Implement a Day Reporting Center

The Recovery Act Edward Byrne Memorial Competitive Grant Program (Byrne Competitive Program) will help communities improve the capacity of state and local justice systems and provide for national support efforts including training and technical assistance programs strategically targeted to address local needs. This competitive grant announcement focuses on initiatives in eight areas: 1) preventing and reducing violent crime through community-based data-driven approaches; 2) providing funding for neighborhood-based probation and parole officers; 3) reducing mortgage fraud and crime related to vacant properties; 4) hiring of civilian support personnel in law enforcement (training staff, analysts, dispatchers, etc.); 5) enhancing forensic and crime scene investigations; 6) improving resources and services for victims of crime; 7) supporting problem-solving courts; and 8) national training and technical assistance partnerships.

Under category 2, Monterey County, through the probation department, will use the grant award to implement the Monterey County Day Reporting Center (MCDRC) project. The goals of the project are to: implement structured treatment and feedback from one coordinated program to increase the effectiveness of probation officers working on high case loads; create an intermediate sanction to reduce the number of probation and parole violators contributing to jail overcrowding; and reduce recidivism and crime rates. The strategy of the project is to quickly and efficiently contract with Behavioral Interventions (BI), a national community corrections provider operating more than 30 day reporting center programs in the U.S., including six in California. The BI DRC model delivers evidence-based services that appropriate offenders need and provides long-term cost benefits to the criminal justice system and the community.

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