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File ID: 2025-01856 11/18/2025
Approval of the Sacramento Employment and Training Agency Governing Board Action to Accept Funds from the Board of State and Community Correction Proposition 47 Cohort 5 Grant Funds
File ID: 2025-01856
Location: Citywide
Recommendation: Pass a Motion approving the Sacramento Employment and Training Agency’s (SETA) acceptance of $8 million from the California Board of State and Community Correction (BSCC) Proposition 47 Cohort 5 Grant Funds.
Contact: Dr. Anita Maldonado, Executive Director, (916) 263-3810, [email protected], Sacramento Employment and Training Agency; Denise Malvetti, Deputy Director, [email protected], City Manager’s Office of Innovation and Economic Development Presenter: None
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Proposition 47 Grant, Cohort 5 Funding Recommendations, Board of State and Community Corrections
3-Attachment B-1, Proposition 47, Cohort 5 List of Proposals Recommended for Funding Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: Under Paragraph 21(a)(1) of the SETA Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement (SETA JPA), SETA must obtain the City Council’s approval to receive funds from the California Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC).
Policy Considerations: None.
Economic Impacts: None.
Environmental Considerations: The proposed action is exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), consistent with section 15378(b)(5) of the CEQA Guidelines, which provides that organizational or administrative activities of governments that will not result in
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direct or indirect physical changes in the environment are not subject to environmental review.
Sustainability: Not applicable.
Commission/Committee Action: Not applicable.
Rationale for Recommendation: Paragraph 21(a)(1) of the SETA JPA requires SETA to obtain the approval of the City of Sacramento and the County of Sacramento to accept any form of additional financial assistance other than those specifically authorized in the SETA JPA. City Council approval is therefore required for the acceptance of BSCC Proposition 47 Cohort 5 Grant Funds, as SETA is proposing to receive financial assistance that is not specifically authorized under the SETA JPA.
Financial Considerations: This action will authorize SETA to receive grant funding in the amount of $8 million over a 45-month period (October 1, 2025, to June 30, 2029) from BSCC and will add one additional funding source to SETA’s budget.
Local Business Enterprise (LBE): Not applicable.
Background: In April 2025, BSCC released the Proposition 47 Cohort 5 RFP to California Public Agencies, as defined in the Request for Proposals (RFP). This initiative allocates $127 million for mental health services, substance use disorder treatment, and diversion programs for individuals within the criminal justice system. The funding can be used for supportive services, job skills training, case management, and civil legal skills services.
SETA, as the lead agency and in partnership with Emerge Career, a technology-powered, one-stop reentry and workforce development organization, that is dedicated to reducing recidivism by removing barriers to education and career advancement for justice-involved individuals, submitted a proposal requesting $8 million to focus on services aimed at reducing recidivism through a diversion program focused on re-entry readiness and vocational training.
SETA is recommended for Proposition 47 Cohort 5 funding to implement a comprehensive, community-based re-entry program in Sacramento County for an award of $8 million in collaboration with Emerge Career as the primary service provider. Proposition 47, also known as the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act, reclassified certain nonviolent offenses from felonies to misdemeanors, aimed at reducing prison overcrowding and allocating savings to community programs.
The initiative aims to reduce incarceration by diverting individuals into trauma-informed workforce training and behavioral health care, targeting adults impacted by Prop 47-eligible offenses with co- occurring mental health and substance use disorders in collaboration with Emerge Career as the primary service provider.
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In Sacramento County, more than 50% of the jail population experiences mental illness, and over 60 percent require substance use services upon booking. SETA and Emerge Career will address these intersecting challenges through a collaborative model that blends credentialed employment pathways with wraparound services.
SETA staff will meet with BSCC staff in conjunction with Emerge Careers to address any proposal concerns, which will be provided to the City of Sacramento when completed. Since this is a new funding source, SETA staff must obtain approval from the City and County of Sacramento and is seeking authorization to proceed with executing the grant agreement with BSCC and any documents pertaining to the agreement, subject to SETA’s legal counsel review and approval.
Attachment B-1
Proposition 47, Cohort 5
List of Proposals Recommended for Funding
(in ranked order)
Total Cohort 5 Funding: $127 million
Large Scope Category (up to $8 million)
Applicant Amount Requested Amount
Funded
Los Angeles, City of $8,000,000 $8,000,000
Palm Springs Unified School District $7,797,784 $7,797,784 Berkeley, City of $8,000,000 $8,000,000
Stockton, City of $8,000,000 $8,000,000
San Luis Obispo County Behavioral Health
Department $7,695,550 $7,695,550
San Francisco Department of Public Health $7,958,078 $7,958,078 Sacramento Employment and Training Agency $8,000,000 $8,000,000 Los Angeles County Justice, Care and Opportunities
Department* $20,000,000 $20,000,000
Kern County Behavioral Health and Recovery Services $8,000,000 $8,000,000 Santa Barbara County Department of Behavioral
Wellness $8,000,000 $8,000,000
Tehama County Department of Education $8,000,000 $8,000,000 El Dorado County Probation Department $7,990,057 $6,985,079 Totals: $106,436,491
*Los Angeles County was permitted to submit one application requesting up to $20 million.
Small Scope Category (up to $2 million)
Applicant Amount Requested Amount
Funded
Hayward, City of $1,908,067 $1,908,067
Yolo County Office of Education $995,095 $995,095
Pala Band of Mission Indians, Pala Housing Resource
Center $2,000,000 $2,000,000
Pasadena, City of $2,000,000 $2,000,000
Vallejo, City of $1,988,563 $1,988,563
Tuolumne County Probation Department $2,000,000 $2,000,000 Butte County Office of Education $1,999,996 $1,999,996
Santa Rosa, City of $1,693,820 $1,693,820
Long Beach Unified School District $1,989,428 $1,989,428 Redlands, City of $2,000,000 $2,000,000
El Dorado County Office of Education $1,988,540 $1,988,540 Totals: $20,563,509
Attachment B-1
State of California Board of State and Community Corrections
September 11, 2025 Board Meeting Agenda Item B Page 1 of 2
MEETING DATE: September 11, 2025 AGENDA ITEM: B
TO: BSCC Chair and Members
FROM: America Velasco, Field Representative
[email protected]
SUBJECT: Proposition 47 Grant, Cohort 5 Funding Recommendations:
Requesting Approval
Summary
This agenda item seeks Board approval for the Proposition 47 Cohort 5 grant awards, as recommended by the Proposition 47 Cohort 5 Scoring Panel. If the proposed list of award recommendations is approved, 23 public agencies will receive $127 million to provide mental health services, substance use disorder treatment, and/or diversion programs for individuals involved in the criminal justice system. A list of the recommended proposals for funding can be found in Attachment B-1 and corresponding summaries for these proposals are included in Attachment B-2.
Background
Proposition 47 codified Government Code sections 7599- 7599.2 in a 2014 voter -approved initiative. Its purpose, as stated in the ballot initiative, is as follows:
The people enact the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act to ensure that prison spending is focused on violent and serious offenses, to maximize alternatives for nonserious, nonviolent crime, and to invest the savings generated from this act into prevention and support programs in K –12 schools, victim services, and mental health and drug treatment.
As stated in the proposition, the BSCC’s responsibilities are to:
Administer a grant program to public agencies aimed at supporting mental health treatment, substance abuse treatment, and diversion programs for people in the criminal justice system, with an emphasis on programs that reduce recidivism of people convicted of less serious crimes, such as those covered by this measure, and those who have substance abuse and mental health problems. (Gov. Code, § 7599.2, subd. (a)(3).)
Assembly Bill 1056 (Chapter 438, Statutes of 2015) added legislative priorities for this grant program, including housing- related assistance and community -based supportive services , such as job skills training, case management, and civil legal services. Grants may fund programs that serve both adults and juveniles.
The RFP for Cohort 5 also recognized the enactment of Proposition 36. In November 2024, voters passed Proposition 36, also known as The Homelessness, Drug Addiction, and Theft Reduction Act. Among its provisions, Proposition 36 enacted a new category of offense State of California Board of State and Community Corrections
September 11, 2025 Board Meeting Agenda Item B Page 2 of 2 known as a “treatment-mandated felony.” It established a court process where individuals could have their charges dismissed upon completion of a court approved treatment program. (Health & Saf. Code, § 11395.) Proposition 36 also states that these court approved treatment programs may be funded by the BSCC’s Proposition 47 grant . (Gov. Code, § 7599.200, subd. (b).)
On April 10, 2025, the Board approved the release of the Proposition 47 Cohort 5 Request for Proposals (RFP) (Attachment B -3), making competitive funding available to public agencies in California. Prospective applicants could choose to compete in either the Large Scope or Small Scope category, depending on the size of their proposed project and the amount of funding requested. Applicants in the Large Scope category were eligible to apply for up to $8 million, while those in the Small Scope category could apply for up to $2 million.
As established by the prior Executive Steering Committee, the County of Los Angeles was permitted to submit one application requesting up to $20 million. The grant period spans 45 months, from October 1, 2025, to June 30, 2029.
The BSCC received 67 proposals requesting approximately $379 million. Of those proposals, 56 met all submission criteria and were sent to a Scoring Panel for funding consideration. On July 9-10, 2025, the BSCC conducted training for the Scoring Panel members, who evaluated each proposal according to the process outlined in the RFP. After all scores were submitted, BSCC staff created a ranked list of proposals that met the minimum scoring threshold. Among the proposals submitted in the Large Scope category, eleven (11) are recommended for full funding and one (1) is recommended for partial funding, since it fell at the cut-off point once all available funds were exhausted. In the Small Scope category, eleven (11) proposals are being recommended for full funding.
Recommendation/Action Needed
On behalf of the Proposition 47 Cohort 5 Scoring Panel, staff recommend that the Board:
1. Fully fund eleven ( 11) Large Scope and eleven (11) Small Scope proposals totaling approximately $119 million for programs and initiatives t hat provide mental health services, substance-use disorder treatment, and/or diversion programs for people in the criminal justice system.
2. Partially fund one (1) proposal in the Large Scope category for $6.9 million;
3. Authorize staff to continue awarding funds from the rank -ordered list if any applicant is unable to accept the award, relinquishes an award, or is deemed ineligible first by offering to any partial awardee and then to the next highest-ranked application(s); and
4. Dissolve the Proposition 47 Cohort 5 Scoring Panel upon approval of the funding recommendations.
Attachments
B-1: List of Proposals Recommended for Funding
B-2: Proposal Summaries
B-3: Proposition 47 Cohort 5 RFP
B-4: Proposition 47 Cohort 5 Scoring Panel Membership