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Over the course of the past year, a great deal of focus has been placed on Santa Clara County’s Correctional system. Making an appreciable impact on the custody and health systems within the jails will take months, and a full remedy to this crisis may take years. This webpage contains the County’s many jail reform efforts and will be continually updated with new documents, reports, and information as a result of fast-paced incremental work and phased addition of resources dedicated to these important efforts

Summarized recommendations were created to group like recommendations and are updated to reflect any new information on implementation of all of the jail reform recommendations. As such, the Jail Reform Matrix will no longer be updated and any updated status and budget changes will be reflected in Summarized Recommendations.

Date	Category	Title Sort descending
12/18/2018	Recent Board Actions	Approve referral to Administration to report to the Board in March 2019 regarding an inventory and evaluation of existing parenting programs at the Jails and Reentry Resource Center, as well as a plan that measures the outcomes of existing programs.
10/30/2018	Recent Board Actions	Approve referral to Administration to report to the Board with options for consideration relating to ensuring that the construction of the New Jail will include sufficient and sufficiently-equipped space for parenting education.
12/04/2018	Recent Board Actions	Approve referral to Administration to work with the Sheriff's Office to report to the Board relating to an assessment of classroom space needs in Elmwood as well as a budget and timeline for building permanent classroom spaces in Elmwood.
06/05/2018	Recent Board Actions	Approve request to transfer funds from the General Fund Contingency Reserve to the Department of Correction and Custody Health Services budgets to balance departmental year-end budgets.
11/20/2018	Recent Board Actions	Approve Second Amendment to Agreement with Goodwill of Silicon Valley relating to providing employment services for reentry clients.
05/01/2018	Recent Board Actions	Approve Second Amendment to Agreement with Legal Research Associates relating to providing legal research assistance to inmates in the County Jail.
06/05/2018	Recent Board Actions	Approve Second Amendment to Agreement with Sabot Consulting relating to assistance with monitoring and reporting on jail reform efforts, policy review, and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliance.
05/01/2018	Recent Board Actions	Approve Third Amendment to Agreement with NAMI Santa Clara County relating to providing expanding Warmline/Help Desk services for Santa Clara County residents.
04/03/2018	Recent Board Actions	Approve transfer of fund of $3,850,000, for Main Jail North Cell Hardening project.
04/30/2018	Off-Agenda Reports	Behavioral Health Services Department's Report on the Expansion of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) operated warmline and services available to family and friends of incarcerated individuals

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