All correspondence must be made through the Vendor Portal. Specifications include, but are not limited to: The County of Santa Clara (County) is seeking proposals from qualified non-profit community based organizations (CBO) to support the County’s Pilot Sentencing Recall Program under Penal Code § 1172. In 2021 the State of California created the County Resentencing Program and appropriated funds among 9 California counties to engage in Prosecutor-Initiated Resentencing (PIR). The funds are to be used exclusively for the three-year Pilot Program that begins on September 1, 2021 and ends on September 1, 2024. Pilot participants in each county include the District Attorney’s Office (DAO), the Public Defender’s Office (PDO), and may include a community-based organization (CBO). The goal of the Pilot is two-fold: 1) ensure that the District Attorney in each county has the resources needed to exercise its discretion under PC 1172.1(a)(1)); and 2) evaluate a collaborative approach to exercising prosecutorial resentencing discretion. Pursuant to AB145 and Penal Code Section 1172(c), a qualifying CBO shall have experience working with currently or formerly incarcerated individuals and their support networks, and shall have expertise in at least two of the following areas: (1) Supporting and developing prerelease and reentry plans. (2) Family reunification services. (3) Referrals to post release wraparound programs, including, but not limited to, employment, education, housing, substance use disorder, and mental health service programs. (4) Restorative justice programs. Guidelines and regulations for this program are more clearly defined in Penal Code 1172, which is attached to the RFP as Exhibit A. Responses must be submitted electronically.
