County of Fresno - File #: 17-1211

• File #: 17-1211
• Name: Clean Slate Grant Award Retroactive Application and Agreement
• In control: Public Defender
• On agenda: 11/14/2017
• Final action: 11/14/2017
• Enactment #: Agreement No. 17-587, Resolution No. 17-509
• Title: 1. Retroactively authorize the Public Defender's previous submittal of a grant application to The California Endowment ($93,329); 2. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a grant agreement with The California Endowment effective September 15, 2017 through September 14, 2018 ($93,329) and authorize the Public Defender, or her designee, to sign expenditure forms and activity reports for this grant agreement; and 3. Adopt Budget Resolution increasing the FY 2017-18 appropriations and estimated revenues in the Public Defender Org 2880 in the amount of $93,329 (4/5 vote).

Date	Action By	Action	Result
11/14/2017	Board of Supervisors	Conducted Hearings	Pass

DATE: 11/14/17

TO: Board of Supervisors

SUBMITTED BY: Elizabeth Diaz, Public Defender

SUBJECT: Clean Slate Grant Award Retroactive Application and Agreement

RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Retroactively authorize the Public Defender's previous submittal of a grant application to The California Endowment ($93,329);
2. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a grant agreement with The California Endowment effective September 15, 2017 through September 14, 2018 ($93,329) and authorize the Public Defender, or her designee, to sign expenditure forms and activity reports for this grant agreement; and
3. Adopt Budget Resolution increasing the FY 2017-18 appropriations and estimated revenues in the Public Defender Org 2880 in the amount of $93,329 (4/5 vote).
REPORT
There is no increase in Net County Cost associated with the recommended actions. The California Endowment has awarded the Fresno County Public Defender a $93,329 grant, effective September 15, 2017 through September 14, 2018. The grant will fund the Public Defender's Clean Slate Program to provide post-conviction services and advance health and well-being for low-income individuals in Fresno County. The application was previously submitted contingent upon your Board's approval.

ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):

Your Board may choose to decline the award from The California Endowment, which will result in the Public Defender not creating a Clean Slate Program for post-conviction services to advance health and well-being for low-income individuals in Fresno County.

FISCAL IMPACT:

There is no increase in Net County Cost associated with the recommended actions. The Budget Resolution will increase appropriations and estimated revenues in the Public Defender Organization 2880 for FY 2017-18 in the amount of $93,329. The $93,329 California Endowment Grant will be used to fund a Clean Slate Program for the Department, including an extra-help Defense Attorney and extra-help Paralegal. There is no match require...