proposition 47 $1,500,000 Inpatient Treatment and
Detoxification Pending
Subtotal of Pending Grants $1,885,826
Subtotal of Software Costs $425,000
Subtotal of Equipment Costs $75,000
Subtotal of Training Costs $221,000
Subtotal of Administrative Costs $468,724
Grand Total $8,649,593
Strength and Resilience Family Counseling Inc. Going Forward anchors the ACCESS program, offering mental health and wellness assessments through licensed mental health clinicians who are stationed at the North Justice Center twice a week while ACCESS court is in session. Assessments are based on criminogenic and clinical factors that inform individualized diversion plans encompassing housing, mental health, substance use, and other factors that could lead to re-offenses. As part of program implementation, mental health clinicians provide client updates to the presiding judge on progress made towards diversion plans and continue to work with individuals to alter and explore wellness needs. The proposed agreement would solidify the existing partnership with Strength and Resilience Family Counseling while also allowing the organization to onboard an additional mental health clinician to respond to increased demand for program services.
Mariposa Women and Family Center provides comprehensive case management and housing navigation services to ACCESS participants through dedicated program staff. Mariposa Center staff attend ACCESS court and are part of the care team that provides client updates to the presiding judge. Given that individuals referred to ACCESS are often experiencing homelessness and have high barriers to navigating community resources, Mariposa Center staff act as the support network that assists with keeping court dates, attending appointments to obtain vital documents and services, and as an existing enhanced care management provider with CalOptima Health, provide connections to medical and behavioral health Approval of Proposition 47 and Justice Mental Health Collaboration Program Agreements for Expansion of ACCESS Program June 17, 2025
support. Staff actively transport and walk participants through multiple convoluted systems to achieve overall health and wellness, including housing placements. The proposed agreement allows Mariposa Center to hire 5.95 FTE staff for ACCESS, including funding for wide-ranging client services.
Anaheim Community Hospital, LLC (ACH) provides acute care and intensive outpatient treatment in a hospital setting for individuals that are willing to receive psychiatric stabilization and/or detoxification services but are hesitant to do so while vulnerable, such as living unsheltered in the community. Under the care of doctors, individuals would be able to receive psychiatric stabilization and/or start detoxification in a supervised environment and continue to receive intensive outpatient treatment with the same care team following discharge. The case management team under Mariposa Center will facilitate entry and exit from ACH and will provide transportation to intensive outpatient treatment after placement in permanent or temporary housing. The addition of the ACH agreement allows the ACCESS program to expand on detoxification service options which before were not available as a city-funded service.
Love Anaheim is a long-time partner of the city, operating Better Way Anaheim, a workforce opportunity program for individuals looking for entry-level work prospects, and the Anaheim Food Pantry Network, which offers a Choice Market truck to food insecure, low-to- moderate-income households. Through the Better Way Anaheim program, individuals experiencing homelessness can engage in volunteer opportunities with the City’s Community Services and Public Utilities teams, working on community benefit projects such as painting fire hydrants, spreading mulch in City parks, or handing out flyers about utility programs.
Individuals are compensated for their time with store gift cards and are given the opportunity to advance to part-time paid work with the organization. Love Anaheim provides workforce support to individuals by transporting individuals from the Anaheim Emergency Shelter to the work site and providing continuous opportunities to engage in meaningful work. The proposed agreement will expand the Better Way Anaheim program to add an additional day of service dedicated to ACCESS participants looking for employment reintegration.
Justice Innovation, Inc. (CJI) provides implementation assistance, policy guidance, and program evaluation and monitoring services to communities implementing justice-related initiatives. As an initial partner to the ACCESS program, CJI has led the development of the City’s Local Evaluation Plan, a requirement of Proposition 47 funding. The Local Evaluation Plan describes ACCESS’ process for program and outcome evaluation, evaluation logic model, data collection methods, and analysis and reporting plan. Throughout the lifetime of the Proposition 47 and JMHCP grants, CJI will also identify applicable standardized practices to demonstrate the adaptability of ACCESS methods in other jurisdictions.
Following grant closeout, CJI will deliver a final Local Evaluation Report to demonstrate the credibility and impact of ACCESS to both establish a local study and satisfy funding requirements. The proposed agreement with CJI will fund the ACCESS evaluation team and travel costs for CJI staff to attend local training facilitated by the CAO for program partners.
The City Attorney’s Office will add a dedicated Court Coordinator through an inter- departmental memorandum of understanding funded by Proposition 47 and $99,593 in leveraged Opioid Settlement Funds, which will be used to carry forth the position after Proposition 47 grant funding sunsets. To strengthen the competitiveness of the City’s Approval of Proposition 47 and Justice Mental Health Collaboration Program Agreements for Expansion of ACCESS Program June 17, 2025
Proposition 47 grant application, applicants were encouraged to leverage other funding sources, and the City identified Opioid Settlement Funds to support this effort. The Court Coordinator will support the daily operations of the ACCESS program by coordinating court- based diversion and reentry services; serving as a liaison between the courts, treatment providers, and community partners; and ensuring compliance with program data collection and reporting requirements. The addition of this agreement will enhance system coordination, streamline communication on participant progress, ensure timely and accurate reporting to meet state and federal compliance requirements, and play a vital role in maintaining communication across multidisciplinary teams.
Staff recommends approval of the agreements and MOU being brought before the City Council.
These requests directly support the City’s Strategic Plan Goal B: Enhance Livability, Strategy 9: Maintain and expand services to address homelessness and its impacts.
IMPACT ON BUDGET:
The Housing and Community Development’s proposed FY 2025/26 budget for City Council consideration tonight includes funds for the proposed activities. There is no impact on the City’s general fund.
Respectfully submitted, Concurred by,
Grace Ruiz-Stepter Robert Fabela
Housing and Community City Attorney
Development Director
Attachments:
1. Proposition 47 and Opioid Settlement Funds Interdepartmental Memorandum of Understanding for Anaheim City Attorney’s Office Court Coordinator Role
2. Proposition 47 Subrecipient Agreement with Mariposa Women and Family Center
3. Proposition 47 Subrecipient Agreement with Anaheim Community Hospital, LLC
4. Proposition 47 Subrecipient Agreement with JMh – Anaheim Foundation, Inc. dba Love Anaheim
5. Proposition 47 and JMHCP Subrecipient Agreement with Strength and Resilience Family Counseling
6. Proposition 47 and JMHCP Subrecipient Agreement with Justice Innovation, Inc.