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Orange County <br />Assessment of Jail Alternative Programs <br />■ The consultant's role in these meetings will be to serve as a presenter, participant, and as a <br />general resource to the group with regards to jail alternative programs in general as well as the <br />specific issues and recommendations provided in the study report. <br />Interviewees: <br />It is anticipated that the Court and Criminal Justice officials to be interviewed per Task #2, in addition to <br />each of the respective Program administrators, would include: <br />• Senior Resident Superior Court Judge 0 Clerk of Court <br />• Chief District Court Judge ■ Sheriff <br />• Two (2) additional listed District Court Judges ■ Jail Administrator <br />• District Attorney 0 Department of Social Services (DSS) <br />• Public Defender 0 Mental Health <br />Deliverables <br />1. Time on site as required to participate in necessary meetings and conduct and /or participate in <br />each of the major tasks and described; estimate 8 -10 days. <br />2. With regards to the individual programs studied provide: <br />■ A narrative description and overview of activities occurring within each program <br />■ The current staff requirements of each program. <br />■ The current and experienced level of offender participation in each program <br />■ The recidivism rates of participants that have completed each program. <br />■ A summary of the remarks of the Court and Justice System officials interviewed. <br />■ The current and recent year program costs as well as associated cost(s) per participant. <br />■ The source of the revenue received by each program to operate. <br />3. With regards to the individual programs' impact on the current, recent past and projected <br />future County Jail populations, provide: <br />• The experienced and projected annual County Jail inmate populations; including annual and <br />per inmate operating costs and the age and gender demographics as determined applicable <br />to the criteria of the individual alternative programs studied. <br />• The County's recent year and estimated future year resident populations; including the age <br />and gender demographics which coincide with the Jail's age and gender categories <br />identified above. <br />• The impact that each of the alternative programs studied has had on the County Jail's <br />populations over the past three (3) years. <br />• A comparison of the individual program costs; i.e. overall /general costs as well as the cost <br />per participant; with that of the cost of incarceration in the County Jail. <br />• An estimate of the potential future year impact of the alternative programs studied on the <br />County's future year jail populations; including estimated number of participants, and <br />estimated costs. <br />4. Organization of materials for and facilitation of four (4) Jail Alternatives Work Group meetings to <br />present finding with regards to each major program identified and solicit input and comment <br />regarding the services currently provided. <br />Solutions for Local Government, Inc. 3 <br />