"The three-year grant will help the city establish its CareBridge Program, a treatment initiative that will provide up to 80 participants a year with six months of transitional housing and wraparound services as an alternative to incarceration. "This is a really tremendous opportunity to help individuals break the cycle of recidivism by providing stability and integrated services," Mayor Adena Ishii said during a meeting Tuesday night before the City Council accepted the grant."
"Funding for the grant comes from Proposition 47, a law approved by voters in 2014 that reduced some low-level drug and theft crimes from felonies to misdemeanors and funneled savings from prison costs to a program for mental health and substance abuse rehabilitation. Berkeley officials plan to spend about $6.3 million of the $8 million award on transitional housing, case management, and peer navigation services."
An $8 million, three-year state grant will fund the CareBridge Program to provide transitional housing and comprehensive services as an alternative to incarceration. The program will serve up to 80 participants annually and offer six months of transitional housing along with case management, peer navigation, and other wraparound services. About $6.3 million will be allocated to housing, case management, and peer navigation; remaining funds will cover meals, program evaluation, data infrastructure, indirect costs, project management, and grant administration. No matching city funds are required. Funding is contingent on continued Proposition 47 grant disbursements; staff will seek alternatives or phase out the program if funding ends.
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