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Item # 31
City of Santa Ana
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Staff Report
December 2, 2025
TOPIC: Incarcerated Persons Counseling Services
AGENDA TITLE
Agreements with Luis Raul Martinez, and Jacob Joseph and Jabez Family Counseling and Professional Services Group Inc. for Incarcerated Persons Counseling Services (Specification No. 25-103) (Non-General Fund)
RECOMMENDED ACTION
Authorize the City Manager to execute agreements with the following consultants to provide incarcerated persons counseling services for a term beginning December 2, 2025 and expiring December 1, 2028.
Luis Raul Martinez – $140,000 (Agreement No. A-2025-XXX); Jacob Joseph and Jabez Family Counseling and Professional Services Group Inc. – $140,000 (Agreement No. A-2025-XXX)
GOVERNMENT CODE §84308 APPLIES: Yes
DISCUSSION
The Santa Ana Jail (SAJ) has made professional counseling services available to our incarcerated person population for approximately 20 years through contractual agreements with selected contractors. This service offering aligns with California Title 15 Minimum Jail Standards as well as correctional best practices. The most recent contracts for these services were authorized by City Council in 2014, 2017, and 2022.
For the current contract cycle, the Police Department and City Purchasing conducted a Request for Proposals (RFP) process to gauge the market and determine whether alternative service providers were a feasible option. The RFP process resulted in the selection of two vendors; Luis Martinez, a longtime SAJ counseling contractor, and Jacob Joseph and Jabez Counseling Group, a new vendor. Through counselor Martinez, SAJ retains a counselor with tremendous experience providing services to incarcerated persons, and through Jacob Joseph and Jabez Counseling Group, SAJ gains access to
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a pool of licensed counseling professionals that is customizable and scalable to the needs of our population at any given moment.
The California Board of State and Community Corrections, Title 15 requires adult correctional facilities provide counseling services for their incarcerated person populations. These services are crucial in providing care required by the federal Prison Rape Elimination Act and industry standards associated with suicide prevention protocols.
Request for Proposals (RFP) No. 25-103 was issued on July 23, 2025 on the City’s online bid management and publication system. A summary of vendor participation and results is as follows:
282 Vendors notified
16 Santa Ana vendors notified
23 Vendors downloaded the RFP packet
4 Responsive proposals received
1 Responsive proposal received from Santa Ana vendor
Proposals were solicited, opened on August 20, 2025, and evaluated. Four proposals were submitted by the RFP deadline and were determined to be responsive to the specifications and met the City’s requirements. An evaluation committee reviewed and rated the proposals according to the criteria listed in the RFP.
Luis Raul Martinez, and Jacob Joseph and Jabez Family Counseling and Professional Services Group Inc. (Triple J Family Services) were the most responsive, capable, and cost-effective proposals. Both consultants are well qualified and have experience providing individual and group counseling services to incarcerated individuals. These agreements support the provision of one-on-one and group counseling and instructional services encompassing the fields of anger management, stress reduction, conflict management/resolution, domestic violence avoidance, and chemical dependency avoidance to the population housed in the Santa Ana Jail. In-house professional counselors are an important resource in the effort to help this population more smoothly reintegrate with their communities upon release. These services ensure this critical resource continues to be provided to the incarcerated population.
Staff recommends awarding agreements with Luis Raul Martinez (Exhibit 1) and Triple J Family Services (Exhibit 2).
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
There is no environmental impact associated with this action.
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FISCAL IMPACT
Funding is available in the FY 25-26 budget and funding for subsequent fiscal years will be included in the proposed budgets for City Council consideration as follows:
Fiscal
Year
Accounting Unit
- Account No. Fund Description Accounting Unit,
Account Description Amount
FY 25-26 02314475-62300 Inmate Welfare
Fund
Inmate Welfare
Fund, Contract
Services
Professional
$ 54,445
FY 26-27 02314475-62300 Inmate Welfare
Fund
Inmate Welfare
Fund, Contract
Services
Professional
$ 93,330
FY 27-28 02314475-62300 Inmate Welfare
Fund
Inmate Welfare
Fund, Contract
Services
Professional
$ 93,330
FY 28-29 02314475-62300 Inmate Welfare
Fund
Inmate Welfare
Fund, Contract
Services
Professional
$ 38,895
TOTAL $280,000
The annual amounts above are estimates and subject to change.
EXHIBIT(S)
1. Agreement with Luis Raul Martinez
2. Agreement with Jacob Joseph and Jabez Family Counseling and Professional Services Group Inc.
Submitted By: Robert Rodriguez, Police Chief
Approved By: Alvaro Nuñez, City Manager