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(a)Services provided pursuant to this chapter may include, but are not limited to, case management, housing, medical care, mental health care, treatment for alcohol or substance use disorders, nutritional counseling and treatment, psychological counseling, employment, employment training and education, civil legal services, and system navigation. Grant funding may be used to support any of the following:
(1)Project management and community engagement.
(2)Temporary services and treatment necessary to stabilize a participant’s condition, including necessary housing.
(3)Outreach and direct service costs for services described in this section.
(4)Civil legal services for LEAD participants.
(5)Dedicated prosecutorial resources, including for coordinating any nondiverted criminal cases of
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(a)
Services provided pursuant to this chapter may include, but are not limited to, case management, housing, medical care, mental health care, treatment for alcohol or substance use disorders, nutritional counseling and treatment, psychological counseling, employment, employment training and education, civil legal services, and system navigation. Grant funding may be used to support any of the following:
(1)
Project management and community engagement.
(2)
Temporary services and treatment necessary to stabilize a participant’s condition, including necessary housing.
(3)
Outreach and direct service costs for services described in this section.
(4)
Civil legal services for LEAD participants.
(5)
Dedicated prosecutorial resources, including for coordinating any nondiverted criminal cases of LEAD participants.
(6)
Dedicated law enforcement resources, including for overtime required for participation in operational meetings and training.
(7)
Training and technical assistance from experts in the implementation of LEAD in other jurisdictions.
(8)
Collecting and maintaining the data necessary for program evaluation.
(b)
(1)
The board shall contract with a
nonprofit research entity, university, or college to evaluate the effectiveness of the LEAD program. The evaluation design shall include measures to assess the cost-benefit outcomes of LEAD programs compared to booking and prosecution, and may include evaluation elements such as comparing outcomes for LEAD participants to similarly situated offenders who are arrested and booked, the number of jail bookings, total number of jail days, the prison incarceration rate, subsequent felony and misdemeanor arrests or convictions, and costs to the criminal justice and court systems. Savings will be compared to costs of LEAD participation. By January 1, 2020, a report of the findings shall be submitted to the Governor and the Legislature pursuant to Section 9795 of the Government Code.
(2)
The requirement for submitting a report pursuant to this subdivision is inoperative on January 1, 2024, pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.
(c)
The board may contract with experts in the implementation of LEAD in other jurisdictions for the purpose of providing technical assistance to participating jurisdictions.
(d)
The sum of fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund for the LEAD pilot program authorized in this chapter. The board may spend up to five hundred fifty thousand dollars ($550,000) of the amount appropriated in this subdivision for the contracts authorized in subdivisions (b) and (c).