DATE: November 4, 2025
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Kirk Haynes, Chief Probation Officer
SUBJECT: Retroactive Second Amendment to Agreement with B.I. Incorporated
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a retroactive Second Amendment to Agreement No. A-21-222 with B.I. Incorporated, doing business in California as BI Correctional Services, Inc., to discontinue services for the administration of financial questionnaires, effective October 1, 2025, with no change to the term of July 1, 2021, through June 30, 2026, or the compensation maximum of $4,121,036.
REPORT
There is no increase in Net County Cost associated with the recommended action, which will discontinue the administration of the financial questionnaire services provided by B.I. Incorporated (BI) under the Pretrial Services Expansion Program. These services were funded by Judicial Council of California Pretrial Release Program Funding (Senate Bill 129, Budget Act of 2021), specifically allocated by Senate Bill 129 revenue. Amendment No. 1 only provided funds for the financial questionnaire services through the end of FY 2025. Actual and projected costs for FY 2026 will not exceed the maximum compensation. Due to budgetary reductions, the Superior Court of California (Court) is unable to continue funding for these services past September 30, 2025. As the County will no longer receive reimbursement from the Court for these services, they must be discontinued. This item is countywide.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
There is no viable alternative action. The financial questionnaire administration services are no longer reimbursable by the Court and will be discontinued for the Pretrial Services Expansion Program.
RETROACTIVE:
The recommended amendment is retroactive to October 1, 2025. On August 27, 2025, the Probation Department provided written formal notification to BI to discontinue services for the administration of financial questionnaires, on September 30, 2025. Due to the length of time required to prepare the recommended amendment, this item is being brought to your Board in accordance with the agenda item processing timelines.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no increase in Net County Cost associated with the recommended action. This program is funded with Senate Bill 678 (Community Corrections Performance Incentive Act) funds, under which costs avoided by the State in new prison admissions are shared with counties that have successful felony probation programs. Sufficient appropriations and estimated revenues have been included in the Probation Department’s FY 2025-26 Adopted Budget for Org 3430, and will be included in future budget requests.
DISCUSSION:
On June 22, 2021, the Board approved Agreement No. A-21-222 with BI for the operation of a Day Reporting Center to provide evidence-based programming to adult offenders. Services include but are not limited to daily check-ins, random drug testing, job skills training/placement, substance abuse counseling, anger management, family and parenting counseling, educational services/GED, life skills, relapse prevention, and mental health assessments.
On March 22, 2022, the Board approved revenue Agreement No. A-22-110 with the Superior Court of California, County of Fresno (Superior Court) for the Pretrial Services Expansion Program, pursuant to Senate Bill 129 of the Budget Act of 2021. This agreement allowed for reimbursement of costs associated with the Pretrial Services Expansion Program (Senate Bill 129, Budget Act of 2021).
On December 13, 2022, the Board approved the first amendment to Agreement No. A-21-222 with BI Incorporated, which added the administration of a financial questionnaire to in-custody, Pretrial-eligible defendants, as part of the Pretrial Services Expansion Program. Funding for these services were provided by the Superior Court. However, the County is no longer receiving reimbursements from the Superior Court for those services and will not be able to compensate BI to provide for these financial questionnaire services after September 30, 2025.
The remaining terms of the Agreement for operation of the Day Reporting Center will remain in effect through the remaining term of the Agreement. The recommended amendment ensures continuity of DRC services without interruption and aligns available services with current funding levels.
REFERENCE MATERIAL:
BAI #55, December 13, 2022
BAI #13, March 22, 2022
BAI #54, June 22, 2021
ATTACHMENTS INCLUDED AND/OR ON FILE:
On file with Clerk - Second Amendment to Agreement with B.I. Incorporated
CAO ANALYST:
Fine Nai