SAN francisco superior court proposal abstract funds are requested for category 2 enhancement under priority 1(a) in the grant announcement the SAN francisco superior court is requesting $599,556 in…

SAN francisco superior court proposal abstract funds are requested for category 2 enhancement under priority 1(a) in the grant announcement the SAN francisco superior court is requesting $599,556 in category 2 enhancement funding for its community justice center located at 575 polk street, SAN francisco, california. The courthouse is an annex to the superior court's civil and criminal courthouses to provide easier access to its targeted tenderloin, south of market, and union square area. This funding is identified as qualifying under priority 1(a) of the grant to provide culturally-competent treatment and services to monolingual spanish speaking defendants in the SAN francisco community justice center (CJC). The majority are illiterate in their native language, have few job skills, and are suffering from traumatic events that brought them to the city for survival. Page(S) 1-4 in the proposal narrative provide documentation of the court's plan to respond to the priority consideration, specifically addressing the demographics of the CJC, the target population's needs, and the shortfall of these services this grant will address. The community justice center has seen a sharp rise in felony drug sales cases in the tenderloin neighborhood of SAN francisco; most of the defendants referred are 18-24 year-old men, many with very young children. This grant will provide funding for contracts with local organizations to provide case management, spanish literacy and ESL, job training and placement, trauma-informed care, legal assistance, and stable housing. IT also includes a restorative justice component and evaluation. Several possible small community-based organizations have been identified as possible subrecipients. All have experience working with the target population and have staff and networks to provide assistance in employment, health care, mental health care, substance use treatment, restorative justice, and literacy. Because grant funds will be used to contract with local cbos that work together in a network throughout the greater BAY area, services will not be confined to the limited county-funded programs located in SAN francisco, accessing a broader scope of treatment, employment, and health services. Expected outcomes are a reduction in recidivism for these participants as a result of obtaining legal, stable income, better written and oral language skills, and better understanding of the harms of drug sales in our community. Currently there are insufficient county resources for monolingual spanish speakers, so these funds will help improve racial equity for the latin-X population by augmenting existing treatment and services for this growing population.