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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
12/10/2019	Recent Board Actions	Adoption of Ordinance No. NS-300.939 amending Section A20-38.1 of Chapter III of Division A20 of the Santa Clara County Ordinance Code relating to the Operation of County Jails.
01/15/2019	Recent Board Actions	Approve Amendments to Agreements relating to providing navigation and employment services to individuals recently released from jail.
02/26/2019	Recent Board Actions	Approve Board-As-a-Whole appointment to the Office of Correction and Law Enforcement Monitoring Evaluation Committee
03/19/2019	Board Study Sessions on Jail Reforms	Approve Grant Application submitted to Health Management Associates relating to grant funding for the California Medication Assisted Treatment Expansion Project to enhance medication assisted treatment of opioid addiction in the County jails.
03/12/2019	Recent Board Actions	Approve referral to Administration and Office of the Sheriff to report to the Board with options for consideration relating to more appropriate and sustainable placements for high-needs women leaving the County jail.
03/12/2019	Board Study Sessions on Jail Reforms	Approve Request transferring funds from the Accumulated Capital Outlay Fund - Jail Reserve to Capital Project "Main Jail North Cell Hardening."
02/26/2019	Recent Board Actions	Approve request transferring funds from the Accumulated Capital Outlay Fund - Jail Reserve to the Elmwood Kitchen Exhaust Project and an increase in the Supplemental Work Allowance.
02/26/2019	Recent Board Actions	Approve request transferring funds from the Special Programs Labor Reserve to the Sheriff's Department of Correction Contract and Custody Health Services budgets, relating to augmentation of salaries and benefits for use of overtime and extra help.
09/10/2019	Board Study Sessions on Jail Reforms	Approved Agreement with FIRST 5 Santa Clara County relating to providing parenting education and support services.
12/17/2019	Recent Board Actions	Approved Agreement with OIR Group relating to providing Office of Correction and Law Enforcement Monitoring (OCLEM) services.

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